...is more bread! We have been very busy in Y5 designing, baking and evaluating breads. From baps to plaits, we have had everyone in the school salivating as the smell of freshly baked bread has wafted through corridors, infused with lashings of cheese, onion, rosemary, pesto and jalapeño. It tasted pretty good as well!

We've also been busy in science, learning about hydrodynamics by investigating how the shape of an object influences resistance to its motion as it travels through a liquid. In addition, we've looked at the forces involved in levers and begun to develop an understanding of the concept of mechanical advantage through load/fulcrum/lever models.

In maths, our unit of work on fractions culminates this week, and we look ahead to multiplication and division in the new year. Poetry and motivational speaking have been the order of the day in English through our current text, Shackleton's Journey.

Finally, as the end of term approaches, we have been singing our socks off in preparation for the Christmas Carol Concert, which will surely be a wonderful and fitting conclusion to a fantastic autumn term.