Today, Year 5 went to Into University, Maryvale Community Centre, to take part in an Oceanography Focus Day.   Oceanography is the study of all aspects of the ocean, which covers a wide range of topics, from marine life and ecosystems to currents and waves.

Children explored careers in Oceanography, climate change and researched endangered marine species. 

Children also took part in drafting and delivering a debate around coal mining and its effects on the ocean.

Welcome back. We hope that you all had a restful Easter break.

Within Hawthorn we have been Celebrating the British Values of everyone's similarities and differences. As part of our schools' cultural capital, we celebrated Vaisakhi as part of the Sikh faith. Vaisakhi is the founding of the Sikh community, the Khalsa. Children were also treated with ice cream as an act of sewa (giving to others) from Mrs Kaur. 

Thank you to all the parents that were able to attend our Tudor House Workshop. It was lovely to see such a great turn out. 

Year 5 has researched architecture from the Tudor period, linked to the Art curriculum.  Tudor-style homes stand out from other historic homes with their steeply pitched gable roofs, elegant masonary and stonework, and stately wooden beams set in a stucco or stone facade.

Children were given the opportunity to create a Tudor house with their adults putting into practise all the knowledge that they had gained about the features, colour, shape and pattern which had been used for effect in Tudor architecture.

We had some amazing and impressive Tudor houses full of detail and characteristics from the Tudor period.

Children celebrated World Book Day by coming into school in their pyjamas or own clothes.

We were very fortunate to have an author visit our school, Sofia Georgiou, who spent the whole day at Hawthorn, inspiring young writers and sharing her journey to becoming a profound writer.

Sofia shared her book, 'Emmas European Adventure,' which embarks on an unforgettable journey with Emma the Pit Bull as she explores the iconic cities, immmersing herself in the vibrant cultures and mouthwatering cuisines that each destination has to offer.

Along with reading Sofia's book Year 5 created non-chronological reports based on the countries that Emma visited, incorporating our British values of exploring diversity in different cultures. Year 5 also researched their favourite authors/illustrators and used different media to create images from their books.

Safer Internet Day is the UK's biggest celebration of online safety, covering online issues that young people are seeing and experiencing online.

Year 5 learnt how to report, save and block whilst playing online games and completed a quiz around real life scenarios within internet safety.

Happy New Year and welcome back.

In Year 5 we are looking forward to an exciting term filled with amazing new learning and exciting educational visits.

This week we have introduced the children to our new history topic, Crime and Punishment. We learnt about how criminals were punished 800 years ago.

Children experienced what life was like for prisoners in Victorian times and the different forms of punishments children and adults faced whilst in prison. Please ask your child which punishments they disliked the most.