Celebration of Our Learning

This half term, we explored land and cityscapes in our art. The children created their own, sketching with charcoal and then adding texture and colour with a range of mediums, including chalk pastel, oil pastel and paint. (March 2026)

Today, the children visited our Easter Prayer Space and engaged in activities based on reflection, gratitude, forgiveness, and hope. (March 2026)

In Art this term we have been focusing on texture, shape, colour and a variety of mixed medium. The children went on to the field to sketch the landscape with charcoal and came back to class to fill the sketch in with bright colour. The objective was to not produce a 'sketchy' piece of work, but rather a strong, colourful, confident piece where the children weren't afraid to experiment with new ideas. (March 2026)

Year 5 celebrated Easter Pause day with our 'Passion Play' freeze frames! The class chose the scenes they wanted to create and the class had to match the scripture and name the characters in the scene! (March 2026)

Year 5 enjoyed a gorgeous sunny day in Hampton Court as part of their History Tudors Topic! We spent the day doing 'Tudor jobs' and exploring the various parts of Hampton Court and a lovely sunny lunch in the gardens! (March 2026)

Year 5 had their Easter Signpost visit this week! The lovely team took the children through the various stations of the Easter story for an interactive experience that the children loved! (March 2026)

Year 5 Rhinos had their trumpet performance on Friday! An amazing turn out from parents and family! 7 songs were played on trumpet and trombone! (March 2026)

RHINOS BEE MUSICAL PRODUCTION- As part of our Generation Restoration Project the first of the 3 Bee Musicals was shown this week, with parents and pupils coming to watch the spectacular show which included 7 songs, dancing flowers and a bee colony! (March 2026)

This week Potters Gate was visited by the SOLD activity team from Henley Fort. They set up a climbing wall, archery and team building activities! The rain stayed away and we had an amazing day! (March 2026)

Year five celebrated book day this week with all the year 5 teachers dressing up as characters from Titanic as part of our themed texts this year! The children has fantastic outfits and loved getting the masked readers which were revealed in assembly! (March 2026)

Year 5 proudly represented the school at the recent netball tournament, delivering an outstanding performance from start to finish. The team showed fantastic teamwork, determination, and skill, winning every match on their way to the final and keeping two clean sheets without conceding a single goal. The final was closely contested, with both teams playing brilliantly, but Year 5 rose to the challenge and secured victory with an impressive three-goal win. An amazing achievement — we are incredibly proud of their effort, sportsmanship and success!  (March 2026)

In Science we have started our topic on Plants and the reproduction cycle of plants! In our first lesson we labeled a plant and decided if particular plants were pollinated via wind or insects! (March 2026)

Year 5 spent the afternoon separating materials! In groups of four, they had a  mixture to separate. They discussed how they might do it and tried how well they could separate their  mixture, using a chosen method. Available items to help include: Sieves, magnets, bowls, paper filters

They had to consider the sizes of the items in your mixtures. Think about the materials they had available to help - what might work best? (February 2026)

In English the children have created beautiful monologues for a character on the sinking Titanic. They worked over the week to build great fronted adverbials and imagine the feelings of those on the boat. To end the week, we read each other's work and put a sticker on the work they thought was amazing. (February 2026)

Year 5 went to the new Hurland Pickelball/ padel centre in Farnham! We had an amazing time spending the afternoon try out a new sport, it has now inspired the staffing team to want to sign up too! (February 2026)

The Titanic had its own post office onboard, staffed by five postal clerks who worked tirelessly sorting thousands of letters and postcards. These letters were meant to be delivered to loved ones as the ship made stops. On its voyage, the Titanic dropped off mail in Cherbourg, France and Queenstown Ireland, before continuing to America. Passengers needed to write early to ensure their letters made it off the ship at these stops. After leaving Queenstown, the next opportunity to send mail would have been in New York.

This week we have been writing letters as a passenger on the Titanic! The children were allowed to decide whether they wanted a First Class or Third Class ticket and had to describe their first 24 hours on board! (January 2026)

In art year 5 have been creating their own stage designs out of natural materials we found around the school ground. We designed, collected and built the stages independently! They turned out great and we had lots of fun making them! Which one do you like the most? (January 2026)

In year 5 we have been doing our Tudor Portraits as part of our History unit! 

In Henry VIII’s time, painters and portraits played a crucial role in politics, propaganda and personal legacy. Portraits were used to convey power, wealth and status and they helped shape public perceptions of individuals, including the king and his wives. Artists like Hans Holbein the Younger created iconic images that immortalized Henry VIII and his court. These portraits also serve practical purposes, such as choosing royal spouses! Anne of Cleves portrait famously influenced Henry’s decision to marry her! 

In class we did our best to portray the six wives in ways that reflected their personalities and the qualities they would have wanted to convey in the portrait! 

Portraits were the ultimate Tudor selfie! (January 2026)

In music, year 5 are using an online music studio to make some spooky songs. So far they have added some melody and drums and bass to their creepy creations. (January 2026)

In our final week of our Shackleton project we wrote poems. We used our poetry checklists to create detailed and descriptive poems about the Weddell Sea! (January 2026)

Year 5 took part in a Dissolving experiment! We timed how long it took to dissolve various amounts of salt into water! (January 2026)

Year 5 made quesadillas as part of our DT! We chose healthy fillings and made the tortilla from scratch! (January 2026)

Year 5 celebrated Christingle this week! We made our Christingles and learnt that the orange represents the world, the red ribbon represents the blood of Christ. The light signifies the light of Christ and the four sticks with sweets signify the four seasons and the fruits of the world. Thank you David for the lovely service. (January 2026)