As part of Arabic Week this week, Year 5 enjoyed exploring a range of exciting, new Arabic books at our school book fair. #JESSPriArabic

World Book Day 2023 has been such great fun! Look at our Year 5’s amazing costumes - well done everyone 🌟#WorldBookDay #JESSPriEnglish

Working together to analyse the work of Dylan Thomas as part of a Young Challenger day. A mix of Y5 & Y6 students pick apart the opening of ‘Under Milk Wood’ before writing their own poetic description of a place familiar to them. #jessprienglish JESS Primary Year 5

In Science this week, we investigated how changing the shapes of boats to streamline them lessened the effects of water resistance. It was great fun - amazing effort, Year 5 🤩. #JESSPriScience #JESSPriLearns

On Monday, our Year 5s thoroughly enjoyed showcasing their learning and new skills to their family members during our very first ‘Theme Gallery’ open afternoon. We can’t wait for the next one! #JESSPriTheme

We've been feeling the force this week in Y5. Using Newton metres we tested our shoes to find out how much force is needed to move them on different surfaces. #jesspriscience

This week, Year 5 have been learning about how the striking of oil and the formation of the UAE resulted in rapid growth of the UAE economy. Did you know that in 1971 there were only 7 hospitals in the UAE and now there are over 145? 🇦🇪 #JESSPriMSC

There was chaos in Year 5 this week! All the stock in the cupboard managed to get mixed up so our Year 5’s had to use their problem solving skills to successfully separate different materials. Great effort, Year 5! 🌟#JESSPriScience

A great morning at DESC for some of our Year 5 mathematicians this week! They participated in a range of fun, mathematical challenges and demonstrated excellent problem solving skills within their teams! #JESSPriMaths #descmaths

Up! Down! Left! Right! Year 5 have been developing their collaborative skills whilst tackling a range of translation problems this week. Super perseverance! 👏🌟 JESSPriMaths

In English this week, our talented Year 5s have been designing their own automaton based on the story ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret.’ Impressive artwork Year 5 🌟. #JESSPriEnglish #JESSPriArt

This week we had the opportunity to meet the author of ‘The Wintrish Girl’,‘Melanie La’Brooy’. We had lots of fun asking questions and creating our very own story! #JESSPriEnglish

“Chickens go in! Pies come out!” How does “Mrs Tweedy’s Chicken Pie Machine” really work? That’s what our expert Year 5s have been explaining this week! #JESSPriEnglish

Wow! Our Year 5s did an AMAZING job performing their year group assembly today! We are all very proud of you, Year 5! Congratulations! 🎉 🌟 🎭 #JESSPriAssembly

This week, we partnered with Eataly in Dubai Mall exploring food preparation, hygiene and food safety! We had so much fun making our own pizzas and even brought home some extra dough to create a second pizza for our family to taste-test! #JESSPriTheme

Look at what our Year 5s have been making this week! Using their chopping, peeling and grating skills they made the most delicious and scrumptious cheese and cucumber baguette sandwiches. Now they can make you one at home! Super effort, Year 5 🌟. #JESSPriTheme #JESSPriLearns

Our new reading corner has been a big hit this week! We have even written book reviews for our display so that we can see which books our friends are excited about and recommend reading! 📚#JESSPriEnglish

How did the blue morpho butterfly fly in the canopy? How did the jaguar prowl along the forest floor? Today, we had lots of fun matching adverbials of manner to their appropriate verbs! #JESSPriEnglish

What zone are you in right now? Do you know what to do to help yourself when you’re in each of the zones? If not, just ask our Zones of Regulation experts in Year 5! 🔵🟢🟡🔴 #JESSPriWellbeing #JESSPriMSC

Who said that learning spellings has to be boring? Not Year 5! Today, we have had lots of fun playing a variety of spelling games on ‘Spelling Shed’ to help us master this week’s spellings! #JESSPriEnglish