Year 5
Welcome to Year 5
Welcome to our year 5 class page. We hope that it gives you lots of information about what we have been doing over the course of the year. Mrs Carruthers and Mr Shearsmith are the class teachers and Mrs Jackson and Mrs Bibi support the children's learning. Below is our curriculum planner showing what the children will be learning over the year.
Please remember PE kits should be a white t-shirt, black jogging bottoms and trainers or pumps. Both classes have PE on a Tuesday afternoon and 5IS has an additional slot on a Friday. Reading books are to be brought into school daily. Homework will be given out half termly within a rubric grid. We are working on making our children as independent as possible so please encourage them to take responsibility for completing their homework with your help.
For any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.
To support our Science topic, Materials, we went to The World of Glass in St Helens. We learnt all about the properties of glass, how it is made and uses.
Dance
Our dance has an important meaning. Dancing to the Black Eyed Peas, 'Where is the Love' we are thinking about the recent terrorist incidents that have been taking place in our world.
For Science Week we took part in some fantastic investigations at Oldham's Regional Science Centre. We made toothpaste and brushed our teeth, invisible ink and our favourite SLIME!
We had a visit from FRESH (Food, rest, exercise, smiles, healthy) who helped us to understand all about healthy living.
Living Things and their Habitats - Meet the newest members of Y5
For Shrove Tuesday we had a pancake toss competition in return for an item of food that we could donate to the food bank. We really enjoyed it.
In design technology we have been tasting biscuits that are on the market. We then used this information to design, make and evaluate our own biscuits. We thought they were fantastic.
In Art we have looked at the architecture in our local area. We have been sketching, collaging, using water colours and clay.
We have been conducting lots of investigations throughout our Science topic, Materials.
In science we made our own water cycles
We enjoyed singing carols in St Thomas Church over the Christmas period
Our Visit to Jodrell Bank
In maths we have been ordering numbers to 1,000,000
The Romans
We had a fantastic Roman day learning about the life of a Roman, what they brought to the UK and why their army was so successful.
Castleshaw - Visiting a Roman Fort
Going into battle
The Romans
The Ancient Greeks
We all had a fantastic day learning all about the ancient Greeks. We listened to a talk on the geography of Greece and how the Ancient Greek democratic state worked. We then really enjoyed performing a play of Theseus and the Minotaur in the peace garden. (Well done to the actresses and actors!) It was very funny! We also completed a Greek quiz, played a Greek game, marched as an army and performed in the Olympics.
Our in school Greek Day
The Careers Fair at Mahdlo
The Mahdlo Careers Fair
Our trip to the World of Glass
We had a fantastic time at the World of Glass in St Helens. We visited the Victorian Pilkington glass factory and learnt about how glass windows were made. After that we took part in some glass painting and then went into the museum to learn about the properties of glass. It was brilliant seeing the glass blowing demonstration and we even got to bring a plate made by the glass blowers home. A day which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The World of Glass
On Monday 29th February we went to Lancashire Cricket Club to learn about healthy living. We were very lucky to do all of our learning in the conference room and were also able to have our lunch in the player and media room. We really enjoyed learning about all of the parts of our heart, labelling the heart and thinking about healthy food that we could eat to give us a healthy body. We also learnt about how smoking can seriously damage our heart and lead to all sorts of diseases. At the end of the day we played a game of cricket and three of the children won cricket bats for there fantastic contributions over the course of the day.
See our photographs below.
Fractions
We have started learning all about equivalent fractions.
Bullying
Year 5
Mrs Carruthers and Mr Shearsmith
English Science Fiction – We will be reading a story called the Little Prince, about a pilot who crash lands in a desert and meets a strange little character from another planet, called the Little Prince. Our reading lessons will be focused around George’s Marvellous Medicine Maths
Maths Place value focusing on reading, writing and comparing numbers to 1,000,000; negative numbers; Roman numerals and rounding to the nearest 10,100 and 1000.RE
RE We will be learning our Sacred Texts of Judaism, Islam, Sikhism and the Bible. We will also be lookinag at the festival of Christmas and how it is celebrated around the world.
IPC Space Explorers will look at finding out fascinating facts about the Sun, Moon and Earth and develop an understanding of day and night, the four seasons and the Moon’s phases. The Sun and the planets making up our Solar System are investigated, along with the other stars in their constellation.
Trip to Jodrell Bank - Here we will have the opportunity to explore the wonders of the universe and learn about the workings of the giant Lovell Telescope
5LC PE – Tuesday and Friday 5IS – Monday and Tuesday
Hathershaw obstacle course
Bullying and E-safety survey
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Recycled art
Welcome to Year 5!
We are now half way through year 5 and have had a really exciting last half term.
This half term we will be studying the Ancient Greeks, looking at myths and legends in English, RE will focus around Noah and Easter and in maths we will be looking at fractions.
We will be having a visit from a Greek soldier who will be helping us to understand weaponry and war tactics used.
Myths and Legends in the Bible - The Tower of Babel
Space Explorers
Sundials
Castleshaw
Asteroids and Craters
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Stars
Space Brochure
Here is our homework for the next 4 weeks.