We represented Gainsborough at the Hackney Music Gala yesterday. Small and mighty, we joined the Hackney Borough Youth Choir and Berger to sing 2 songs from the Hackney music festival we took part in in the summer term. Well done Year 5 and Gainsborough choir, we are incredibly proud of you. #keepconnected

Year 6 visited the Low Carbon Banquet exhibited at the Hackney Service Centre this week. The banquet has been designed by artist @ling.tan.ql to raise awareness of the carbon our food uses and how we can reduce that. The children in year 5 and 6 have grown, prepared and eaten food at Gainsborough and their photos, videos and climate actions are part of the installation. Thank you @ling.tan.ql for this opportunity, many low carbon meals will now follow! #keepgreen #keephealthy #keepconnected

We made headdresses for our Caribbean carnival representing each different carnival dance we have learnt. Year 1 Jamaica 🇯🇲, Year 2 Trinidad 🇹🇹, Year 3 Guyana 🇬🇾, Year 4 Brazil 🇧🇷, Year 5 Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, Year 6 Cuba 🇨🇺!

Year 5 made Aqua de Jamaica 🇯🇲 in DT this week. They learnt to simmer, strain and combine hibiscus flowers, ginger, lime and water to make this delicious Caribbean drink. We served these drinks at our Black History Month celebration to our families. Well done year 5!

Year 5 enjoyed an informative and interactive tour of the Docklands Museum. They looked at the history of the Thames and its uses through the ages, as part of their geography learning, and travelled back in time to when the Docks were the epicentre of trade in London as part of their history learning. Well done Year 5!

Year 5 visited the British Museum to look at artefacts from the Vikings as part of their history unit. They studied the Viking jewellery, tools and homeware and were shocked how similar these things were to the things we still use today! #keepconnected

Year 5 blasted us off into space this afternoon. They led us through their science learning about life in space and taught what training was needed to become an astronaut. They wrote and performed a song to help us remember what life onboard a space station is really like. Well done year 5. 🚀

Year 5 visited the Science museum this week to journey into space. Their experience was out of this world…

Year 5 Forest School adventures! Let’s see what impact this has on their health, happiness and academic acheivement. #forestschool #keepgreen #keephealthy

Year 5 have been making Canopic Jars in art, linking to their history learning about the Ancient Egyptians. 🐱 🏺 ⚱️

World Book Day in Year 5! 📕