Willow - Year 5

Welcome to Willow - Year 5!

Autumn Term

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

In Willow, we were very lucky to be visited by Nathalie, who is French speaking. Nathalie helped us to pronounce words correctly as we gave each other directions to places around town. Our French is developing well and we are familiar with lots of places such as la post, la piscine and le super marché!

Black History Month

As a school, we celebrated Black History Month in October. Willow class decided to focus on the inspirational story of Rosa Parks and her plight on the bus. To enhance our oracy skills, we acted out the story in assembly to the whole school. We performed with confidence and clarity- conveying Rosa’s story with respect. If you would like to learn more about how Rosa Parks impacted the American civil rights movement, you can watch this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Oi6eHKMFY

Greek Day

We had a super day playing Greek Gods top trumps, making headdresses and crowns, solving Theseus and the Minotaur mazes, creating amazing clay pots and enjoying some Greek food. The immersion into our ancient Greek topic ensured a fantastic day was had by all!

Spring Term

This term, we have enjoyed consolidating our knowledge of Space by recreating the planets in order of size and distance from sun. We were wonderfully creative with our natural resources!

In history, we listened intently to Mrs Samuel’s account of her time working in Elsenham jam factory, which made some of the most expensive jam in the world during the 80s. We loved hearing how the jam was made by hand and how the factory was rebuilt after a fire.

Year 5 shine at Young Voices 2025

Our Year 5 students had an unforgettable experience at the 02 Arena where they sang as part of a choir of over 8700 children! With special guests MC Grammar and Tommy Blaize, the event was full of energy, excitement and incredible music. The children sang their hearts out and had an amazing time- What a fantastic opportunity to be part of something so special!