Autumn Term 1 - Week 7 - 21 October 2022

n Year Five, we have been continuing our learning about forces in science. We have made marble runs, which we used a test and evaluate cycle to create, thinking carefully about how we can use friction and gravity to make sure the marble travelled at the correct speed. We have also explored simple machines, investigating the pattern between the distance the fulcrum is from a 500g weight and how much weight is needs to lift it.

In English, we have completed reading, art and writing activities focused on the poem ‘My Head’. This week, the children have been busy rehearsing their final poems and putting together their final pieces of artwork ready for their poetry recital after half-term.

      

      

Autumn Term 1 - 21 September 2022

In Year Five, we have been continuing our learning about forces in science. We have made marble runs, which we used a test and evaluate cycle to create, thinking carefully about how we can use friction and gravity to make sure the marble travelled at the correct speed. We have also explored simple machines, investigating the pattern between the distance the fulcrum is from a 500g weight and how much weight is needs to lift it.

In English, we have completed reading, art and writing activities focused on the poem ‘My Head’. This week, the children have been busy rehearsing their final poems and putting together their final pieces of artwork ready for their poetry recital after half-term.

     

     

     

Autumn Term 1 - Week 4 - 28 September 2022

In Year 5, we have been focussing on the big question, ‘what makes me, me?’. This has incorporated many different aspects of learning, including thinking about our emotions, our values and beliefs. Part of this has involved us thinking about how we would cope in a difficult situation which we are exploring through our class text, The Explorer. Last week the children all had the challenge of building miniature rafts, each taking on the role of a character from the story. While some rafts looked sturdier than others, all of them managed to float – at least for a short time! This activity resulted in the classes managing to gather some great vocabulary to use in their writing.