Year 5
Welcome to Year 5. In Year 5, we are valued as individuals. We try to rise to challenges, whether they be creative, mathematical, sporting or about us living out our school values. We learn to work both collaboratively and independently. Reading and a love of books and stories are at the heart of everything we do.
Staff In Year 5
Year 5 Class Teacher - Miss Hodgson
Teaching Assistant - Ms Lee
Learning In Year 5
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Year 5 Class Blog
Summer
It has been another fantastic half term in Year 5! In English, we have been enjoying the drama and tragedy of William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. In one of our lessons, we worked in groups to get into character and act out some of the key scenes of the play. It was very dramatic! In science, we have been learning about forces. We completed an investigation to see if the shape of an object impacts how it moves through water. This term was also International Week! We spent some researching Spain, learning all about its Geography, culture and traditions. As part of this, we explored the life and works of Pablo Picasso and made our own brilliant cubist portraits inspired by his artwork.
This term we also took part in STEAM week! We were lucky enough to have a Dr from Imperial University come and speak to us all about how rockets work. We then worked in groups to design our very own water rockets to launch in the playground. We have also been reminding ourselves of the amazing achievements of our science champion Maggie Aderin Pocock, who is a space scientist. Inspired by her work, we created our own rotating lever mechanisms that share facts all about space. We can’t believe we have reached our final half term in Year 5. We look forward to seeing what exciting new learning it brings!
Spring
We can’t believe another term in Year 5 has come to an end. It really has flown by! In English, we have greatly enjoyed exploring our text ‘The Last Wild’. We have been inspired in our writing, creating our own fantastic newspaper reports and writing our own chapters of the story. Our love of reading also shone on ‘World Book Day’, where we enjoyed dressing up as our favourite characters and becoming book detectives in the library. In Science, we have been learning all about different life cycles. We worked with our partners to create some fantastic posters, outlining the stages of a bird life cycle. We also spent time dissecting flowers, to help us develop our understanding of what the different parts of a flower do.
In Computing with Mr Flanagan, we have had a great time designing our own 3D models on Purple Mash. We have created some brilliant designs that we are very proud of. Additionally, in Geography this half term we have completing our own fieldwork enquiry project. We have spent some time exploring the issue of traffic around our school, going outside to collect our own data. Finally, in PSHE we have been exploring how we can stay healthy. In one of our lessons, we learnt about emergency situations and how we can respond to these. We then had the chance to practise putting each other into the recovery position. This half term has been packed with lots of brilliant learning. We are looking forward to seeing what wonderful new learning the Summer term brings!
Spring 1
Yet another term has flown by in Year 5! We can’t believe that we are already halfway through the year! Lots of our learning over this half term has been linked to space. In science, we have been researching the different planets in our solar system and what makes them unique. We also looked at the Sun and the Moon and how day and night is created on Earth, drawing diagrams to show our findings. Space was also the theme in DT. Here we spent time designing and creating our own amazing space themed toys and further developing our sewing skills. We are incredibly proud of our creations!
In English this half term, we have been looking at a collection of poems written by Grace Nichols. Inspired by her work, we have been writing a range of poems in class, including poems about colours and trees, with us even writing our own season themed raps. Our creativity in our writing has really shone! Finally, in RE we have been exploring the religion of Siki. In our lessons, we have been exploring the key question ‘How did the first five Gurus shape Siki?’ Through this, we have been learning about the key teachings in the Guru Granth Sahib, what a Siki wedding involves and what a langar is. A highlight of this half term was definitely our visit to a local Gurdwara in New Southgate. Here we spent some time in the prayer room and were taught all about the key beliefs of Siki and some of the Gurus. We also had the chance to go into the hall where preparations for a langar were taking place. We had a wonderful time!
Autumn 2
It has been another jam-packed half term in Year 5, filled with lots of exciting new learning! A connecting theme across our learning this term has been the Ancient Greeks. It all began with our informative and engaging trip to the British Museum. Here we went to a seminar where we explored different Greek legends and myths, and were given some top tips as to how we can identify different heroes and gods on artefacts. This connected brilliantly to our key text in English, ‘The Adventures of Odysseus’. Inspired by this text, we have completed some fantastic pieces of writing, including our very own play scripts retelling the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops.
In art, we have been focusing on ceramics. We began by looking at variety of Ancient Greek pots, before moving on to exploring the works of different ceramicists, such as Clarice Cliff and Grayson Perry. In our lessons, we have created and evaluated our own wonderful designs inspired by these works. Additionally, in science we have been learning all about forces! We have been getting practical with our learning, exploring how to measure forces using Newton meters, how surface area impacts how quickly paper falls, and investigating the effects of air resistance on a parachute. Finally, in music we have been listening to and appraising a range of jazz songs and developing our skills of improvisation using a range of instruments.
Autumn 1
It has been a busy first half term in Year 5, filled with lots of exciting new learning. In English, we have been reading the book ‘Skellig’ by David Almond. The story centres around a boy named Michael who has recently moved home and has discovered a strange creature living in his garage. Also central to the story are owls and we spent time in class researching and writing about these amazing birds. We each worked hard to create our own information booklets about owls, which we are incredibly proud of.
In connection with our learning about the Kingdom in Benin in history, in art we crated our own Benin inspired masks. We took our time, designing and creating our own detailed mask designs. In PE, we have been very lucky to have a specialist coach come into school to teach us all about netball. We have been learning about some of the key skills of the sport, such as passing, attacking and intercepting. We are looking forward to further developing these skills next half term.
Finally, in music we have been exploring the musical genre of rock, with our learning being based around the song ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’. We have enjoyed exploring and comparing different rock songs and learning to play along to songs on the glockenspiels. We are looking forward to next half term and seeing what new learning this brings!
Parent Information
Year 5 PE And Sports Opportunities
In Year 5, our children have the opportunity to take part in weekly swimming lessons at Park Road swimming pool in the Summer term.
Being able to swim is a valuable life skill and something we encourage all our children to learn. The aim of their weekly swimming lessons is to help children to be confident in and around water as well as learning and improving their swimming and water self rescue skills.
Our Year 5 children have their first opportunity to learn a sport taught by a specialist external sports coach. This gives them the chance to learn a new set of skills and practise and play together as a team.
Mastering the fundamentals of a new sport and learning vital lessons in sportsmanship and teamwork, they also have opportunities to take part in local sports competitions allowing them to test their new skills.
This year, Year 5 are taking part in weekly netball coaching sessions and you can find out more information on that here. .
