This morning Year 3 and Year 5 spent some time getting to know their new reading buddies. They are all looking forward to spending time reading lots of exciting books together throughout the year.

Year 5 have been applying their mental calculation methods whilst working systematically to find a route through the maze to make the target number of 100. They had to adjust the routes they made to make the total higher or lower depending on how far away from 100 they were. It was a tricky task but...

Year 5 spent time this week planning and filming short videos to promote recycling and to remind their grown ups at home to reuse and recycle! They reminded them of items that can be recycled but are commonly missed in the home like shampoo and hand wash bottles.

Year 5 have been using a code cracker wheel to decode sequences of DNA into protein sequences. They then matched these sequences to the protein cards to find out what these proteins do.

This week Year 5 began learning some of the skills required to play tag rugby. These included attacking and defending techniques as well as working well as a team to score when playing short matches.