Welcome to Year 5 Term 1. We have an exciting term ahead of us.

We look forward to exploring our new class book - ‘Skellig’ By David Almond.

We will also be delving into the world of Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter known for her uncompromising and brilliantly coloured self-portraits that confront such themes as identity, the human body, and death. Using this to inspire us to create our own thought provoking portraits. 

In Science, we will look at the properties of different materials and how they can be useful to humans.

This is just a snippet of what we will be covering this term, check back here weekly to find out what we have been up to.

We had the absolute pleasure to welcome the team from the Show Racism the Red Card Charity this week. We participated in an afternoon workshop, which aims to empower people with accurate information and knowledge, enabling them to tackle racism and challenge racist attitudes. We thoroughly enjoyed the talk with one of their team members and were completely engaged with all the fun activities provided. We loved the 'Platinum Rule' that they created based on the saying 'Treat others how we want to be treated', which, we as a school, embody daily  as part of our Catholic ethos. 

Mini Vinnies

Mini Vinnies is a youth program run by the St. Vincent de Paul Society that encourages primary school children to engage in social justice and charity work. It empowers young people to make a difference in their communities through service, raising awareness of important social issues, and fundraising activities. The program aims to foster values of compassion, empathy, and generosity, teaching students the importance of helping those in need while developing leadership skills and a sense of social responsibility.

We have appointed our President, Vice president and Treasurer of our Mini Vinnies this year. 

President : George

Vice President: Ire

Treasurer: Hudson 

Please scan the QR codes below to see their winning speeches.