Year 5 is an exciting year where children receive their pen licence and
meet their ‘buddy’ in Nursery class. The children really benefit from the time
spent with our youngest members of the Blue School and spend a lovely
time reading to them in various corners of the Nursery. We like to focus on
a positive growth mindset and we enjoy using our zones of regulation to
display how we are feeling each day. We are keen to learn from others and
explore how we can improve our own understanding. We enjoy an
enriching and engaging curriculum that provides us with opportunities to
investigate current affairs and to learn about inspirational people. In Ash
class, we believe in everyone having equal opportunities and be the best
they can be. With that in mind, we believe that kindness, forgiveness and
empathy come first, and a smile or compliment can make someone’s day.
We read fantastic books such as: Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Street
Child by Berlie Doherty, along with poetry by Joseph Coelho. We will also
be studying some interesting topics, including Slums, Earth and Space, the
Kingdom of Benin, we are Game Developers, Properties and Changes to
Materials, we are Cryptographers, Jesus’ miracles and Sikhism. In addition,
we have French and Music lessons each week taught by our specialist
teacher – Miss Cowley, we take part in a Daily Mile and receive PE lessons
from specialist sports coaches to keep us physically active.