Welcome to Year 5 2024-2025

We have had a great start to the year!

Welcome to Year 5 2023 – 2024!

To start the new school year we have been sharing the text, ‘Our Class is a Family’ written by Shannon Olsen. We have thought about being part of a team as a class and a school and other teams we belong to. We have thought about our ‘jobs’ as learners and what makes a great learning partner and a really amazing friend.

Take a look at what we are learning about next this term!

Autumn Term 2023

Our curriculum focus for the Autumn term is entitled 'Back to the Dark Ages'. In History, we have developed our understanding of timelines and key aspects of Anglo-Saxon life.  While developing our understanding this time period and what life was like, we have discussed how reliable evidence is.  In Geography, we have used 6-figure grid references to locate places.  In English we have been reading ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ and creating our own descriptions of a room of wonders and enjoying some creative write sessions. Science has been full of experiments, this half term, to explore friction, air and water resistance and pulleys – we have had great fun.

After half term, we will continue being historians in addition to being artists and design technologist as we discover the impact of the Viking invasion in Britain.  We will create Norse artwork and design and make a Viking longship. We are moving on to explore the Poem Silver and some Norse narratives in English. In Science we are exploring space and the solar system. We are excited for the term ahead.

Spring Term 2023

Our curriculum focus for the Spring term is entitled 'On Your Marks, Get Set, Go'. In History, we have looked at the Ancient Greeks and how their life differed depending on what city-state they lived in. We have compared the Ancient Greeks with the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons that we studied last term and have noticed lots of similarities and differences.  In English we have been reading the picture book ‘Tuesday’ by David Weisner and 'Rooftoppers' by Katherine Rundell and creating diary entries and newspaper reports. We also explored Stephen Hawkings' life and wrote some brilliant biographies about his life. Science has been learning about properties of materials experimenting what makes the best insulating material and also looking at animals and humans including life cycles. 

After half term, we are looking at the artist LeRoy Neiman and his expressionism art. We are learning to draw people in action using wooden mannequins to learn about proportions. We will use these skills to help us create a picture using screen printing. In RE, we are looking at the stations of the cross and exploring the question 'What did Jesus do to save human beings?' using role play and exploring biblical paintings along with extracts from the bible.

As part of Topic we will be learning about healthy eating and making some Greek food. We are really looking forward to this!

Children leading our weekly Learning Forum based on our school values. This half term is Identity.

Outdoor PE with @sbitc as part of their Move and Learn project for Year 5 this half term.

Our Viking longships, complete with a pulley system for the sail, a slider and a lever. All the children chose different ways of using the lever and slider in their designs and they were very creative!

Our Science focus has been a physics unit, 'Forces'. We have investigated gravity, found out about Sir Isaac Newton and tested air resistance with our parachutes!

On our Values Day, we thought about how our school values link to our mental health and wellbeing. One thing we sometimes loose sight of is how amazing we all are, so we spent time thinking about all our special talents, skills and qualities - everything that makes us unique!

It has even snowed!