Year 5 were very excited to host this week’s assembly. We had learnt a new song for our opening prayer, called “A Rightful Place” by Steve Angrisano. The song invites us to be a part of building God’s kingdom of truth and grace, and speaks to our diocesan theme of ‘Come and Stay’ as it encourages us to let people know they will always have a place in God’s kingdom.

Last term, in Geography, we learnt about natural disasters like floods and fires. Our assessment task was to design a town and show the safety measures that could be put in place to protect the citizens from any flood risks. The students designed some amazing towns and had some super creative ideas on how they could mitigate flood risks. During assembly we showed videos of students giving a tour of their towns.

In Week 1 this term, the Year 5 and 6 classes joined to begin a unit of work called ‘Healthy Plants, Healthy People’.

We had some guest presenters from Ag Communicators come in to talk to us about plant science and help us create our own science experiments investigating adaptations on plants. We are investigating the impact of salt, different types of soil, and coloured light on wheat plants. They have sprouted quite quickly, and we are now tracking and comparing their growth to see what we can learn about maximising crops by altering the growing conditions. Stay tuned for our results!