Autumn 1
Today we worked as a group to create some descriptive poems, creating rhyming couplets and then forming them into a poem.
We became detectives during the fire brigade's visit, using our new knowledge of fire safety to identify potential fire hazards and solve mystery fires.
As part of Black History Month, we have been learning about Elaudah Equiano's impact on British law and politics. This has also allowed us to start thinking about and exploring our own family lineage and cultures.
Year 5 had the most amazing time visiting the Science Museum, where they were able to consolidate their learning from our science unit on Earth and space. Not only did we have the opportunity to explore the exhibits but we also got to dress up as planets in our solar system and build our own working rockets!
We faced another challenging maths problem this week which required us to work collaboratively to find the values of different shapes.
In computing, we have been learning how to be more specific ehen using search engines, in order to return more appropriate results.
Today we were inspired by Sir David Attenborough to become wildlife presenters!
We've moved on from fables to non-chronological reports, so today we worked in pairs to identify the features of this non-fiction text type.
In English, the children have been using lots of role play to retell our fables.
In maths, we've been applying our knowledge of place value to help with our addition and subtraction skills.
In history, we've been researching various aspects of everyday life in ancient Chinese dynasties and working on our group presentation skills.
We were thrilled to take part in MacMillan Coffee Morning today, where we got to enjoy lots of delicious cakes, all while donating to a brilliant cause.
The children tackled their first Nrich problem in maths. Taking a collaborative approach and applying their place value knowledge, they solved a multi-step worded problem.
Today, year 5 had the joy of going inside the 'Wonder Dome', where they were able to observe projections of our solar system, learning many astonishing facts along the way and sharing their own learning with an expert.
Year 5 have had a fantastic start to the new school year, engaging in lots of exciting new learning! They have been exploring fables in English, acting out 'The Tortoise and the Hare' before sequencing the story and perfecting their use of direct speech. The focus in maths has been on recapping place value and Roman numerals.This week in history, they became archaeologists, digging up ancient artifacts from the Shang Dynasty. In science, they became planets and mapped out our solar system. In computing, they explored systems and networks.
