Year 5

2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 5, the adults in our classroom are:

   Mrs Pring - Class Teacher              Mrs Higgins - Teaching Assistant         Mrs Poole - Teaching Assistant

P.E kits need to be in school all week.

Our homework and reading homework is given out on a Friday, to be returned on the following Thursday. 

Term 6

Forest School

At forest school this week we made dens. We worked in small groups to make our dens using a sheet of tarpaulin, string and the surrounding trees. Once we had finished we put in some home comforts and then settled down with a hot chocolate, biscuit and a marshmallow. 

Art

In art, we have been looking at work by the artist Grayson Perry he is known for his work with ceramic vases, which are usually decorated with bright colours. We designed our own triangular tiles with things that remind us of the summer we then decorated these. Then in groups we worked together to put out tiles together to make beautiful wave bowls.  

Term 5

Mini Police

In year 5 some of us have taken part in the Avon and Somerset Mini Police Programme and last week we graduated and received our certificates.

Forest School

Year 5 had an amazing time at their first forest school session yesterday. They made paintbrushes using natural resources! We then crushed coal in order to make a paint which we used to paint trees!

Term 4

Intouniversity

On Tuesday this week year 5 went to the Intouniversity center for our second visit this time we got to spend the whole day there. In the morning we took part in some different activities. We had to work out our bills and what shopping we would need and how to do our washing if we were at university. Next we looked at a degree you could do at university - Astronomy and worked on some activities about this. In the afternoon we designed our own homes if we were living on Mars.   

Computing

We have been using the ipads to create Vector drawings using lines and shapes. 

English 

In English we have been looking at the book EVEREST. We researched all about Tenzing Norgay one of the explores who climbed Everest and then presented this to the rest of the class.

IntoUniversity

Year 5 had a brilliant time at IntoUniversity Weston-super-Mare yesterday! We learnt about what a university is. We explored what kind of university we would like to attend, societies we could join, courses we could study and options for living at university.

Geography

We have started our new Geography topic this week all about Tourism. The first lesson was called Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside, we sang the song by the same name. Then designed our own poster to attract people to Lladudno

Term 3

Computing

We were looking at data bases to look at key fields to sort information using an online date base.

Art

We used our mark making skills to design a pattern using texture. We then chose a section of our design and developed it further to evolve our ideas into a structure.

English

We have started to look at our new class book in English called Beowulf. We have found that the story was originally a poem. So we can get to know the story well we are looking at a few different versions of the story. As a class we have story mapped the story and told to each other using actions to help us remember what has happened.

Term 2

Term 2

English

This term in our English lessons we are looking at the book 'Escape from Pompeii'. We have started to look at different events that happen in the story. We worked in small groups to look at the text on different pages and wrote down the different information and emotions the author was trying to create for the reader.

Computing

This term in our computing work we have been filming our own videos. Before we could do this we had to learn all about the different shots we could use when filming. We have looked at Close up, distance and full body shots. We also looked at the angles from above and below. We thought about how we move and sound. 

Term 1

English

This term we have been working on the book 'ARMSTRONG The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon'

English

We have worked on an explanation presentation this week. We had to present our ideas to a small group about how the mouse in our book would make himself a space suit and what he would use to make it. 

Orienteering

We have took part in Photographic Orienteering with the school games organisers from the NSSPEA. We had pictures from different areas around the school and then had to find them to get our clues.

Science

In Science this term we are learning all about the Earth and space. We have found out information about the planets in our solar system and their different properties. We have investigated to see if the Earth is flat using a ball and a lego figure and found, the Earth is spherical because if it was flat you would not be able to see another country. We have also looked at how we get day and night using a ball and a torch. 

Art

Year 5 have been designing rings fit for  Viking in art this term! We have used modroc to make the band and the stone. Here are some of our finished designs: 

P.E

To celebrate the end of our attacking and defending unit of handball this term, we competed in a handball tournament. Well done to the non-bib team who took home the trophy and another big well done to our players of the tournament (voted by the children themselves): 

Yellow: Harry

Green: Dominik

Blue: Wynter

Red: Lily

Non-bibs: George