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The Highwayman – What’s in my diary?

In 5WS we have been writing our own diary entries from the characters in the Highwayman poem. Bess is the Highwayman’s true love and the same the other way round. Tim, an ostler, is also in love with Bess and is jealous of the … Continue reading

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Question Time In 5WS

Before Year 5 start their English lessons we start with a open ended question. This builds Building Learning Power higher in our minds. Here is one of the questions we would like to share: If you could interview a fictional character, who … Continue reading

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The Highwayman Of Today!

5WS had to describe the Highwayman. But in modern day time! Here are some sentences we would like to share with you: Alisha B -Everyday he’d rev his motor, which was a white Audi R8, blaring bassline beats out of … Continue reading

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Spectacular 3D Shapes!

In Year 5, we have been learning about 3D shapes and their properties, such as faces, vertices and edges. One of the shapes we looked at was a tetrahedron. Tetrahedron -  Faces=4    Vertices=4     Edges=6           Hexagonal Prism - Faces=8    Vertices= 12    Edges=18 Can you work out how many faces a … Continue reading

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Marvellous Metaphors Floating In 5WS…

5WS have been focusing on metaphors as we are studying poetry. A metaphor is a word or a phrase to describe something as something else. Our W.A.G.O.L.L is The Highwayman (narrative poem). Here are some of our metaphors : Shazan – … Continue reading

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Miriam Lord – Time To Be Proud!

Sarah from 5WS has had her 100WC chosen for the Showcase and it is a moment to be proud of. Her work was chosen out of 350 entries for Week 26. It was Miriam Lord’s second moment to be proud. Her work was chosen … Continue reading

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