Kestrels had a very exciting visit from our school chicks. The children were very excited to hold and stroke them ( very very carefully
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Reading for pleasure – 12th October
Year 5 took the opportunity to choose library books, and spend some time reading for pleasure this afternoon.
Computing – 11th October
As part of our computing learning journey, year 5 have been exploring how websites are ranked by creating our own webpages.
Designing an impressionistic painting based on Monet.
This week in art, Kestrels have been preparing and planning their paintings ready for next week.
How gravity affects objects.
In science, Kestrels were exploring how gravitational pull affects different objects. We conducted an experiment to see if objects with different masses would hit the ground before those with a lower mass or size.IMG_0345 
Tuesday 3rd October – Grammar
This week, year 5 were learning about, and identifying different noun types including common, proper, abstract and collective.
Battle of Hastings
This week Kestrels learnt about how things went at The Battle of Hastings. They produced a very precise timeline and then went outside to re-enact the battle. Things got pretty scary as the Normans played very tactically and overthrew the Britains. It was great fun and the activity will certainly help them to remember all the important facts and figures!
Drama in English
Year 5 have been using their drama skills this week; acting out a conversation between the main 2 characters in their novel…Oranges in no-man’s land. They had a lot of fun, and their writing really shows the relationship between the 2 characters. Well done Kestrels!
Christmas Fayre
We really enjoyed our Christmas Fayre!
Dictionary Skills
Today we looked at the blurb of our new class read ‘A Stone for Sascha’ by Aaron Becker.
The children looked up some key words from the blurb.
Wistful
Grief
Vast
Infinite
Profound
Spanning
Millennia
Pored
