Stanway Fiveways Primary School

Year 5 have had a wonderful and very busy first week back at school. One of the highlights of the week was starting Forest School. The children were introduced to the rules and expectations for working safely in the forest area and had the opportunity to explore the environment. They thoroughly enjoyed being outdoors, especially with the lovely weather we had.

In English, we have begun learning about explanation texts. The children have started to look at the key features of this type of writing and discussed how explanation texts help us understand how and why things happen. We are looking forward to developing these skills further over the coming weeks.

As part of our DT topic, the children have also begun researching Mexican food. To support this learning, they had the opportunity to taste a selection of foods including tortilla chips, salsa and guacamole. The children really enjoyed trying the different flavours and discussing the ingredients.

It has been a fantastic start to the term and the children have returned with great enthusiasm for their learning.