In English, Year 5 have been looking at the poem ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright. In the first lesson, the children read through the poem and then identified examples of things that they have experienced or would like to experience linked to the five senses. Next, they developed their Read more…
In Science this term, Year 5 have been exploring different forces. Last week, we looked at air resistance. Air resistance is a type of friction between air and another material. For example, when an airplane flies through the air, air particles hit the airplane making it more difficult for it to Read more…
Today year 5 have been exploring chemical reactions between Mentos and Diet Coke. Firstly, we took the lid off the Diet Coke. Then, we carefully poured the Mentos into the funnel, which we made and placed that into the top of the bottle. Then we watched the fun happen! A Read more…
This morning, year 5 have been playing maths games to finish off the successful term that we have had. After playing the different games with their partners, they then went onto design their own maths game. Children included multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, prime numbers, squared, cubed, fractions and decimals. Take Read more…
This week, year 5 have been studying the mummification process and the Ancient Gods and Goddesses from the Ancient Egyptian times. Firstly, they focused on the different Gods and Goddesses, especially looking at Anubis, God of mummification. Then we took part in role play… mummification!! After that, we completed a Read more…
In art, year 5 have designed and created their very own Ancient Egyptian cartouche. To start with, they learnt their name in hieroglyphics and designed them onto their planning page in preparation for their cartouche. Then the children kneaded a piece of clay until it was soft and easy to Read more…
On Friday, year 5 took part in their first experiment linking to our topic ‘Properties and Changes of Materials.’ First of all, the children looked at and discussed the differences between solids, liquids and gases. Then our objective was to know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form Read more…
Today, in year 5 we have been investigating the time it takes for planets to orbit the Sun. The children have been exploring patterns in the time it takes for planets at different distances to orbit the Sun. We used a ball and string model, a stopwatch and a ruler Read more…
Today, year 5 children enjoyed their first day back in school. To start the day we took part in a HIIT session with Miss Hayward. 💪🏻 Followed by this, we completed some mindfulness activities and then onto maths. ✖➗ After play, we started reading our new class novel ‘Cosmic it’s Read more…