Year 5 - 1st April 2022

Date: 1st Apr 2022 @ 12:23pm

Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

The end of another great term, how time flies!

This week in year 5

In Maths, we have been working on fractions.  The children have been building up their skills on changing improper fractions into mixed numbers and vice versa.  This can prove very tricky at times but they have worked well.  They have also calculated equivalent fractions and finding the lowest possible term. 

In English we have continued with The Amazing Adventures of Adolphus Tips by Michael Murpurgo.  The children have written a persuasive letter using modal verbs and they have written another diary entry but this time from a different characters opinion.  They worked really hard on using various types of sentences and different types of starters.

In RE, we continued with the story of Easter.  The children read scripture about Jesus being condemned to death and the story of the Stations of the Cross.  They reflected on the sacrifice that Jesus made for them and how that made them feel and how this may help Christians live in the way Jesus taught us.

In French, we learnt Easter vocabulary and used this to make a card.  Joyeuses Paques!

In PE, the children took part in a timed orienteering challenge.  They had to follow a map and find 25 different locations around our school grounds.  They worked in pairs and all completed the course.  We will revisit this on their return and see if they can beat their score on a different 25 stations. 

In DT, the children learnt all about different types of cams and how they affect the followers in a mechanism.  They then made a prototype cam and follower mechanism and evaluated the resources they used and how effective they were.  This will then inform their design for their final product that will be made in the new term.

On Tuesday we had a visit from CAFOD where the children learned all about Catholic Social Teaching.  They were very good during the sessions.  They gave very carefully thought out answers and participated really well.  Eileen, who led the workshop, was very impressed with all the work the children put into the session.

The children attended church on Thursday and made little packages for the church community.  They decorated an envelope and then filled it with items for a cup of tea and a biscuit.  This will be passed onto the catechists who will distribute them to members of our Parish.  The children really enjoyed this and saw the good deed that they were doing and how this linked to teachings in RE.

The children have been working hard during the daily mile. We had our sponsored run for Barnardo’s and this has spurred us on to run further.  We have challenged ourselves to run to Madrid before the summer; this is over 900 miles.  So far this term we have run just over 550 miles, this takes just past Nantes in France.  We still have a way to go but I think with the same hard work and dedication they have shown we will make it to Madrid by the summer!

We had a great day on World Book day.  Please see the photo below of all our costumes.  Thank you for your support. 

Have a super Easter Holiday!