Welcome back to the final term of Year 5! I hope you have all enjoyed a relaxing Easter break and are ready for even more exciting events and learning. Our topic this term is ‘It’s a Wonderful World’. In Science, we will be learning about the difference in the lifecycles of a mammal, amphibian, insect and a bird. There will be lots of opportunities for investigation, including the lifecycle of a butterfly and the conditions needed to grow plants. We will be having fun in Art again this term as we are having a go at making a collage and printing which will be linked to our work in Geography (Mapping the World). In History we will be talking about The Shang Dynasty, When and where the Shang Dynasty existed, what life was like living in the Shang Dynasty times and their Gods and kings. We will still be visiting the library and will also take a walk following a map in the second half term so lots of opportunities to be outside.

Mrs Smith and Mrs Allen

Parent and children Art/DT session

Thankyou to everyone who came along today and helped the children to make their Mayan masks. The team work from you all was fantastic and the children (and adults) have produced some amazing work! 

World Book Day!

We had a lovely World Book Day in Year5. We did lots of different book activities including spending a reading session with the Reception class. 

Kinetic Adventure - School Trip

Today we have been on our school trip to Kinetic Adventure. We have had a wonderful day and the children were perfectly behaved! Well done Year 5, we were very proud about the way you represented our school. Here are a few pictures that we took during our visit. 

Our first adventure was talking about planet sizes and making them from playdough.

We then explored some scientific hands on learning.

After lunch we went into the experiment room and explored how wax crayons made a piece of folded paper unfold on water.

Finally we visited the 'Gravity Room'.

Roots to Food 

We were so lucky to have a great session from Roots to Food today. In groups of 5 we made Rogan Josh and took it in turns to slice,prepare and cook the food. 

Anti bullying Week - Odd sock day!

Lest We Forget

Year 5 Gallery 

In English we have been focussing on suspense writing. Here are some of the ideas we had on how to create a 'Spooky' setting. 

We have also been practising the story by using actions to help us remember the text.

We were so lucky to have 'Road Safety' visit us at school this week. We had a discussion about how to stay safe and we also had the opportunity to practise outside!