Blog by G Yeulett

In Mathematics, we have been learning about angles and how to measure them with a protractor. We know they are called acute, obtuse, reflex, right angle and straight line.

In English, we have read Friend or Foe.

In science, we made a life size solar system with fruit and toilet roll.

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In Mathematics this week, we have been looking at column addition and subtraction with decimals. The children have worked so hard on this.

In English, we have been typing up our migration reports and editing them on the computer.

In Science, we have made planets and looked at the Earth. We…

Year 5 have worked hard this week in class and produced some lovely pieces of work. In art, we have created some beautiful pictures in the style of Alma Thomas. In English, we have been looking at animal migration and have made some excellent posters all about their travels. In Mathematics, we…

Welcome to our first blog in Year 5 this year, we hope you have all had a super summer. What an amazing first week we have had. The children have settled in really well and are getting used to the daily routines of Year 5. We are so proud of them all.

In English, we have been looking at a new…

In Year 5 this week, we have had an amazing week because we watched the Summer Production – Jungle Groove. This was so much fun and we enjoyed singing along. We then all had a treat and watched The Jungle Book film.

In English, we have created stories to read to Year 2, next week we will pitch…

Great Greeks!

Year 5 have been enjoying learning all about Ancient Greece during summer term, so we had a Greek day where we took part in our own Olympics, tasted Greek food and wrote our names using the Greek alphabet. The children really enjoyed this and we have learned a lot about…

We have been having lots of fun in Year 5 this week and had lots of exciting learning going on too.

Miss Eccles, our trainee teacher, has been working with us in PE and Science. We have been using our map skills to find symbols around the school grounds in PE. In Science, we dissected a heart.…

We have been busy in Year 5 this week. In Science, we have been looking at our pulse and carrying out an experiment to see how many beats per minute we could record. In Mathematics, we have been looking at how to tell the time on analogue and digital clocks. In English, we started our unit on…

Welcome Back Everyone!

It is so good to be back. We have had a great first week after the Easter break. We have been busy in Year 5 learning lots of new things and having great fun along the way. 

In English, we have been looking at explorers and talking about places we might like to explore…

Year 5 have enjoyed lots of fun things this week. We have been looking at a new poem in English called By St Thomas Water. In Mathematics, we have been looking at time and learning how to read timetables. In DT we have been designing a healthy dip that we could eat with snacks. Last week, we…

We have had lots of fun in Year 5 today. We celebrated Comic Relief in class with a number of activities. We all came dressed in red with a variety of noses, which we later ran 'nose and spoon' races. We played HeadHunters with Year 6, where we had to find a variety of pictures around the school…

We have had a great first week back after half term and enjoyed some new learning in Mathematics and English. We have been reading the BFG in English and designing our own giants. In Mathematics, we have been learning how to use the short and long methods for division. In RE, we have been looking…