Year 5
Our class
We are all so excited to be back at school after a long summer! Year 5 are settling in well and quickly adapting to their new title and classroom. It has been an exciting journey so far and we are looking forward to everything this first term has to offer.
Curriculum Newsletter Spring
Spring: What we've been up to
Art week
For Art week, Year 5 have focused on sketching using a range of skills. We have looked at:
How to use a range of shading techniques including stippling and cross-hatching.
How to draw from different perspectives
How we can draw in a realistic and impressionistic style
We used specialist sketching pencil and explored how they could have different affects on our drawings. It was difficult at the beginning of the week however Year 5 have shown excellent resilience. By the end of the week we had all produced something that we were really proud of. Well done Year 5.
Autumn Term dates and information
Important dates
Thursday 1st September
First day back
Monday 11th October
Hockey begins
Thursday 13th October
Trip to Royal Hampton Court (TBC)
Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October
Half-Term holidays
Monday 31st October
Inset Day
Tuesday 1st November
Return to school and swimming begins
Friday 2nd December
Occasional Day
Tuesday 20th December
2pm finish for Christmas
Important information
PE will be on Monday’s and Wednesday’s: please ensure pupils have their kits with them to bring on Mondays to leave in the class for the week - on Monday's they need mouthguards, shin pads and normal PE kit.
Swimming: pupils will begin swimming lessons on Tuesday the 1st of November, and this will repeat each Tuesday until Christmas. Pupils need a swimming hat, costume and towel for Tuesdays - hats can be purchased from the office too. A letter with further information will be sent nearer the time.
Reading: please aim to read with pupils four times a week and have them fill in their reading diary, with your support. They should write a brief summary of what they have read in their records.
Homework: this will be set on google classrooms (or given out on paper if preferred) on Friday’s and should be completed by the following Wednesday. It is typically two pieces, one Maths and one English. Homework will always be related to current learning so pupils should be familiar with the tasks, however instructions will also be given.
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Curriculum Newsletter Autumn
Autumn Term: What we've been up to
Air resistance
This week we investigated how air resistance affected parachutes of different surface areas. We started off by dropping two pieces of paper, one being flat and one scrunched up and discussed why the scrunched up one fell quicker. Following this, we made our predictions and teamed up to make parachutes of different sizes so we could conduct our experiment and time how quickly they fall. To ensure it was a fair test, we dropped them from the same height each time. We all discovered that our predictions were correct and the parachutes with a larger surface area faced more air resistance and thus took longer to reachthe ground.
DT Week
Year 5 have been bringing to life their very own Cam Toy designs. As part of the production process we used saws to cut the wood for the frame of our toys. It was harder than we expected and has certainly helped us to develop our resilience! We then glued our boxes together, made the holes, created our backgrounds and toys and our last step will be adding the mechanisms. It has been a huge project but it has been so exciting!
Testing gravity
As part of our Science topic on Forces and Mechanisms, Year 5 conducted an experiment. We were looking at how much gravity effects objects with different masses. We predicted that objects with a larger mass would have a larger weight and tested this by measuring the mass and weight of a variety of objects.
Hampton court palace
As part of their History topic of Kings and Queens, Year 5 took a trip to Henry VIII's former residence, Hampton Court Palace. They spent the day exploring the palace and its grounds, forming an understanding of how the lives of the rich and poor would have differed by using the buildings as a historical source.
Prime or composite?
In maths this week we have been learning about factors, multiples, prime and composite numbers. To test our knowledge we did a relay race in teams, competing to correctly identify numbers as prime or composite in the fastest time.
Decimals
We have been learning all about place value, looking at decimals and whole numbers. To embed our learning we played a great board game in pairs, putting our understanding of decimal numbers to the test.