Blog by Tag: Year 5

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.

The children created a story map about what was encountered by Arthur following his journey from his town to the home of Thor.

Today we have consolidated our understanding of mixed numbers and improper fractions.

The children worked in pairs to match the correct representations together.

Today in class we practiced grammar with a twist.

The children worked in small groups to answer a range of grammar questions whilst one of the group was secretly a ‘traitor’ trying to fool them by choosing the incorrect answer.

The children were investigating which material is the best to keep a drink warm.

Every hour, they recorded the temperature of the water and recorded their findings.

We discovered that the fleece was the best material for keeping the water warm.

This week, we have been creating poems based around Norse mythology.

The children explored the classroom adding noun phrases, similes and metaphors relating to each animal, object, setting or character.

They then took those ideas and used them to form their poems.

This term we are looking at how the Earth is divided.

We looked at how the Equator bisects the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

We then researched and discussed the differences between the two hemispheres.

On Friday, the children enjoyed a Santa dash around the playground in their Christmas jumpers.