Class 5H

Welcome to 5H!

Year 5 is a busy one and we have had a jam-packed timetable since the start of the year. 

Autumn Term Highlights

* Work on the Tudors and the human body.

* Exploring the work of significant author, Michael Morpurgo.

* Celebrating Black History Month through work on Martin Luther King and Olaudah Equiano.

* Ice skating lessons at the Capital One Arena.

* Visits to the local library in Hyson Green.

* Creative dance sessions with Jay Pollitt. 

* Raising money for Children in Need and Macmillan Cancer Support by dressing up / decorating cakes.

Spring Term Highlights

* Exploring and writing traditional tales and instructional texts.

* Performance poetry.

* Investigating rivers, the changing state of water and the water cycle.

* Swimming lessons at the John Carroll Leisure Centre.

* Celebrating our achievements and learning how to be more successful in school through work with visitor Tamba Roy. 

* Raising money for World Book Aid by dressing up as story characters on World Book Day!

* Exploring the Amazon Rainforest

* National Science week, which included visits from staff and students at the University of Nottingham for two ‘BrainLab’ workshops – 

 interactive sessions studying the brain and how it works.