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Upton Junior School

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Y5 2021-22

 

November 2021

  • 27/11/21

    Homework - 26.11.2021

    This week in history we've been looking at the Viking invasion of Britain. For your homework this week, we would like you to think about how you would have felt if you were living in Britain at the time of the Viking invasions.
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  • 27/11/21

    5Y's Viking longship Fleet ready to sail

    This week, 5Y have absolutely loved building our Viking longships. We had the chance to use hacksaws, drills and glue guns to combine the different components. All we need now do is add our sails - which we'll be designing next week. 
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  • 19/11/21

    Homework - 19.11.2021

    Reading in unusual places! Year 5 are putting together a new display in school to demonstrate how much children in year 5 love to read! To do this, we need your contributions. We would like photos of you reading your favourite books, but reading them in unusual places - the more creative the...
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  • 19/11/21

    5Y become Saxon farmers

    In order to understand what life was like for Saxon villagers, and to understand the concept of land use change and land clearance, children in year 5 got the chance to build our own Saxon village in the environmental area. It was a great afternoon and one I am sure the children will remember for a...
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  • 19/11/21

    5R Create a Saxon Village!

    This week we took the knowledge we had acquired when learning about Saxon settlements and built our own in the environmental area! It was absolutely fantastic! The children worked so incredibly hard to complete the challenge and as a class built two houses, cleared the land and planted crops in the...
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  • 12/11/21

    5Y and How To Train Your Dragon!

    5Y are thoroughly enjoying our class text at the moment. Every chapter brings with it more laughs and we are really starting to fall in love with the main protagonist Hiccup and his mischievous dragon Toothless.
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  • 12/11/21

    5G news

    Today, we entered the environmental area in preparation for our Saxon village build! Just a reminder that the children will need to wear old clothes (ones they don't mind getting dirty!) to school next Wednesday. Old footwear or Wellington Boots are also recommended along with a spare pair...
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  • 05/11/21

    Homework - 05.11.2021 (2 weeks)

    Homework for the next two weeks is to design and build your own Viking shield. We have given you two weeks for this task to give you plenty of time to research, plan, design and build your Viking shield. The internet has lots of great ideas for making Viking shields, so there would be the best place...
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  • 05/11/21

    A great Stunning Start - 5G

    What an amazing day we had at Canterbury Cathedral. The children fully immersed themselves in learning about our new topic, Invaders and Settlers. There was an opportunity to dress up in character, to colour a stained-glass window, write with a quill pen and ink and create a Canterbury Cross. W...
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  • 05/11/21

    5R - a Fabulous Trip to Canterbury Cathedral!

    5R had such a wonderful time at Canterbury Cathedral this week learning about the Anglo-Saxons and the Viking raids. The children were respectful and asked the tour guide lots of questions and answered many as well. They also took part in a number of activities and dressed up during the tour. We wil...
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  • 04/11/21

    5Y and 5B Celebrate Diwali

    To help celebrate Diwali, year 5 were invited to take part in a Bollywood dance workshop hosted by our very own Miss Reed. The children really enjoyed the chance to learn about and experience something new and everyone was fully involved and had a great time. Thank you Miss Reed!
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Kent
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