Year 5 were very busy celebrating World Book Day. We had lots of very exciting activities planned, we participated in Family Reading Time, heard all about Mrs Blair's favourite childhood story by Beatrix Potter, made book scenes of our own favourite stories, heard all about Roald Dahl in a video conference and some of us also dressed up as a book character. We even had time to hear from a local author, Declan Carville. He spoke to us about some of the books he has written and the process involved in writing a book as well as allowing us to see some of the original illustrations for many of his books. Have a look at all our pictures:

• Can you work out which books our scenes are from?
• Can you guess who the book character is?

Article 28 (right to education) Every child has the right to an education.

In numeracy we have been learning all about the different 2d shapes. We have been identifying the many different types of quadrilaterals, regular and irregular pentagons, hexagons and octagons and learning new terms like polygon.

We have also been learning about four types of triangles, the right angle triangle, the equilateral triangle, the scalene triangle and the isosceles triangle. Here we are making the different triangles and 2d shapes on geoboards. Look at the concentration on our faces, it was very fiddly and took lots of patience and perseverance! 

Article 28 (right to education) Every child has the right to an education.

In Year 5 we have been learning all about town planning. We took part in a programme called 'Our City'. This involved us learning all about choosing suitable locations for the different types of buildings around the city, considering how good the transport links were and how many people would be visiting or using the different types of buildings. We even had an opportunity to design our own restaurant in small groups and present our ideas to the rest of the class. We all took part so well and enthusiastically that we received a certificate for our hard work. Have a look at the pictures, we are proud of our hard work and creative thinking.  

Article 29 (goals of education) Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.

In Year 5 we have been learning all about Fairtrade. We have been very busy finding out what Fairtrade is and how it helps the families and local communities. We have been looking out for lots of Fairtrade products and studying the packaging to see what countries they were produced in. As you can see we have been tasting some Fairtrade food, debating how much pay the people involved in producing bananas deserve and making still life drawings of fruit. This topic has made us realise just how lucky we are and how many things we take for granted. Look out for the Fairtrade logo on lots of items like tea, coffee, sugar, bananas and even on some clothing.

 Fairtrade fortnight is from the 23 February - 8 March 2015. You can do you bit to help too!

Article 4 (Protection of rights): Governments have a responsibility to take all available measures to make sure children’s rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.

Article 27-Children have the right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical and mental needs. 

Article 32 (Child labour): The government should protect children from work that is dangerous or might harm their health or their education.

Year 5 had a great time doing exercise with Fitness Freddy, they learnt lots of new dance moves and even sang along. We helped to raise money for The Royal Victoria Hospital For Sick Children.