Welcome to Year 5!
At Durrington Junior School, we hope to make learning as exciting, engaging and as memorable as possible! Journey back in time to Ancient Greece and explore a forgotten world of myths, legends and heroes. From outer space, we will journey back down to Earth, to explore the world around us. From the rainforests of the tropics to the world outside our front doors, we will make many discoveries along the way.
We hope this area of the site will allow you to understand the Year 5 curriculum, enable you to take your learning home and prepare you for the end of Key Stage 2.
“I really like school because they really encourage you to do your best and help you reach your goals” – Amelia
“I like school because we always learn new things that we didn’t know before. I also like the exciting things like trips to the planetarium” – Fraser
To see the planning for this year group, please look at ‘curriculum’ in the information pages of this site.
Four year 5 pupils showed off their excellent maths skills on Thursday 20th September at Christ's Hospital, Horsham.
They, along with 67 other schools from the area, tackled mathematical conundrums with confidence and success. After exercising their brains, they enjoyed a delicious meal in this truly amazing setting.
Well done Zach, Lola, Cobi and Darcie, we are very proud of you!
We left the rain behind and had a wonderful, and informative day at Marwell zoo. We saw so many rain forest animals including; capibaras, leopards, lemurs and even a sloth in the amazing "Tropical Zone!" where it was also rather lovely to warm up a bit!
Our sessions in the education centre gave us the opportunity to stroke stick insects and snakes, as well as learn more about the zoo's dedication to conservation of all these beautiful animals.
Everyone came away having learnt a great deal about the importance of protecting our world, and an even greater respect for the incredible animals
it holds.
Twelve Year 5 children took part in our Children's Parade 'Big Make' workshop on Monday afternoon with Mrs Jones, Mrs Hankin, Mrs Jackson and our artist, Fiona. The theme of this year's parade is Harry Potter and each school in Worthing has been given a character to make. Durrington are creating Dumbledore's beloved phoenix, Fawkes.
The children created sculptures out of willow to join together to make the shape of the phoenix.
Fawkes will be decorated in the up-and-coming Children's Parade after school club so he is ready for the parade in June.
On Monday 25th September, Venus class made some fantastic new friends with year 1 and 2 children in Meerkats.
We met in the library and paired up with our new Book Buddies. We shared some beautiful books together and talked about what we liked about the stories and the information we read.
We can't wait to meet up again to share our love of reading fantastic books!
Four children represented Durrington Junior School in a prestigious Maths challenge at Christ's Hospital, Horsham yesterday.
Accompanied by their parents and Mr Lewis, they excelled themselves and one pair finished higher than we have ever done before.
They also got to enjoy a delicious (according to Mr Lewis) tea afterwards as they relaxed.
Well done to Jack, Lewis, Rosalyn and Ruby! You have set a very high standard for the year 6 team, who are taking part in their own maths challenge at Windlesham House School on Tuesday.
Our Out of School clubs are extremely popular and a fantastic way to inspire children of all ages.
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