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Upton Junior School

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Viking Academy Trust

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Y5 2021-22

 

December 2021

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  • 10/12/21

    5B Battle of Hastings

    5B took part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this afternoon. They joined the rest of the Year 5 classes on the field armed with their shields. 5B and 5G were the victorious Normans and 5R and 5Y were the defeated Saxons. 
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  • 10/12/21

    Homework - 10.12.2021

    With our topic on the Saxons coming to an end, and Christmas just around the corner, we would like you to investigate how the Saxons (being predominantly Christian) celebrated Christmas. Use the Internet to research and then present your findings in any way you like in your books.  Lookin...
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  • 10/12/21

    5Y Non-chronological reports

    This week, 5Y have really enjoyed writing non-chronological reports on their dragons, explaining what they look like, what they are, where they lived and their behaviours. The creativity and imagination was amazing and the language used throughout was exceptional. Great effort 5Y!  
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  • 10/12/21

    The Battle of Hastings - 1066

    5G recreate The Battle of Hastings
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  • 06/12/21

    Homework - 03.12.2021

    This week and last week in maths, children in year 5 have been working on perimeter and area. For your homework task this week, we'd like you to investigate the perimeter (and area if you feel confident enough) of items without your homes. What is the perimeter of your TV? What is the peri...
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  • 03/12/21

    5R Create Dragons!

    We have loved reading the book How to Train your Dragon and have written our own dragon based stories. To do this, we designed our own dragons and then made them out of plasticine. They are absolutely fantastic, and we had so much fun making them! Look through the photos to see just how brilliant th...
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  • 03/12/21

    5G Science

    This week's Science has been all about resistance - air and water. The children carried out two investigations - one testing air resistance and the other water resistance. They discovered that being streamlined was a great advantage in resisting both! Photos below.
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  • 01/12/21

    5Y Dragon Eyes Brooches

    Today, 5Y really enjoyed making our Viking brooches, inspired by both traditional Viking designs and our English text of How to Train Your Dragon.  The results were stunning!! 
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