Year 5
Year Five Lisbon is taught by Bella Fuller. Her TA is Maria Madden. Year 5 Padua is taught by Hannah Mitchell and Catherine Elliott. Their TA is Shannon Wade. The Year Five classroom is upstairs in the St Francis building and they share the back playground with the rest of KS2.
Weekly Class Updates
Olivia and Jared’s Baptism
Year 5 Lisbon were very lucky as we were invited to St Bede’s Church to witness Olivia and her brother Jared’s baptism. We walked to the church with Year 3 Lisbon, had mass and watched the baptism ceremony. Father John explained each part of the Baptism ceremony to us and we were lucky enough to be given snacks after. Thank you to Olivia’s family for allowing us to be involved in this special day!
Stations of the Cross Assembly
After our retreat day at St Michael’s and All Angels where we learnt about The Stations of the Cross. We wrote about what happened to Jesus from different people’s perspectives. We acted out the story for our grown ups and the Year 6 children.
Stations of the Cross
Year 5 took part in a retreat day at St. Michaels and All Angels. We visited each devotion in the Stations of the Cross and had time to quietly reflect on each one. The children created art work relating to a specific station to display back at school.
Year 5 LTA Tennis
Year 5 have been taking part in tennis sessions since the beginning of Spring Term. We have been looking at our own wellbeing and discussing practical ways we can use the 5 Ways to Wellbeing in our lives. We have also been learning new tennis skills every week.
Year 5 Lisbon- Phases of the Moon
For our Earth and Space topic, Year 5 Lisbon looked at why we can only see parts of the moon. We created the different phases of the moon we see in a 28 day cycle out of Oreos.
Lisbon’s trip to Saint Joan of Arc
In March, Year 5 Lisbon along with Year 6 Lisbon walked to Saint Joan of Arc School in Rickmansworth. We spent the day there to experience a day in a Catholic Secondary School. They took part in different activities throughout the day including a Music lesson, Drama and a Science experiment. They had a lovely day!
Harry Potter Studio Tour
In January 2023, Year 5 took a trip to the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Whilst they were there they took part in a costume deign and distressing workshop where they used different techniques to distress materials. Then they were able to take a tour of the studios and see the different costumes and props that were used in the films.
Padua’s trip to Saint Joan of Arc
In November 2022, Year 5 Padua along with Year 6 Padua walked to Saint Joan of Arc. We spent the day there to experience a day in a Catholic Secondary School. They took part in different activities throughout the day including a music lesson, drama and a science experiment.
