Year 5 Friday 1st October 2021

Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 5:23pm

Welcome to the Year 5 class blog

We have had a great week, the children have worked hard and remained well behaved despite a week with wet plays.  They have carried out a friction experiment, written a missing chapter to our class novel and looked at ways they can use their special gifts to help others in RE.

This week in year 5

We have looked closely at decimals this week. We have explored the place value of decimals; place value of decimals, sorting decimals, rounding decimals and addition of decimals.   We also investigated increasing and decreasing numbers to the power of 10 to help with addition problems. 

In English we have worked so hard planning, developing and writing a missing chapter to Goth Girl, featuring their own villain.  The children learnt about adding tension to their writing through the vocabulary that we use and the length of our sentences.  They have used our similes and metaphors and added dialogue between characters.  We have finally reached the end of the book and have really enjoyed the action throughout.

In History we have continued our topic about the Ancient Greeks and this week focused on the similarities and differences between our life and that of the Ancient Greeks.  We examined Greek homes, food, jobs, toys and clothing.  We also discussed slaves and the reason why people became slaves in Ancient Greek civilization. 

In DT this week we continued our work on Greek cuisine.  We read a number of different Greek recipes and decided upon items we would include in our class Greek feast.  The children had to identify and describe the ingredients and equipment they would need and how they would stay safe throughout, including food safety (hygiene/allergies).

In RE we have been completed our first topic 'Ourselves'. We looked at scripture and made links to how we could live our lives as children of God, how we could share the gifts we had with others to help them and read the poem Footprints and discussed how God is always there for us, even though we don’t always realise it.

In PE, our topic is invasion games. Sadly due to the rain we had to remain inside but Mrs Cookson organised an action packed game of dodgeball, encouraging the children to work together as a team.

In Science we investigated friction this week. We carried out an experiment using different materials to find which one would cause the greatest amount of friction.  The children had to spin a bicycle wheel and use tinfoil, bubblewrap, sandpaper and fabric as brakes.  They had to use a stopwatch and think about variables and how to perform a fair test. 

Home Practice all relates to this week's learning. These are the tasks to be completed:

Reading - You all have a Home Reading book for year 5 so reading every night for 15-20 mins is essential. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be completed and signed.

You can change your reading book on any school day (book bags to be left on Mrs Mulgrew's desk)

Spellings (words with silent letters). We will look at these in more detail in school next week, they should be practised at home, ready for the test on Friday.

doubt, lamb, debt, thumb, solemn, autumn, column, knight, knuckle, knot.   

Sumdog challenges

times tables x3/x6

maths

Spellings (words with silent letters)

The children have worked very hard this week and used their manners.  They have impressed other teachers with their amazing story writing.