Harvesting Gratitude: A Day of Giving, Reflection and Joy
Year 5 have had such an amazing day for our ‘growing gratitude’ at Harvest time, and what a day it has been. It was delightful to see the kind generosity of our pupils and their families with all the fabulous tins of food brought in, which were then gathered together in the hall. The collection…
Dramatic drama, Curiosity!!
As part of our Writing curriculum, Year 5 have been reading through our class novel called “Curiosity, a story of the Mars Rover”. Pupils have been working extremely hard to investigate the different themes and technical language used throughout the text, and are now preparing to plan and write…
🍫 A Sweet Adventure with Roald Dahl
On Monday, our Year 5 pupils were giving the opportunity to visit our local Library for a fantastic session all about Roald Dahl. After a short and pleasant walk, pupils were greeted by Library staff and given a workshop about some of the different books written by the famous author. I was so…
High-spirited hand ball!
Another fantastic week for our Year 5 pupils, and what a week it has been! On Tuesday, we were invited to take part in a fantastic hand ball competition at Parkside. Arranged in groups, and allocated different colour bibs, our amazing St Stephen’s teams showed off their skills against other…
⚔️ Vikings, Tag Rugby and Forces!
Year 5 have had a fantastic full week back at school and have enjoyed a wide range of different learning activities: some favourites were learning about the Vikings and taking part in tag-rugby. However, pupils have had an amazing time learning about forces in our Science lesson, where they…
A New School Year
Welcome back to our new Year 5s, it has been lovely to hear the amazing things that they have been doing during their summer break, which they were very keen to share. Both Miss Clarke and I have been so impressed with how well pupils have settled into class and are eagerly ready to start with…



