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Year 5 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 5

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  • 13/02/25

    Friday 14th February 2025

    For Spanish day, Year 5 had a fun filled day creating some amazing pieces of art. Firstly, we painted beautiful patterns onto pieces of paper which we then made into fans. Later on in the day, we created tiles that were inspired by the Spanish artist Gaudi. We then created a display for our classroo...
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  • 07/02/25

    Friday 7th February 2025

    This week in R.E. we were looking at how we can all be one. We looked at how we are all different, but although we are individuals, we make a whole, a class. We also discussed why diversity is so important and how this affects our lives.
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  • 31/01/25

    Friday 31st January 2025

    This week in Science we were learning about the impact of air resistance on an object. We discussed why air resistance is useful and discussed the best materials for a parachute. We then hypothesized and wrote a method as to how we would carry out our fair test. We then tested air resistance on para...
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  • 23/01/25

    Friday 24th January 2025

    This week we started learning our music unit for spring. We learnt about samba batucada and where it originates from. We also learnt about the instruments that are used in this music. We then practised creating a beat to fit the type of music we heard. 
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  • 16/01/25

    Friday 17th January 2025

    This week in Year 5, we have been learning about refugees in our English book. We decided to carry out a debate around the topic to help us write a balanced argument next week. We all worked really hard and worked on our listening skills to make sure we were building our ideas off other people's...
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  • 09/01/25

    Friday 10th January 2025

    This week Year 5 have started their new PSHE topic on health and wellbeing. We are learning about first aid and did an acting lesson on what to do in different emergency scenarios.
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  • 18/12/24

    Friday 20th December 2024

    This week in Year 5 we have been looking at solubility in Science. We were discussing what happens when sugar is mixed with tea and if it can be separated. We went outside and carried out a demonstration of what a solid, liquid and gas would look like and the effects this would have if tea was mixed...
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  • 12/12/24

    Friday 13th December 2024

    This week Year 5 have been working really hard practicing their songs for the KS2 Nativity at church. At church, we sang beautifully and even sang the songs without using the lyrics. We now feel ready for Christmas!
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  • 05/12/24

    Friday 6th December 2024

    This week in English we have been preparing to write a suspense story. We performed some drama to get into character and practised showing emotions without speaking. We had fun acting in pairs.
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  • 29/11/24

    Friday 29th November 2024

    This week in Year 5 we had the Co Crew/ Bonanza Creative come to our school to carry out a workshop about CO. We learnt about what a good healthy flame and a bad flame looks like. We created a piece of drama to try and remember how to identify CO at home as you cannot see it, hear it, smell it, tast...
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  • 22/11/24

    Friday 22nd November 2024

    This week, Year 5 have started a project on writing a blog on South America. We carried out lots of research and then worked in partners to write the introduction to our blog on chromebooks. Our first topic to write about was the Amazon Rainforest and we found out how big it is!  We also lov...
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  • 14/11/24

    Friday 15th November 2024

    This week we started our new topic in P.E. We were learning about gymnastics and worked in pairs to create three counterbalanced moves. We then performed them for our class.
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