Year 5
Welcome to Year 5’s class page…
Welcome to the Year 5 page of our website! Below you will find lots of useful information about our class as well as what we have been up to.
My name is Mr. Knight and I am the class teacher. My assistant is Mr. Carroll. Mrs. Spacey and Miss Mallinson also teach Year 5 on Fridays. Mrs. Moore usually comes in on Thursday afternoons, especially to listen to the children read and talk about stories, but is not coming in at the moment due to the coronavirus.
This term’s Stars!
While Star Award Assemblies may not be as they used to be, we are making sure we still celebrate the hard work, talents and achievements of the children by having a class Star Award celebration on a Friday. Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Reading (everyday) – Your child should read at home every day (independently or to an adult) record it in their Reading Diary and get it signed or initialled by an adult at home. It is really helpful if you can chat to your child about what they are reading, what their opinion about the book is and get them to make predictions about what will happen next based on what they have read.
Please make sure your child’s Reading Diary and reading books are in everyday!
Learn spellings (everyday) – New lists are given on Friday for your child to learn for a test on the following Friday.
Maths times tables (everyday) – Each week, the children are given a times table to focus on learning ready for a test on the following Friday. If your child knows their times tables very well, they will be tested on decimal numbers. For example, 0.6 x 3= 23.5 x 4 = After Christmas, we look at problem solving and reasoning questions using our times tables knowledge.
English and Maths Homework – English and Maths homework will be given on a Friday to be in the following Friday. The homework will be based on work done in class that week and you should not spend more than 20-30 minutes on each piece. We will work through any misunderstandings.
Curriculum Newsletters
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Learning Logs
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More useful spelling lists
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Prayer and Liturgy
We plan and lead our own prayer and liturgies for our class.
Food Glorious Food!
Advent art
We have been counting down the days until the birth of Jesus. Our pastel Advent art looks fantastic.
Christmas Mathematical art
We used a sketch curve to create our Christmas tree decorations. Aren’t they fantastic?
Perspective Art
We tried to capture the perspective of looking down a street.
Cooking
We have really enjoyed this part of our topic so far: making scrambled egg!
And leek and potato soup!
DT – Pancakes
We made pancakes from an egg, flour and milk. They were very yummy!
Gymnastics
We have been exploring how to create sequences on the floor and on apparatus and we are having a look at some partner work to create paired counter balances and counter tension. Have a looked at how amazing we are!
Science – Dissolving
We added different substances to water to see if they dissolved. We also dissolved some skittles and it looked amazing.
Science – Separating
Mr. Carroll dropped the shopping and made a right mess: sand, salt and paperclips. We had to work out how to separate them. We were very creative and came up with using a magnet to get the paperclips, adding water to dissolve the salt and then filtering out the sand. We left the water and salt solution so that the water would evaporate and leave the salt. It created awesome looking crystals.
World Book Day
We had great fun dressing up for World Book Day. We did some fabulous book reviews and had a go at making up some Harry potter spells.
Inventors and Inventions
Friedensreich Hundertwasse
We did some art based on the Austrian artist and hid some cogs and pulleys in. Can you find them?
Here is some of his art work. Do you think we copied his style well?
Tag Rugby
We had great fun playing Tag Rugby, but it was hard work and very tiring!
Tennis
We managed to dodge the showers and had a go at showing our tennis skills.
Science – Forces
We have explored different forces in science. We used carrier bags to feel air resistance. Then we carried out an investigation into how to make autogyros fall more slowly and rotate more quickly. Our science skills were amazing and we had some very creative ideas.
DT- Levers
We had a play with different levers. Who said we weren’t strong enough to lift Mr. Carroll? Ok we had a bit of help from the lever.
Art – Portraits
What do you think of our portraits? Aren’t they amazing? We really captured a good likeness.
DT- Mechanism toys
We have made a start with our mechanical toys. Can you work out which mechanism we are using? (Cam, lever, gear or pulley)
DT- Mechanism toys
Here are our finished mechanical toys. What do you think?
