Here you will find all about recent activity in Year 5
This week the children learnt about the lines of longitude and latitude and their significance. They enjoyed using the atlases to locate countries and the coordinates of a given city.
We absolutely loved reading the story 'Leaf' as part our World Book Day Project this year. The children wrote some amazing character descriptions. Well done to Sanaya and Manu who read their writing in assembly on World Book day. It was wonderful to see so much effort made with costumes. Thank you for all of your support. Please make sure you follow the school's Instagram and Facebook accounts where you might spot your child on World Book Day.
The children loved the Space Dome this week. It was fantastic to experience a planetarium from the school hall. The children learnt lots of facts about the planets and the earth's rotations around the sun. It was a fantastic way to launch the topic. Please make sure you check out the reel on our social media pages.
We loved our Food Tech day in Year 5 on Monday. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed ingredients; it really made a huge difference. Thank you to Sanaya's mum, Sienna's mum, Hala's mum and Oscar's nan who helped us massively with filling jars and washing up. We really appreciate you giving up your time. We look forward to next half term. Our new topic is Earth and Space.
Year 5 had a wonderful day out on Thursday at Hampton Court Palace where they took part in a Tudor Workshop about the jobs people had in the palace. Hearing more about John Blanke, the black trumpeter, who the children learnt about in school made it very special and memorable. Thank you to the parent volunteers, who helped out on this great day out.
What a fantastic week in Year 5. The children used online nutritional calculators in order to work out the nutritional values of their vegan bolognese. Thank you for signing up to purchase something off the recipe list. Please see important information in this week's Peek of the Week.
The Year 5 children have learnt a new mathematical strategy over the past week - 'the bus stop method' or short division, and we are so proud of their progress. Seeing the lightbulb moments and the connections being made around the classroom has been so rewarding. Well done Team 5.
The children really enjoyed adapting the traditional Bolognese recipe this week by using ideas they have seen their families use at home or ideas from cooking websites. They also used the Eatwell plate to check that their bolognese still had food from all the different food groups and looked at alternative sources of protein for beef. Good job year 5. We look forward to our cooking day coming up soon.
We have really enjoyed having a reset this week. We have looked at the school rules, behaviour and expectations as well as getting into our new topic, 'Notable Tudors'. Please read the Peek of the Week attached to find out about some exciting activities planned inside and outside of school.
We have had a wonderful yet very busy week in Year 5. We had a lovely Christmas lunch on Wednesday and it was so special to see our Year 5s support their 'Little Friends 'with their first ever school Christmas lunch. Well done Year 5.
The children have been learning all about the world's biomes this week. They focused their learning on the Tundra and researched and made Slides presentations on this fascinating biome. They looked at the devastating effect global warming is having on this biome and what we as global citizens can do to prevent further changes.
The Year 5 children were delighted to meet their 'little friends' from the reception classes this week. They wrote lovely invitations to their friends inviting them to Christmas lunch. The Year 5 children are getting so much out of this special project in terms of some of our school values: responsibility, empathy and self-belief. We are looking forward to seeing these friendships develop further.