Year 5
Year 5 Team
Miss Knighton (Class Teacher) Mrs Higgins (TA) Mr Thomas (TA)
Term 6
Week 5
As part of our sports week, the children had the opportunity to try fencing. What a lot of fun!
In Science, the children were trying to make a human model of the sun, earth and moon. We were investigating why we can only see one side of the moon from earth.
Week 4
As part of our English unit, the children had to design and label their very own 'hexapod'. Here are some examples of their work!
In P.E. Year 5 were working on their triple jump!
Week 3
Year 5 were out for their Community Litter Pick this week. They were brilliant! It was a very hot day but the children stuck at it and collected a huge amount of rubbish around the estate. Tremendous effort from the children and parents who came along to help!
In Science, Year 5 have been demonstrating how we experience night and day on Earth due to Earth's rotation on it's axis in relation to the sun.
Week 2
This week, the Year 5 Mini Police had the opportunity to use a lifeguard throwing line!
In Forest School, Year 5 were making skeletons out of natural resources!
Week 1
Year 5 are hard at work practising their SPAG.
The Play Leaders have been learning different versions of dodgeball so they can teach them to other year groups at lunchtimes.
Term 5
Week 5
We loved the special Jubilee Dance Workshop!
In Science, we were experimenting how levers work - investigating how the length of the lever changed it's strength.
Week 4
Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed the music workshop, learning all about how music makes us feel!
Year 5 were investigating how the surface area of a parachute effected the speed it travelled down to the floor and why this is.
Week 3
Year 5 were challenged to give a speech on why John Cabot was significant and why he is still remembered today.
Week 2
Year 5 had a brilliant day at Into University. The focus was space and the children loved learning more about what it might be like out in space and what it would take to be an astronaut!
Week 1
Year 5 kicked off their Tudors topic with an exciting trip to The Matthew. We sailed around the harbour and learned how the ship would have navigated, measured speed and lots more!
Term 4
Week 6
In R.E, Year 5 were studying eye witness accounts about the resurrection of Jesus.
Week 5
Year 5 created some posters about how the right or wrong amount of something can impact our health.
Year 5 continued their netball sessions, concentrating on marking the player, the space and the ball.
Week 4
In Science, the children had to plan their own test to see how exercise effects your heart rate.
Year 5 have been playing lots of games to improve their netball skills.
Week 3
As part of our Science topic, the children were finding out about how the circulatory system enables the body to function.
Week 2
The children were challenged to find out about trading in different periods of history. They presented their research on some wonderful posters.
Week 1
Year 5 began their work on Hidden Figures. We became NASA employees and researched the work they did at that time.
Term 3
Week 6
As part of Mental Health Week, Year 5 created Support Balloons to remind us of all the people who support us and keep us lifted.
Some of Year 5 had the opportunity to take part in Bikeability! They gained confidence, learned about road safety and learned about using and maintaining their bike.
Week 5
Year 5 continue to amaze us with their gymnastic skills!
The children had the opportunity to learn more about Chinese New Year and create some fabulous Dragons!
This week, Year 5 made sculptures based around the work of Joan Miró. The results were outstanding!
Week 4
In Computing we were looking at the work of Bridget Riley as inspiration to create some amazing patterned art work using 'Inkscape'.
The children were discussing the importance of different jobs. It was clear they do not rank the teachers very highly!
Year 5 were working on counter balances. We were so impressed with what they were able to do!
The children continued their work on life cycles, discussing the order and comparing the similarities and differences between the life cycle of a mammal and a bird.
Week 3
Year 5 have been studying life cycles. This week's focus was insects and amphibians. In groups we discussed and compared the similarities and differences and explained the life cycle of a ladybird and a frog.
Some more fantastic Gymnastics and a bonus P.E session with Mr. Molland!
Week 2
Our Year 5 Mini Police were practicing communicating with walkie-talkies!
Year 5 have been using Area Models to to help multiply 2 digit numbers.
In English, we held a news conference with the characters from The Lost Happy Endings. The children were brilliant at getting into character and it really helped with ideas to put in our writing.
In computing, Year 5 were looking at tessellation patterns. We researched 'Escher' and had a go at creating our own.
Week 1
We are doing Gymnastics in P.E this term. Keep an eye out for what our amazing Year 5's can do each week!
To kick off our new story 'The Lost Happy Endings' in English, we took a trip to the woods. We discovered clear signs that someone had been there and we discussed ideas and made predictions about the story.
We were so happy with the results of our Viking rings which we made for our Art topic!
Term 2
Week 7
In Science, Year 5 were investigating chemical and physical changes and experimenting whether these changes were reversible or irreversible.
Following their design, Year 5 made their giant Viking rings using modrock and a pebble for the stone of the ring.
Week 6
In English, we were discussing how body language and facial expression shows somebody's emotions.
Year 5 working on their badminton skills!
Our Play Leaders looked at ways they could develop a game by changing the rules. They had lots of fun and learnt how they can improve a game, make it more fair and allow the players to enjoy it even more!
Week 5
Année 5 parlant Français!
Year 5 were practicing their multiplication using arrays and cubes in Maths this week.
Week 4
In Science, we wanted to find out if melting was a reversible process. We melted some chocolate and the children thought that we needed to make it cold to reverse the change. Each group came up with a new way of making it cold so we could compare them all.
Year 5 had a go at drawing using quills and ink. The results were fantastic!
Week 3
The Year 5 Mini Police working hard.
A Maths starter to warm up our brains!
Week 2
We had a very interesting visitor in Year 5 this week, an actual Viking! He taught us so much about how Vikings lived, punishments and some fascinating stories. What an amazing start to our Viking topic!
We worked on our throwing and catching ball skills in P.E. this week.
Our Year 5 Historians have been studying Viking Artefacts as we begin our Viking Topic.
Week 1
Year 5 loved their first badminton lesson! We were learning the back hand serve. The children can't wait to learn more badminton skills this term!
In Computing, Year 5 have started a new unit about different codes. We began by looking at Semaphore code. The children had a go at sending messages to each other and working out what the message was.
Term 1
Week 7
Soup making! As part of our DT project the children designed and made their own soup. The children needed to peel, chop and even dice their ingredients to prepare their soup and will have the chance to try them tomorrow once they have been cooked.
Year 5 practicing their French speaking by asking their partner their age and giving a response.
Week 6
As part of our Play Leaders scheme, Year 5 wrote instructions and taught a new game to their class mates.
Our new English book is 'The Man Who Walked Between The Towers'. In preparation Year 5 gathered lots of facts about the Twin Towers and arranged the information by theme.
Week 5
Year 5 and 6 had a very special visitor today, author Jay M Joseph. He spoke to the children about what it was like to be an author, what inspired his writing and lots more. The children were able to ask lots of questions and those who had bought a copy of 'Fire Boy' and/or 'Pants on Fire' were lucky enough to get them signed!
Week 4
Some more amazing moves were on show from our Year 5 dancers!
We had a lot of fun designing monsters in English. We span the 'monster generator' to see what our monster would look like and then wrote down descriptive words and phrases to describe them.
Year 5 were set the challenge of creating Anglo Saxon posters. Each team were given a certain topic to focus on and then presented to the class!
Week 3
Year 5 continued with their dance lessons in P.E. This week, we began a new routine with a Romeo and Juliet theme!
The Year 5 class were invited to a great feast to celebrate Beowulf's victory! The class rejoiced with mead (blackcurrant squash) and roasted meats (popcorn)! We then used this opportunity to write a brilliant setting description.
Week 2
Year 5 are working on their dance sequence. This week, the children had the opportunity to add their own steps to the dance!
Year 5 had a visitor this week to talk to us about self esteem. The children loved how interactive it was and look forward to trying out the techniques to raise their self esteem.
Week 1
Year 5 loved their first trumpet lesson!
Year 5 worked on their throwing and catching skills and applied them in a mini game of volleyball.
To build their vocabulary in English, the children described different characters and objects without using the name of the object or person itself.
In History this week, our children became archaeologists. They carefully uncovered artifacts and predicted who may have owned them.
