On the 1st December we gained an extra pupil, a naughty elf! He has been causing lots of chaos in our classroom like pouring cereal everywhere, mixing up our drawers and books as well as hanging our PE kits on the ceiling. The children thought it’d be a good idea to write to Santa to explain the problems that the elves are causing us and to ask him to send us some good elves! We will be writing our letters in our writing lessons and posting them next week! Take a look at the chaos of our year 5 classroom.
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It was lovely to see so many fantastically spotty and Pudsey related outfits today for Children in Need.
For the next three weeks we are learning about fractions in our maths lessons. You will also see that this is the main focus for our homework in year 5. In Monday's and Tuesday's lessons we we explored equivalent fractions practically using different resources and representations. We explored the fraction tiles from Braining Camp, folded pieces of paper and compared number lines. Take a look at our class display which shows our learning journey so far!
This week we had the fantastic opportunity to take part in an antisocial behaviour workshop.
we all learnt lots of new things about what is legal and what isn't, how our behaviour can impact on others and what exactly antisocial behaviour might look like. These 4 children were picked out for their amazing contributions to the workshop! Year 4, 5 and 6 had a fantastic time last night at our Halloween fun night. We played games, had 'dress the best mummy' competition, skeleton picture contests, lots of snacks, music and much more! It was fantastic seeing all the children in their best Halloween outfits - even the really scary ones!
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 the children in Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed living as Viking settlers for the day!
This afternoon, we have the fantastic opportunity to take part in the Ramp It Up session! We had an amazing time on BMX bikes and scooters going over a variety of ramps. It was lovely to see the confidence grow in all the children and their smiles said it all. I hope I managed to get a photo of everyone!
Year 5 are archaeologists! We turned into archaeologists today! In our topic lesson, we looked at different primary and secondary sources from the Anglo Saxon times. In groups, we recorded our ideas and thoughts on large sheets of paper. We thought carefully about whether the artefact was a primary or secondary source and what questions it raises about the Anglo Saxons.
We will be using the ideas we collected today next week in order to draw conclusions about Anglo Saxons, their settlements and their daily lives. As part of out science unit this half term, we have been learning about what a thermal insulator and thermal conductor is. Today we carried out an experiment to see which material would been the temperature of ice cubes constant and would be best for using inside a lunchbox.
Reading allows us to be transported from our own world to another. As we read, we can become immersed in the lives of fictional characters and learn new words and phrases. Whilst reading, we learn about different cultures and experience a range of emotions as well as acquiring new skills and knowledge. In year 5 we have had lots of discussions about the importance of reading at school and at home. We have set the children a challenge to read at least 5 times a week at home and will be sending home a reading card this week for the children to complete.
We have started our reading off in class with the book Danny The Champion of the World. To begin our guided reading lessons we made a prediction about what we thought the story would be about; we then used the blurb to back up our predictions. The children are really enjoying this story so far and have also been completing lots of writing about the story during our English lessons. |
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