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The Good Shepherd
Catholic Primary School
“I am the Good Shepherd; I know my own and my own know me”. John 10:14"
English
500 Words 2025 – Live Lesson
Year 5 took part in an exciting Live Lesson to celebrate the return of the UK’s biggest children’s story-writing competition – 500 Words.
During the session, pupils went on a creative mission to collect three key ingredients for writing a brilliant story: An original world An original character Imaginative words, including vivid verbs introduced through a catchy and memorable song
The lesson was hosted by Sir Lenny Henry and Naomi Wilkinson, who built their own story live on screen. A professional illustrator captured their ideas in real time, creating a downloadable poster to inspire pupils further.
To finish, Year 5 were challenged to draw their own story using the ingredients they had gathered. This creative activity helped them visualise their ideas and prepare to write their own 500 Words entries. The class thoroughly enjoyed the session and left feeling inspired and ready to become young authors!
Prince Escalus’s Monologue
Today, Year 5 explored Prince Escalus’s monologue. We watched a professional actor’s performance to learn about expressions, tone, and body language. We also clarified unfamiliar words using synonyms. Now that we understand the meaning, we can deliver the monologue with more confidence and expression.
Fighting Scene (Gregory, Sampson, and Abraham)
Year 5 explored Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. We acted out the opening fight between Gregory and Sampson from the Capulet family and Abraham from the Montagues. Through this, we learned how to use body movements, facial expressions, and tone of voice to bring the scene to life and understand the characters' emotions.
Romeo and Juliet - Quiz!
Romeo and Juliet - Role-play!
Solving Mystery as Special Agents - Romeo and Juliet
Year 5 were secret agents on a special mission — someone had gone missing! Through puzzles, riddles, secret codes, and newspapers, we uncovered the truth: it was Juliet Capulet. Along the way, we solved the feud between Montagues and Capulets and even found the three key items — the dagger, potion, and secret message — to rewrite the ending and save the day!
Year 5’s First Cold Write
(linking to D&T)
Today, Year 5 tackled their very first writing task of the year: a cold write to show their best work to their new teacher! Using metacognition strategies, we pictured an unexplored island where Jack is about to land and pictured the adventures he might encounter there.
Designing this mysterious island also links to our upcoming DT topic, Programming Adventures, where we’ll be using robots to navigate maps of the very islands we created in today’s English lesson.
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