Year 5 Blog – Page 9 – Queen's Hill Primary School

Curriculum Day – A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

19th January 2022

Y2 and Y5 worked collaboratively on creating Norfolk Landscapes in our wildlife garden. They were inspired by local artist Keiron Williamson, who has been capturing Norfolk’s unique beauty in the form of painting from a very young age.

Y5 Green Fingers

14th December 2021

Year 5 planted blackberry bushes, raspberry canes, redcurrants, blackcurrants and rhubarb in the new countryside area at school.

Everyone’s looking forward to feasting on them in the summer!

Y5 Author Visit

15th October 202230th November 2021

This half term Y5 worked on completing a narrative piece of writing. They wrote an extra chapter to the book ‘Viking Boy’. The writing produced was of such a high caliber we decided to share it with the author of the book, Tony Bradman. Tony spoke to the children and answered lots of their questions, inspiring our budding writers of the future.

Year 5 Bikeability

5th November 2020

Year 5 have really enjoyed their Bikeability lessons this week. They’ve been gaining practical skills and understanding how to cycle safely on the roads.

Seven techniques for helping kids keep calm

2nd November 2020

Try these simple relaxation and mindfulness activities together and help your child learn to calm down when they feel stressed or anxious. Follow this link to access the resource: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/seven-techniques-for-helping-kids-keep-calm

Reading in KS2

19th October 2020

This term we’ve teamed up with Collins e-books to offer all year 5 and 6 pupils free access to the whole-range of banded books online. You should shortly find a sticker in your school diary, which will list your personal login details for the platform. Follow the video below, as Mr. Cross shows you how to login to the reading platform from home.