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!

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. 

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!

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!

Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed today's food technology session learning all about the health benefits of fruit.  We heard about how important is it to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables a day and then we had a go at making our own fruit skewers.  The children used strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and tangerines to make their delicious and healthy snacks.  Unfortunately, not many made it home!  Ask your child which fruit they think might have the most health benefits.

Today, Year 5 were introduced to their 3 core texts. The children discussed the features in the non-chronological reports and magpied ideas for their own writing. As you can see, it is not your average book.
We can not wait to see what the children produce in the next few weeks. 

Today Year 5 had their first Food Education Workshop with Rachelle from the Give Help Share charity. The children learned all about which foods are good for their growth and which foods are okay to eat as a treat. They then made their own healthy fruit rice cakes and enjoyed eating them for their morning snack.

Today Pine class finished reading Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll and the children had a competition to write the best review. This was our winning review...

Dear passionate readers,

You won't believe the book that I have just finished reading because it's incredible, it's called Letters from the Lighthouse and I highly recommend it for everyone who is reading this now and loves reading in general. It is an insane book with many ups and downs and is about WWII and how kids were evacuated in the War. Letters from the Lighthouse was written by Emma Carroll, let me explain ... so it was many pages but was probably the most interesting book I have read because it was full of adventure I loved it and I bet you would too. It is very emotional as well but even with the ups and downs they figure things out in the end. I don't want to spoil it too much for you so I am going to leave it there, I would love to read more of Emma Carroll's books though. Hope you enjoy!

Today, the Year 5 children experienced a WWII style evacuation. We scattered all 92 children across the depths of Fairlands Primary school, where they all had different experiences, much like those who were evacuated during those times. Some children got put to work in Miss Madden's land army and some worked in Queenie's post office. Some children got to play and have fun with their new host families, some were even treated to hot chocolate in Mr Staples' office! The children all gained an insight into what it would have felt like to be evacuated.

Year 5 are completing a fitness unit in their PE sessions. Each week, the children build up their stamina, strength, agility and coordination through a range of small group games and group activities. This week, the children had to work on their team skills by demonstrating how their stamina has improved in a game of hands and feet.