This half term, Year 5 Aspen have taken part in a wide range of exciting and meaningful learning experiences. We have enjoyed being the leading group working with the Our Planet Need You team, focusing on helping the environment through initiatives such as reducing electricity usage in school, litter picking, donating pre-loved clothing to Traid, and encouraging walking to school.

We were also lucky to work with Imperial College London as part of a maths transition workshop, spending an exciting day at the university creating maths-themed structures. In maths lessons, the children have been developing their confidence in multiplying using 2-digit numbers and dividing 3- and 4-digit numbers, showing resilience and determination when tackling challenging problems. We look forward to continuing our work with Imperial at the V&A Museum next term.

In class, the children have loved learning about the suffragettes through our Power of Reading text, writing powerful speeches inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett. They took part in thoughtful debates and used conference editing to support one another with improving and redrafting their work.

In IPC, the children have thoroughly enjoyed the Making New Materials unit. They have grown in confidence when carrying out experiments and are becoming increasingly independent in recording their results. Through lots of collaborative group work, they have developed strong teamwork skills and made excellent progress this half term.

Spring Class Letter

Spring Curriculum Map