Blog by Tag: Year 5

Congratulations to our Readers of the Week.

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…

This afternoon, Year 5 have been exploring the mechanics of a pop-up book, by creating their own version.

We researched and developed design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular younger children.

Great…

This morning in Year 5, we have been ordering fractions with mixed numerators and denominators. To help us with our converting we made use of numicon.

We also used our knowledge of multiples, which we learnt last term, to help us with our learning.

Fantastic fraction work year…

Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary.  In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write.  In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…

In another small step forward in improving our school (perhaps more of a tweak really), today we introduced our mobile ‘Learning Boards’ for every class from Year 1 to Year 6.  These will help our teachers make it really clear what new knowledge, skills and vocab we intend to learn or practise in…

In Music, Year 5 have been looking at South African music. We've been singing a capella and playing instruments along to the song ‘Shosholoza’, which is a song from those who speak Xhosa.

We've learnt that songs sung in other languages can contain sounds that are unfamiliar to us, like the…

Year 5's latest computing lesson explored random number simulation through coding.

Year 5 coded 2 characters' movements and created a scoreboard. If they found any issues, the class could debug their code and get the program to run again smoothly.

Year 3 and 5 have finished their stories just in time for Christmas.

Today we shared our stories with each other.

Children in Year 5 and Year 6 participated in a Christmas Sports Festival with other local primary schools.  Children were encouraged to try new sports including archery, table-tennis and boccia.

In art today, Year 5 explored everyday objects to create an installation. They considered how ordinary spaces can be transformed and tried alternative solutions as they constructed their artwork.

Fantastic Year 5!