Year 5

Year 5 Homework Blog

• 16 July – Making a good impression
  Art Week has come around again and our focus was on Impressionist painters. We explored Monet and looked at how technology and the industrial revolution influenced the impressionist movement. The children have all worked incredibly hard to re-create a water lily painting and I’ve included just a small selection below. We have also enjoyed the annual Sponsored Bounce this week and had great fun tackling the bouncy castle, spider’s web and slide. It looks as though summer is arriving in time for the weekend so I hope you all enjoy the sunshine!Mrs Hunter
• 9 July – human geography at the Grand Canyon
  To complete our geographical focus on the Grand Canyon, the children used our fantastic new Google Chrome books (thank you again, FTW!) to research how humans use the land at the Grand Canyon. They explored the life of the Havasupai tribe who have lived at the canyon for the last 800 years. They were fascinated to discover that the only way that post can reach the inhabitants is via helicopter or mules! They looked at the tourist industry, considering how the climate affects the activities available and researched the Glen Canyon dam. Using their critical thinking ...
• 2 July – Sports Day and Talent Auditions
  Hot off the press! Today, Year 5 held their auditions for the annual Two Waters Talent Show. We had singers, dancers and musicians. All the children performed brilliantly and the final three acts making it through to the final are Evan on drums, Maxwell playing the piano and Lacey performing an Irish dance. Congratulations! Earlier in the week, it was lovely to see so many of you at sports day. The children loved the Olympic activities and showed great sportsmanship, supporting and encouraging each other. In the classroom, we have been exploring ...
• 18 June – The Promise
  Our focus book in literacy is called ‘The Promise’. It’s a beautiful circular narrative about the difference one person can make to the world. In the story, one girl’s life is changed when she makes a promise to plant trees in grey and gloomy cities. The children have impressed me this week by writing both poems and newspaper articles based on the book, showing their skills at writing in different genres. Next week, they will be planning and writing their own narratives in a similar style and I am really excited to see what they can ...
• 11 June – Athletics, Grand Canyon and Flowering Plants
  It’s the start of the final half term of Year 5 and we have started some brand new units in our learning. For PE, we are focusing on athletics. This week, we practised our running skills through relay races. We spent time learning how to accurately pass the baton whilst both team members are moving to speed up the transfer time and avoid collisions! In science, we will be learning about lifecycles. Thursday’s lesson enabled the children to explore the different parts of a plant and understand how new plants are created. They dissected ...
• 28 May – Anglo-Saxon DT Project and Break the Rules Day
  The children have worked incredibly hard this week to create authentic Anglo-Saxon brooches, putting their new clay skills to good use. We are using the half term to let the clay dry before painting them but I’ve attached photos of the work so far for you to see – they look amazing! The children had so much fun today breaking the rules to raise money! There was definitely a trend towards dyed hair and our class numbers doubled with the teddies that arrived in Year 5! One was so large, we had to get an extra ...
• 21 May – Culture and Identity
  We have continued to use Floella Benjamin’s biography ‘Coming to England’ as the inspiration for our writing this week. The children have produced ‘mini fact files’ exploring their culture and identity. Using the song ‘This Is Me’ from The Greatest Showman, we have had some super discussions about the value of diversity and the importance of ‘being me’. They have shown fantastic empathy by writing letters to Floella, sympathising with the difficulties she faced when coming to England, as well as looking at the events in her biography from the perspective of her mother. Armed with ...
• 14 May – Mental Health Week and Baroness Floella Benjamin
  This week, we have focused particularly on our wellbeing in celebration of Mental Health Week. We have spent time thinking about the 5 ways to wellbeing (connecting with others, being physically active, learning new skills, giving to others and being present) and are working to produce our own mental health toolkit, illustrating it with ideas of how we can improve our wellbeing. The children have impressed me with their historical skills when investigating the mystery of who was buried at the Anglo Saxon burial site in Sutton Hoo and making their cases as to which actions truly made ...
• 10 May – Number Day (part 2)
  Good morning Year 5 families, I thought you might like to see just a quick selection of some of the photographs from our Number Day last week. I hope you all had a super weekend! Kind regards,Mrs Hunter
• 7 May – Number Day, Coming to England and Rugby
  We’ve had an exciting week in Year 5 which started off with the launch of our whole school literacy focus on Floella Benjamin’s ‘Coming to England’ biography. The children have been captivated by her story and it has been wonderful to see how engaged they are in their learning. Tag Rugby continues to be a hit within Year 5 (see the photographs below) and it is fantastic to see the Two Waters values of co-operation and resilience coming to life with the team spirit the children are showing in their drills and matches. Today, we celebrated Number ...