Blog by Tag: Year 5

This week in P.E, the children were practicing a range of balance and rolls.

Isabella C 5A ‘My favourite part of the lesson was working on my headstands.’

Today we made our own fact files about the recent Artemis II exploration around the moon.

We watched some videos and couldn’t believe how brave the four astronauts were.

Penny D 5A, ‘I enjoyed watching the clips of Artemis II and seeing the astronauts answer the questions from other school…

We held a wonderful Easter Reflection in church with all of Year 3 to 6 taking part, through prayer, song, drama and spoken word. It was an opportunity to reflect on the love Jesus has for us all and the calling to be part of his family, by following his path and example as Christians and…

In History, we looked at where Baghdad was built and why this location was chosen.

Using historical accounts, we designed our own version of what Baghdad may have looked like.

Happy World Book Day!

Year 5 have been spotted outside with their heads enjoying a book. 

In DT we have been exploring different materials and whether they would be suitable for creating a lunchbox.

In this lesson, we looked at how applying wax to denim would make it waterproof. 

Today we explored how to separate materials from a mixture.

We looked at different methods including: filtering, sieving and magnets.

We then used each method to separate a mixture of sand, pebbles and pins.

Frieda 5A, ‘I enjoyed sieving the sand.’

This term, we have been exploring a range of types of dance.

In this lesson, we created routines inspired by the elements. The children though about how their movements could replicate the weather or nature that influenced their dance.

This week, we investigated which materials are soluble.

Use a range of different materials, we observed what happened when they were added to water.

George 5A, ‘I liked seeing how the different materials reacted when added to the water especially the oil when it sat on top.’

We continued our traitor games but this time with arithmetic practice.

The children worked well in groups even with the traitors trying to influence answers.

Today we explored the hardness of materials are there everyday use in life.

Working in groups, we examined which rocks could be scratched by different objects and then explained which would be suitable to use for different purposes.

As a class, we identified that granite and marble are…

We have been creating collages using different strips of paper and pictures. The collages represent natural features such as the bark of the tree.