From Dinosaurs to Dens: A Journey Through Time and Imagination
Mr Clarke • May 23, 2025
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Exploring fiction, fossils, and friction in an unforgettable half-term
📌 TL;DR (Top 5 Highlights):
- Explored classic and sci-fi worlds in English.
- Created stunning descriptive writing based on famous literature.
- Modelled fossilisation with toys in science.
- Investigated surface friction using force meters.
- Celebrated great attendance with woodland den adventures!
Year 5 have been exploring strange new worlds; from the mysterious enchanted garden of HG Wells's The Door in the Wall, to the overgrown ruins of the Cold Lairs in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, to CS Lewis's Charn, to Ray Bradbury's There Shall Come Soft Rains, to the lost world of prehistoric earth, to dens in the woods as our attendance reward.
As well as producing some powerful pieces of descriptive writing, we have modelled the process of fossilisation of a small toy and created an informational poster all about a particular species of dinosaurs.
In science we have investigated the friction of different surfaces using force meters.
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