Blog by Tag: Year 5

Today the children have been using viewfinders to recreate parts of Hundertwasser’s artwork.

They looked at a range of his paintings and selected parts of each to copy into their sketchbooks.

Today the children built on their skills using Scratch. We started by discussing different genres and the type of music associated with them. We then created our own soundtracks, adjusting the tempo and the notes used.

This afternoon, the children continued their music topic on composition inspired by nature. Today we created our own melodies inspired by Dark and stormy clouds. 

 

Today we have been exploring subtractive drawing. A technique where something is taken away from the surface of a painting to reveal marks.

We have used Scratch to explore the capabilities of different musical elements.

The children tinkered with different sprites to create different sounds.

The children worked in pairs to identify and represent numbers up to 10,000.

The numbers were presented in word form, part-whole models, place value counters and base ten blocks.

Tallulah 5B, “I enjoyed exploring the classroom and figuring out the range of…

Well done to the Year 5 children who took part in today's Sefton Primary Cricket Competition at Firwood Bootle Cricket Club. They demonstrated a good positive attitude whilst improving their cricket skills.

The children in Year 5 had a great time this morning celebrating the summer fayre.

Thank you to the PTA for all their hard work in organising an amazing event for the children.

Today, the children in Year 5 experienced a taster day at Holy Family Catholic High School.

They took part in a Geography, Mathematics and P.E lesson.

Year 5 had a brilliant time and the staff at Holy Family commented on how polite and respectful the children were.

This morning, the children in Year 5 enjoyed reading and relaxing in shade.

On Thursday, some children from Year 5 went to celebrate Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral. The mass was led by Archbishop John Sherrington and was to celebrate all the work done in raising money for Nugent Care.

 

Last week, Y5 had an excellent time at St Joseph’s Prayer Centre.

The children took part in a range of workshops celebrating differences and recognising the qualities in each other.