Welcome to Year 5
Welcome to Year 5 from Mr Rich and Mrs Haywood.
In Upper Key Stage 2 we are now preparing ourselves to be role models to the younger children. We have a ‘can-do’ attitude towards our work and learning.
In Year 5, we love to learn. Our teacher and teaching assistant ensure that our learning is fun, but focussed on helping us to be the best we can be! Marvellous Maths, Exciting English and Terrific Topic is the order of each day, with thrills and spills along the way!
We will be exploring lots of exciting, engaging and interesting cross-curricular topics this year. These include: ‘Life is the Pits!’, ‘Alchemy Island’, ‘Spectacular Space’, ‘Invaders and Settlers’, ‘Resplendent Rainforests’ and ‘Hola Mexico’. Some of these topics will have a Creative Homework project linked them, giving us the opportunity to show our interests, strengths and talents.
Regular reading at home and school will be encouraged - after all reading is the foudnation for all other learning to take place from. We will also have an emphasis on learning times tables and the spelling of key words.
Mr Rich, Mrs Haywood and the children promise to work hard so that we are able to be the best we can be!
Keep checking out our page to see what we get up to!
Class Updates
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Christian Charity Research
Home page - CAFOD About us - Christian Aid The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre | Building a Home for Peace Viva - Together for Children WaterAid - water and sanitation for all - UK site Tearfund
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Victorian School Day
Year 5 were transported back to 1889 and Victorian Schooling! The day started with a hand and hygiene inspection, closely followed by arithmetic and learning our times tables by rote. Then we went outside for some drill practice. After play, the children practised their Victorian style handwriting. We also did some geography ...
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Mother’s Day Cards
Year 5 enjoyed making these lovely Mother's Day cards this morning. Happy Mother's Day to all!
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The Day the Chairs Quit!
Year 5 have been loving the cross school English topic revolving around 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. Year 5 came in this morning to find that their chairs had QUIT! They found envelopes on their desks from the chairs explaining why the chairs had quit. The children then had to plan...
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National Mining Museum
As part of our topic of ‘Life is the Pits’, Year 5 went to the National Mining Museum in Wakefield. The children met Sally a 6 year old girl, who was a trapper down the mines, they also met some Pit Ponies and its explored the grounds. Year 5 the also...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Board Games
To bring our class book of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to a close, Year 5 had great fun creating and designing board games based around the book.
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Writing Algorithms using Scratch
Today, Year 5 enjoyed learning how to write algorithms. They made use of the ‘Scratch’ software in order to this.
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Ancient Mayan Food Tasting
Year 5 loved tasting food from Central America and seeing the types of foods that the Ancient Maya and Ancient Aztecs used to eat. A big thank you to Mr Rich’s mum and godfather (Mr Apsden) for cooking all the food and enlightening the children with their knowledge. Both...
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What did the Ancient Maya eat?
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/mayans/what-did-maya-aztecs-and-incas-eat/ http://www.mayankids.com/mmkpeople/foods.htm https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/maya-foods/ https://historyplex.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ancient-mayan-food-culture
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‘Marbulous’ Marble Runs
Year 5 have had a great few days undertaking our Design and Technology project of 'Marbulous' Structures. Today, the children had to show off their understanding of joins and how to create bends, in order to produce a free standing Marble Run.