Welcome to Pine - Year 5!

Autumn Term

Reading Buddies

We could not wait to start our Reading Buddy sessions and have loved getting to know our buddies in our weekly visits to early years. We are looking forward to sharing their books and reading with them every week so they love reading as much as we do.

Fitness Day

Year 5 threw themselves into Fitness Day. We started the day with our first swimming session, then stretched with some yoga, practised our newly acquired dance moves, had fun with football and finished the day learning about the world of dance – we were so impressed by Maria’s career and comeback from some serious injuries. It was such a fun and inspiring day.

Science – Worm charming

This week, as part of our Science unit on animals and their habitats, Year 5 have created artificial mini habitats for worms. We have practised our worm charming techniques and will be observing and monitoring our worms over the coming term.

Greek Day

Mid November, Year 5 celebrated Greek day! They enjoyed dressing up as Ancient Greeks, creating laurel crowns, tasting delicious traditional Greek food and constructing their very own Greek style pots and bowls out of clay. A fabulous time was had by all.

Spring Term

Jam-packed history

As part of looking into the history of Elsenham, this week we had a visit from Mrs Samuel, who shared her first-hand experience of working in Elsenham’s jam factory. She gave us a fantastic insight into how Elsenham has changed over time, what it was like to make jam using traditional methods, working conditions, information about Sir Walter Gilbey (the founder) and much more. We loved hearing about the awards the world-famous jam won. We were so impressed to hear how Mrs Samuel dined with the Queen at Buckingham Palace too.

The O2

On Monday, Year 5 took to the O2 stage to perform as part of the world’s largest choir. They started by taking part in rehearsals during the day to perfect their performances, before show casing their months of dedication and hard work to learn the range of musical numbers and dance routines in the evening show to family and friends.  It was an evening filled with exceptional singing and dancing from our pupils and memories that we hope they will cherish. Their behaviour was outstanding and we were very proud of them. Well done Year 5!

On Holocaust Memorial Day, Pine class created posters that focussed on how actions of the past can help us make kinder and better choices today. We created flowers of hope and wrote in qualities that we believe will make the world a fairer and kinder place for everyone to live in.

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This week in Pine, we have been creating freeze frames in drama to retell the story of Sleeping Beauty. We loved experimenting with expressions and moving our bodies to express our emotions and tell the story. We demonstrated  great teamwork and listening skills.