Over the next few weeks, in our English lessons, we will be focussing on the book The Midnight Fair. Today, we took inspiration from the artwork in the book to create collages, using a range of materials and they turned out beautifully!

Hello Year 5 !!

What a sight this morning to wake up to! I know you are all devastated that you are unable to come to school today, but do not worry, we have tried to cheer you up by setting some learning on Google Classroom!!

Please logon when you get a chance, (inbetween the snow fun obviously) to see the lessons we have set. Please enjoy the snow today and keep safe!

See you soon,

Year 5

In Spruce Class, we turned our classroom into a WW1 trench. We even opened all the windows and had the sounds of what it would have been like for those fighting in the trenches. We will use this inspiration to help us create some amazing descriptive writing.

This afternoon in science, we continued our learning about different Forces, by looking in particular at water resistance. After a brief conversation about what it is, where we can see it in everyday life and why it might be useful, we completed a short experiment to test it!

Groups were chosen and tasked with setting up and completing the experient. It was fantastic to see how independent all groups were in collecting results, ensuring a fair test was completed and like with every experiment.. a large amount of problem solving! 

They ended up shaping Salt-dough into different shapes to test how long it took for them to sink. The longer it took to hit the bottom, meant there was more water resistance present. Next lesson, we will spend further time understanding and conclusion our results.

In Poplar Class this week, we have been doing our own research in groups to find out about scientists who invented new materials. The children worked on iPads to use search engines to find their information and presented in poster form in their groups. We researched the following scientists: Ruth Benerito, Spencer Silver, Leo Baekland, Harry Brearly and John McAdam.

It the end of the first half term in Year 5 already !!! We just wanted to say thank you to all the children and parents/carers for a super start to Year 5 so far. It was absolutely lovely meeting you at parent consultations and we hope you found it useful in knowing your child's strengths and things to work on are.  Please do not hestitate to talk to the class teachers if you have further questions!

We have worked so hard this half term on skills such as our Place value in maths, our creative writing in English and our knowledge of Geography both local and abroad. The teachers are really looking forward to our units of work next half term, including Forces in Science and Conflict in History! 

Please continue to help support our children (although they should be increasing independent!) with ensuring they bring in their PE kits to school, do regular reading (SO IMPORTANT!!) and complete homework tasks such as spelling and Maths fluency. 

Have a lovely half term and we look forward to seeing them all on Monday 31st October (Halloween! Spooky!)

Poplar Class have been having great fun listening to Bon Jovi in our music lessons this half term. We have talked about the background of the band, the composition of the song and what genre it would fit into. We have clapped our hands and moved our bodies to the beat, played notes on the glockenspiel in time with the music and learned the lyrics!

This week saw Pine class perform their assembly both for their peers and parents.  Hours of preparation, planning and practice had gone into the production and they did themselves proud.  This concluded the year 5 assemblies as Spruce and Poplar had already performed theirs.

In English, we have been creating some beautiful writing about a battle between a Dragon and King Arthur.  The children have shown the depths of their incredible imaginations with some fantastic, and often bizarre, results.

We have been comparing the insulating properties of tin foil, bubble wrap and socks, in science and we have been pushing our brains to the max in maths looking at place value and decimals.  Meanwhile in French we have been learning to talk about our pets.

Hello! What a fantastic start to Year 5 that Spruce Class have had. Not only have we had to get used to going back to school after the holidays, but a settling with a new teacher and a new class too! If that wasn't enough... Spruce were tasked with the first class assembly at Fairlands for years - and I think they were brilliant. We had less than a week, (as well as doing all our other lessons,) to prepare our assembly. They were enthusiastic and worked hard to be as loud and clear as they could with their lines, singing and facts. 

Thank you to all of the adults who were able to make it to show your support. It is lovely to be able to provide opportunies for you to come into school again.

All of Year 5 have made a brilliant start to the year. We have got stuck in straight away with some brand new learning: ordering numbers in Maths, writing job descriptions in English and learning about the properties of different materials in Science, as well as a whole host of other subjects. We look forward to getting to know each other more and discovering new things together as the year progresses.