Year 5

Mrs Blackwell

Email address: blackwell.l@welearn365.com

Year 5 had a visitor from Hellas (Greece) who told us all about life in Ancient Greece. We looked at lots of objects and enjoyed some drills with our own spear and shield. 

Some of Y5 went to Newbold to take part it in 'Glow in the dark' dodgeball activity. They had a great time and it looks lots of fun!

VE Day Celebration!

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Year 5 were invited to the church to celebrate with the community at a tea party. They listened to a lady who told us her recollections of VE Day and the war as a child and they asked lots of interesting questions. They sang some songs and chatted to some of the other attendees before enjoying some delicious cake! 

Year 5 have a had a very active week round the village completing their level one and two Bikeability training. They learned how to ride safely on the roads and listened well to their instructors.

Year 5 have been using Microbits to design EWS or Early Warning Systems. We have used the inputs, sensors and pins to respond to codes to alert us to different environmental changes. We have devised an alert for light level, water level, light level and finally heat levels. We thought about how these early warning systems would help people react to natural disasters. 

Marble Run Challenge

To celebrate British Science Week year 5 took part in a marble run challenge. Using a set selection of resources the children had to make a marble run that slowed down their marble as much as possible. They timed their marble runs and then adapted them to try to slow the marble even more.

Year 5 and 6 competed against other schools in the area in track and field events. All the children had a great time and showed generosity in their support of each other. 

Parents and carers joined Y5 to hear all about their theme learning and look at their books. They shared the information they have learned about volcanoes as part of their natural disasters theme and we made our own eruptions! 

National Space Centre

Year 5's 'Earth and Space' science topic kicked off at the Space Centre today. The children had a brilliant time learning about space, visiting the planetarium and trying out lots of hands on activities.

Clean up the beach

The children used their knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how the contents of our 'dirty beach' might be separated. They decided on a method that used magnets, filtering, sieving and evaporating. 

Welcome back Year 5!

Important information

PE - For the first half term PE will be on Wednesday and / or Thursday. Please ensure your child has a full PE kit (in school everyday) including a white t-shirt, black shorts, black jogging bottoms, a black long sleeved top and trainers.  

Homework 

• Maths homework  will be given out on a Thursday and will be due in the following Thursday
• English homework will be given out on Friday and will be due in the following Friday.
• Spellings will also be set on a Friday and there will be a spelling test the following Friday. Spellings can be found on the Spelling Shed website and on the class page.  Please ask if you do not have a login.
• Reading. It is also incredibly important for your child to continue reading on a regular basis (at least 4 times a week). Your child can read to themselves or to an adult. We would also encourage 'book talk' at home - discussing the plot of the story, the characters, your child's favourite part of the book, making predictions about what they think might happen next.