Year 5 - St Clements C of E Primary School

Pupils & Classes

Teacher: Mr Thirsk, Mrs St-Hill

TA: Miss Crolla, Miss Thompson

Summer Term 2025:

We have been really engaged in our writing this term so far, and have been writing a persuasive speech to save the vulture! We have been learning about how many incredible animals of our planet are becoming endangered or are now extinct….which means we’ll never see them again! We have been extremely passionate with our writing and keen to get the message across that we must act now, before it is too late for the vulture!

We also had a special delivery to our class…

Vinny the Vulture!

I like how we learnt about endangered and extinct animals like the Tasmainan Tiger throughout the unit

I’ve learnt that vultures help prevent diseases by eating carrion (dead animal bodies) and that they are very important to our planet

I liked the unit because Vinny the Vulture joined our class!

We have been working hard on our arithmetic skills, and tried hard to apply these skills in our Summer assessment!

We have been learning about the life cycles of plants, mammals and amphibians, insects and birds.

What have you enjoyed learning in Science?

I enjoyed learning about different life cycles, especially the Platypus

I enjoyed when we did speeches about life cycles and performed them in class

In our R.E sessions we have been exploring the theme: What can be done to reduce racism? Can religion help? We have been learning what the words prejudice, discrimination and racism actually mean, and looking at examples of these. We have talked about our own experiences and listened to others experiences. We have acted very maturely in these sessions, and we are trying hard to promote the value of showing respect to our class peers and everyone around us.

I enjoyed learning about Edward Colston and John Wesley and learning about what they did, why they have statues and why some people didn’t agree with Edward Colston

In Art, we have been exploring street art, and looking the the Graffiti Banksy’s work. We are working on creating our own ‘tag’ which graffiti artists have, and are going to create our own unique Graffiti art linked to our Literacy unit – saving the vulture, as like Banksy we want to send an important message through our art.