--- title: "Year 5 English - Drama Skills: Statues to Show Themes" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-16-year-5-english-drama-skills-statues-to-show-themes" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 5 English - Drama Skills: Statues to Show Themes ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/a1aed266-e8d0-44d1-852b-0f61f78f4c85.jpg) 16 January 2025 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/a1aed266-e8d0-44d1-852b-0f61f78f4c85.jpg) We explored the themes of our novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, in English this week. We created 'statues' to show a theme of the story, and the rest of the class had to guess what that theme was. We went on to write an explanation of why that theme was part of the story, using evidence from the text. [Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-5) [English](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_8029.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-15-spring-clubs-1) Previous ### [Spring Clubs!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-15-spring-clubs-1) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_1188.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-20-reception-class-class-worship-jesus-walks-on-water) Next ### [Reception Class - Class Worship - Jesus Walks on Water](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-01-20-reception-class-class-worship-jesus-walks-on-water) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)