Year 5

In our science lessons, we have been looking at the phases of the moon. We learnt that one complete phase lasts 29.53 days. 

Using the knowledge we’ve gained about the phases of the moon, we carefully carved the phases into the cream of an oreo biscuit with the spoon.

This morning, Year 5 held their own assembly where they could showcase to the rest of the school along with parents and carers all the work they had done during the Autumn term.

In our science lesson this afternoon, Year 5 compared the sizes of the planets in our galaxy.
 

We looked at the order they are in along with how long each planet takes to orbit around the sun.
 

We used various fruits to show the scale of each planet compared to each…

This morning Year 5 joined schools around the world on Mars Day. We joined a live stream where we learned about NASA and the ESA's efforts to send humans back to the moon and onto Mars.
 

We looked at what sort of professions astronauts come from, the type of rockets we need to travel amongst…

Today in Year 5, we looked at why it's essential to have strong passwords for our online accounts.

We were shown the most common passwords people use, why people should not use a password that is easy to guess, and the possible consequences of someone guessing these passwords.

We then had to…

In Geography, Year 5 has been looking at the physical geography of Iceland.

They have been looking at what makes Iceland such a beautiful country, from its scenic fjords to its incredible geysers.

We've created tourist information brochures to attract potential tourists to the country,…

Year 5 had a great day visiting Norton Priory and growing their knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons.

The class had the opportunity to be archaeologists excavating to find ancient remains from the area, trying to work out what they were and used for. They then had the chance to work out what the names…

This half term, year 5 have been basing their literacy work around the story of 'Arthur and The Golden Rope'.

A summary of this amazing tale - Arthur decides to make the journey to the great hall and help Thor catch the wicked Fenrir. There, he is set the almost impossible task of sourcing…

To support some of our Y5 today, a FRACTION of the class was having a WHOLE lot of fun with fractions!

Pupils were able to use their fractions knowledge in various ways, such as cutting a Wagon Wheel in HALF and QUARTERS and splitting oranges into eighths to bring segments back together to make…

In our literacy lessons, Year 5 have been channelling their inner directors and working together to create a storyboard for a scene from 'Arthur and The Golden Rope'.

We had to plan out how the scene would be shot if we were the director, we had to take into consideration how we would capture a…

In science today, year 5 explored what irreversible change would happen when an acid (vinegar) and alkali (bicarbonate of soda) were mixed together.

We had a method to follow, we were asked what caused the bag would inflate, and what would happen if we changed the size of the bag.

We…

Today in Science we explored the fire triangle and the 3 components of what's needed to create a fire. Year 5 learnt that as soon as you remove a component of that triangle, the fire will extinguish.

We also did an experiment to see how long a flame would burn in different-sized glasses. We…