Saffron

Saffron 2024-25

Welcome to Year 5 and Team Saffron

Your teacher is Mrs Florido

Your teaching assistant is Mrs Archer & Mr Dakin

What a busy half term we’ve had!

In Science this half term, we have continued to learn about forces and investigated friction and mechanisms such as gears, levers and pulleys. In RE, we learnt about the importance of Lent to Christian followers and how fasting is observed across different religions. We also learnt about the Easter story and the traditions and symbols related to the story before comparing the festivals of Passover and Easter.

In History we found out some fascinating facts about the Vikings and the last Anglo-Saxon kings including Alfred the Great, Ethlered II The Unready, Edward the Confessor and King Harold, culminating with the Battle of Hastings.

In PSHE, we learnt about how to stay healthy. We found out how smoking and drinking alcohol can affect our bodies and we learnt how to help in an emergency situation by placing someone, who is unconscious, into the recovery position. In DT, we had fun designing and making our Viking houses.

Throughout the half term, we also enjoyed Book Day and Science Week.

Next term in Science, we will be learning all about Space. We will learn about the movement of planets in relation to the sun, we will learn why and how we know that Earth is spherical, we will explore how we get night and day and find out why the sun appears to move across the sky. In Geography we will be learning about Enchanting Earth. We will learn about features of rivers and mountains, different types of volcanoes and explore how volcanoes and earthquakes affect human settlements. In Art, we will be looking at the artist Kandinsky and how we can stay safe when online in PSHE.

Well done Team Saffron; have a well earned break!