YEAR 5

FEATHERS

Thea G

Isabella I

Emma L

Isabel S Madeleine N

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

I was standing at the top of the slope. My skiing instructor had just told me to go down the biggest slope for the first time. My legs were shaking, my teeth were chattering. I was about to say “no” when my instructor pushed me and I went speeding down the slope. As I went down I screamed at the top of my lungs with fright! I thought I was going to crash into the trees ahead. “What if I fall?” was repeating over and over in my head! Even though there was a straight path in the snow I thought a tree would reach out one of his arms and trip me up! But before I knew it, it was over and I wanted to do it all over again! Madeleine N

THE SNOWY WOOD

As I wandered through the lonely snow-dusted wood I could hear my boots crunching in the snow. I wondered what it would have looked like in the boiling hot mid-summer months. As I crunched on I could hear the trees whispering in my ears. Occasionally I could hear the odd bird tweeting, asking for food. I wished that I could climb up one of the many trees surrounding me just to see the beautiful white carpet covering England. I touched a tree and cold suddenly shot up my fingers. The snow was freezing – it felt like I had just touched the ice in the Antarctic. The snow started to fall again and I wished it could be snowy like this every day. Slowly I wandered on towards more snow-dusted trees. The carpet of snow looked like it went on forever. I felt like I was the only person for miles. It felt magical. Emma L

“I LOVED DOING MY ESB BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY FUN!” Freya V

THE CHECKPOINT

I got to the first checkpoint and it came to my mind how I was going to escape. The refuse lorry was there and the soldiers were running pitifully, looking for their rain capes. I had to make a run for it. I sprinted carefully so that they didn’t hear my flip flops until I got to a place I recognised. It was only another corner to go – I turned and there was a checkpoint. There were no soldiers so I started to run. Then three men appeared – I jumped and tripped over the rubble. “What are you doing here?” one of the soldiers asked. I was speechless and didn’t know what to say. Why was I here? The other soldier took me by the arm and said that I was a deaf mute. So I played along and pretended that was true. Amelia B Mai-Li L Scarlett F

THECHECKPOINT

When I finally arrived at the checkpoint I asked for some oil from the food truck but a man said it hadn’t arrived just yet. Then to make matters worse it started to pour with rain. A nice man told me to hop it so I didn’t catch a cold or get in. I was so used to being obedient that I started slowly walking away. Behind me I hear a man say “Where did you put the rain coats?” and then a man with a much deeper voice said that he put them in the jeep. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the food truck – so did the man. I saw my chance and took it – I ran until my legs were aching. It was hard to dodge all the rubble and bomb shells. It brought back memories of me and Mama walking down this street. It seemed like the road got longer and longer but then I saw a flag in the distance. It wasn’t my flag though – it was the enemy’s. Their checkpoint looked deserted so I thought I could easily jump over and be on my way. As I was about to jump over something grabbed my dress. I turned round and saw it was enemy soldiers. They shook me and said I wasn’t allowed there and asked me who I was. But I couldn’t speak. Then he asked me in a horrid way “Are you deaf?”. I pretended that I was, but they still thought I was something like a spy. Luckily another man said “She’s innocent let her go”. The men who were holding me did as they were told and then I ran faster than I had ever run before without looking back.

Alyssa M Amelia B

FLAMINGOS FLAMINGOS

Zinnia H

Grace S

LIZARDS

The girls made paper batik lizard compositions inspired by decorative Mexican artwork. The lizard landscapes are inspired by the decorative Mexican clay lizards and rock paintings.

Rosehana K

Zinnia H

Jana E

Freya V

Molly R Grace C Lucy N

STORM

In the storm you’re useless You can’t do anything You’re breathless Stuck Ferocious, Furious You scream, you shout But when it goes It all goes away, but Wait for the sadness And for the pain

You cry cry Sorry Can’t do anything So much pain But then it changes To the happiness You always have From your family members To go and have fun And you love them a lot Isabella H

SHOUTING

When I get angry I scream and shout I rage and run about the house My face turns red Oh but then I really feel sad For what I did

Lily M

“I LOVED THE DANCE SHOW AND DRESSING UP AS VICTORIAN EXPLORERS.” Jana E

“MY FAVOURITE THING ABOUT YEAR 5 WAS THE T RIP TO BLACKLAND FARM BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEW THINGS WE T RIED, ALL OF WHICH I LOVED.” Emma L

T RIP TO BLACKLAND FARM

Year 5 enjoyed an exhilarating two days when they embarked upon a short residential trip to Blackland Farm.

“ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MEMORIES WAS BLACKLAND FARM – I WAS SCARED I WOULD MISS MY FAMILY BUT I FORGOT BECAUSE I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN!” Molly R