In Year 5, we have some of the most fantastic topics to learn about: we'll explore the wonders of space; we'll journey along the rivers of the world; we'll travel back in time to live with the ancient Greeks; we'll fortify and defend our own castles; we'll delve into the dark history of crimes and punishments; and we'll train in the art of spying. What an exciting year we all have ahead!

Our school values are at the core of everything we do in Folkestone Class. We are courageous and try new things. We are motivated to do our best. We are responsible for our own actions. We are respectful to each other. We enjoy our learning and are happy.

Our teacher is Mr Boot and our TA is Mrs Deans.

Term 1

In term one our topic was Earth and Beyond. We learnt the planets within the solar system and their order from the Sun. We looked at the reasons we have day and night and the seasons. We investigated why the moon looks like it changes shape in the sky. We even learned about famous astronauts, including Mae Jemison, who we wrote a biography about. Additionally, we went outside and, using the scale of 1 cm equals 100,000 km, measured how far the planets would be away from each other if the playground was our solar system.

Term 2 

This term we have been learning about all things Crime and Punishment. We started off by looking how crimes were punished during the Anglo-Saxon era and how people who had committed a crime used to have to pay money to victims called a Wergild. Then we looked at how this changed during the Norman era, some laws were changed to French and the money paid wouldn’t go to the victims anymore, it would go to the Normans in charge of the area. After that, we looked at the tutor era, we looked in more detail at different punishments people would be forced to do, for example the rack. Then we looked at Victorian punishment and we even got the chance to try these out.