Robin Class

Year 5

Mrs Sewell & Miss Rawlinson

We were delighted to welcome BYSW into school to lead our exciting ‘Walk the Bible’ sessions. The children began exploring the Old Testament, journeying through the first six stories from Creation through to Joseph.

The sessions brought the Bible to life through a fantastic combination of games, songs and acting, helping the children to engage with the stories in a fun and memorable way.

We are looking forward to the weeks ahead as we continue our journey through the Bible and discover more of its wonderful stories and messages!

We were delighted to celebrate our first Year 5 Class Mass of the school year, joined by our wonderful Year 6 children. It was a special opportunity for our school community to come together in prayer and begin the new school year by placing ourselves in God’s hands.

Our children played an important role in the celebration. Our readers read beautifully and confidently from the readings, prayers and bidding prayers, while other children took part in the Offertory. We were incredibly proud of the reverence, confidence and respect they showed throughout the Mass.

It was a lovely way to begin our year together, reminding us of the importance of faith, prayer and being part of our school and parish community. A special thank you to our Year 6 children for helping to lead and support our first Mass of the year.

The children have begun reading 'Race to the Frozen North' ;as part of one of our lessons, in the first full week back, they read and analysis the second chapter, identifying the characters' behaviours and what we can infer about them from this. We had some great partner work and explanations shared as we reflected on the character's actions.

Muhammad and Enoch did a brilliant job at planning and delivering their own worship on a chosen theme of us being Jesus' children and reflecting on who we love and how we can love Jesus.

The children explored how Abram trusted God and made the brave decision to follow His plan by leaving his home and moving to Canaan. They considered the possible positives and negatives of such a difficult decision and took part in a conscience alley activity, sharing the different thoughts and feelings Abram may have experienced as he made his choice.

At the beginning of the school year, the children completed a whole-school drawing assessment to capture their current drawing skills and abilities. This provides us with a starting point from which we can see how their confidence, creativity, attention to detail and use of different drawing techniques develop throughout the year.

The children will complete the same drawing assessment again at the end of the school year. We will then compare their work to celebrate their progress and identify how their artistic skills have developed.

From our first drawing to our final drawing — let’s see how much we can grow! 

Our Year 5 classroom is a welcoming and purposeful space designed to support learning, reflection and a strong sense of belonging. Our SPaG display provides children with key vocabulary, rules and reminders to support their writing, while our worship area and prayer wall offer a quiet space for prayer, reflection and sharing intentions.

As Robin Class, we celebrate our class identity through displays, alongside reminders about our homework expectations and St Mary’s Way, helping children to understand our shared values and responsibilities. Our inviting reading corner encourages children to develop a love of reading and provides a comfortable space to enjoy books independently.