Mr Costello has very much enjoyed working with Year 5 this term. He is delighted with their developing skills and dedication to the game. This term he has been holding an in-class tournament. We are delighted to announce Cameron as the overall winner with Naomi as the most improved player (even beating Mr Costello in a match!) Well done!! Year 5 have had a wonderful week developing their Science and Maths skills. As you can see from the photographs we had a great week, discovering and learning. We identified and classified the trees in our school grounds using observation skills and branching keys. The children learned how to group leaves using the correct scientific vocabulary. We were surprised to find so many different types of tree in such a small area. We measured tree height using measuring tools and percentages. Back in class we recorded our results in charts. On Wednesday we shared our research about a special Scientist or Mathematician and the whole class learned about some amazing discoveries and people. We also looked at the Fibonacci sequence in Maths and linked this to Science by investigating the number of petals on flowers. We also created some Fibonacci spirals and learnt about other spirals created from circles. We then were amazed to discover the number of spirals we could find in the natural world. We also learned about Financial matters in our Maths this week – focusing on budgeting monthly bills and learning about the uses of debit and credit cards. Year 5 have been thinking about different types of pressure in their lives – both good and bad. They have learnt about direct and indirect pressure and different ‘tricks’ people use to put pressure on others. Here are some photographs of them role playing different situations. The children will then be asked to evaluate how these situations make them feel and how to resist and cope with pressure. Year 5 have been studying Alexander Calder in Art. They have created a collage using torn paper and felt tips using some of his ideas. Some of the pupils fitted them together for our display and they really make a beautiful pattern. Well done Year 5!
Year 5 are learning about Alexander Calder an abstract artist who used organic shape to create paintings, mobiles and stabiles. The children learned about his life and work and then responded to some of his paintings by creating their own artwork. They used primary colours, geometric or natural shapes to inspire them. I think you’ll agree they have created some beautiful pictures. This week we have studied news reports and written our own. We have linked this to our class novel – Boy in the Tower – What are the Bluchers? Why is it raining so much? Why did the George collapse? The children have written some amazing reports and have remembered to include many of the features of news reports including eye-catching headlines, quotations, a strong lead paragraph and emotive language. Year 5 are really enjoying our class novel - ‘Boy in the Tower’. This is a sci-fi novel with serious themes about how we protect our world, courage, being different and mental health issues. The children have made predictions and have worked on finding evidence to back up their ideas. This work is showing some of their visualisations of the early chapters and some of the clues about what is happening in this exciting book. We have finished our topic on simple machines. Year 5 completed a lever experiment last week and this week we made pulleys and recognised how pulleys can make our lives easier. They used different amounts of pulleys and lengths of string to test their ideas. We are studying ‘Life in the Risen Jesus’ The children have written some beautiful reflections about the resurrection and what it means to them. I Was also extremely proud of their longer written task in Religion this week. The task was about the appearances of Jesus and what we can learn from them. The depth of feeling in the work was amazing. |
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