Today we took part in a Healthy Peer Relationships workshop. We learnt about healthy and unhealthy friendships, worked together to make a friendship soup and ended with making a kind star. We all listened well and engaged respectfully with our visitor. We were perfect role models for our school!
A big well done goes to our Year 5/6 football team who yesterday took part in their first competitive football match of the year. It was a huge learning curve for us and we learnt a lot from the match itself. It definitely wasn't the result that we were hoping for but there are a lot of areas that we are able to work on. We will come back stronger in our next match and Mr Morton already has some good ideas to help us develop our skills moving forward.
Today, we went on a school trip to experience life as a Viking Settler. Our trip allowed us to practically experience what it would have been to live in the era of the Vikings. We spent the day living as settlers and had to learn how to defend our land as warriors. We also collected and grew crops taking on the role of farmers and learnt how to make our own bread; as well as entertain ourselves with Viking board games. We even had a go at making our own oil lamps in the pottery shed as well as taking it in turns to be on guard duty to ensure our village didn’t get attacked! We all had a fantastic day and thoroughly enjoyed living as Viking settlers for the day!
Today we have carried out a vote in class for our new digital leaders for this year.
The two with the most votes are... Ruby and Ruben! You will get you badges next week! In computing, we have been looking at how to use a web search to find specific information. We searched for 'Rugby', 'Boot' and 'Sale'. We ended up with lots of different results before we realised we needed to refine our searches to find the information we wanted. These words are all places in the UK!
In maths today, we have been using lots of practical resources to help us add and subtract hundredths. We have used a mixture of Braining Camp, tens frames and part whole models with decimal counters to help us solve addition and subtraction questions.
This term in Year 5, we’ve been diving into the fascinating history of the Anglo-Saxons. As part of our topic, we've explored why the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain, where they came from, and the reasons behind why the Romans' left Britain.
We started our lesson by ordering dates in history on a human timeline. We then started investigating why the Anglo-Saxons decided to settle in Britain. The children discovered that the Anglo-Saxons came from areas like modern-day Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. We explored the push and pull factors, learning about their search for better farmland and the decline of Roman rule. We also looked at why the Romans left Britain after such a long period of rule. The children learned that the Roman Empire was under attack from other invaders, so the soldiers had to return to Rome, leaving Britain vulnerable to new settlers. To bring our learning to life, the class worked in small groups to research these big questions. Each group gathered information, discussed their ideas, and then presented their findings to the rest of the class. It was wonderful to see such teamwork and enthusiasm, and the presentations were filled with interesting facts and creative ways to share what they had learned. The children have really enjoyed uncovering this period of British history, and we can’t wait to continue exploring more about the Anglo-Saxons in the coming weeks! In our maths lesson today, we have been using 0.1 place value counters to help us recognise that decimal numbers with tenths can be written as a multiplication!
We all worked hard together to understand a tricky concept! Well done Year 5! This half term in our outdoor PE lessons, we are focusing on developing football skills. This week, we practiced turning with the ball, dribbling, and using the 'drag back' technique. We really enjoyed today's lesson in the sunshine, and some of us even had the chance to play more football at the after-school club this evening.
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