Welcome to Peru class!

Information for parents/carers:

Year 5 will have their PE lessons on Thursday afternoons. Children can arrive to school in non-branded black kit with a t-shirt representing their house colour. Trainers can be worn on PE days and regular school shoes are to be worn during the rest of the week. Please ensure kit is suitable for all weathers as British weather can be temperamental at best. Water bottles will be taken to sessions so please make sure children are bringing water with them daily.

We are continuing our use of Boom Reader to digitally record books that the children are taking home. We ask that, where possible, children are heard daily by a trusted adult and the pages read can be added to the Boom Reader App. Do get in contact with the school if there are any issues with accessing the app. Children can record any materials they have used when reading for pleasure e.g. library books, comics, personal copies from home etc.

When completing a school reading book, children need to complete a quiz on accelerated reader to test their understanding of what was read. 

Industrial Revolution & Street Child

As we venture into our Year 5 curriculum we will be investigating the consequences of the Industrial Revolution (the good, the bad and the ugly ones). Through the study of our first novel, Street Child, we will step into the shoes of an orphan as he grows up in 1860s London and witness the highs and lows of street life during the Victorian era.

Science 

This term we have enjoyed exploring the concepts of forces, looking at how weight is distributed across a fulcrum and balancing point.

In our second half term we looked at the relationship between mixtures and solutions, performing many experiments to test this including an exploration of evaporation and condensation. 

Beamish

We ventured out into the past to explore a recreation of old England at Beamish. The children enjoyed exploring old homes and how the coal was stored. They got the chance to take part in an authentic school lesson using ink feathers and parchment to write. 

Happy new year to one and all.

I hope that you have all had a fantastic festive season as we are not rested, ready and raring to go with our new term of topics!

We will be moving on from the Industrial Revolution to look at the Tudors in History, along with developing a detailed understanding of the solar system that we inhabit.

(If anyone is reading this, bringing me in space pictures, drawings, cut-outs, facts etc to display in the classroom are with 10 house points each) 

In English we have moved on from exploring the novel Street Child, and will begin to delve into the murky depths of the tale of Beowulf! 

PE is still on Thursday afternoon, where we will be exploring and learning new skills in Hockey! 

Homework has changed, instead of logging on to century.tech, we will now be working from physical homework again. This means that children will need to bring their work back on time for the following Thursday, where we shall be marking them during class time. 

Showcase Assembly

Year 5 have enjoyed showcasing their autumn learning by presenting their work, along with demonstrations and challenges for their parents. They worked hard to create their own resources, pick their own lesson examples and create their own comments to say to parents as they visited their stalls.

Here are some photographs of the children taking part in their assembly: 

WORLD BOOK DAY 2024!!!

As you can tell from the image below, our theme for this year was SPACE! 

(Tiny Tomes being read on the International Space Station for World Book Day!)