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School Blog Year 5

School Blog

Year 5

The blog for Pine, Poplar & Spruce
Mrs Madden, Miss Newman and Mrs Allan

Geography Field Trip to Fairlands Valley Park

By Mrs Allan, in Year 5 - Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Today the whole of year 5 took off to Fairlands Valley Park to complete our Geography unit on marine life.  In class groups, we walked around 3 of the park's lakes noting all the different types of litter we could see.  There was quite a range from small sweet wrappers to shopping trolleys and bikes!  We talked about what we could all do in our own ways to reduce this pollution and protect all marine environments.  We were also blessed with beautiful sunshine throughout and were able to draw snapshots of what we saw.

Exploring with charcoal and chalk

By Miss Madden, in Year 5 - Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Today, the children continued to develop their drawing techniques by using charcoal and chalk, which in turn allowed them to create various tones within their work. The children started by drawing a pot and the moved on to sketching their own images and replicating the different tones within their work. There were lots of successes and lots of 'I am proud' moments in our class gallery. 

Science meets art!

By Mrs Allan, in Year 5 - Wednesday, 12 March 2025

In science this week we have been looking at fossils, how they are created and what they tell us.  

We then took a walk outside to find examples of different leaves with different structures.  We then used a special technique to rub the "skeleton" of the leaves onto paper using crayons.  It looked amazing!

Science meets art!

By Mrs Allan, in Year 5 - Wednesday, 12 March 2025

In science this week we have been looking at fossils, how they are created and what they tell us.  

 

We then took a walk outside to find examples of different leaves with different structures.  We then used a special technique to rub the "skeleton" of the leaves onto paper using crayons.  It looked amazing!

World Book Day

By L Madden , in Year 5 - Thursday, 6 March 2025

World Book Day was a success in Poplar class.
Lots of wonderful costumes and books were shared at the end of the day with our peers and we learnt about Joanne Rowling and the resilience and perseverance that she had to go through to become one of the best known children's authors of our time.

 

Well done to everyone on your creativity. 

Love Your Heart Month!

By Miss Newman , in Year 5 - Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Year 5 took part in a Love Your Heart Month workshop. The children were able to learn vital emergency life-saving skills, helping to build their confidence and understanding around heart health and first aid.

Year 5 Maths Challenge

By Miss Newman , in Year 5 - Monday, 3 March 2025

Eight Year 5 children across Pine, Poplar and Spruce class took part in a Year 5 Maths Challenge after school today to demonstrate their secure understanding in Maths with a variety of questions involving estimation and perplexing puzzles. They completed 4 different rounds, consisting of lots of concepts they have looked at in their Maths journey so far. Well done to those who took part in the Maths Challenge!

 

Taskmaster Week 3

By Miss Madden , in Year 5 - Monday, 10 February 2025

This week, the children have been learning about advocacy. They considered the terms negligence, duty of care and damages, all while advocating for a claimant and a defendant. The children then had to have representatives to stand up in front of a judge guest to put forward their arguments. 
The scores will be in next week. 

STEM Discovery Centre!

By Miss Newman , in Year 5 - Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Year 5 have had a fantastic day out today on our STEM Discovery Centre trip. We took part in lots in exciting activities including designing our own tote bags with exploding paint and learning about the Mars rover.

We also had some time in the exploration room, which had lots of interesting things to look at and use, including an augmented reality sand box and a static electricity ball!

Jazz music

By Mrs Allan, in Year 5 - Friday, 31 January 2025

This week in music, we have been listening to and playing Jazz music!  The class paid careful attention to the beats to be able to play along on the glockenspiels!