Being the last week of term, we’ve decided to have some more practical and investigative lessons in Year 5. Today, the class were challenged to build the tallest tower they could using… spaghetti and marshmallows. The class split into teams of three and they were all given approximately 30 pieces of spaghetti and 12 marshmallows. We first spent 10 minutes experimenting with designs before feeding back ideas as to what worked well. The teams then had 20 minutes to build the tallest tower they could, that could support its own height. The winning design measured 43cm!

Check out some photos below.

Over the past two weeks, Year 5 have been looking at persuasive arguments in literacy. On Tuesday this week, we had the chance to debate a number of motions to help us with using persuasive language and how to structure an argument. The motions we debated were Art is better than PE; Zoos should be banned; and Children should be able to learn to drive form the age of 10. For each debate we had a proposition and an opposition team. Both teams had time to research their argument before writing it up. They then debated against each other before the rest of the class voted on which side they agreed with.

Last week in maths we looked at reflection and translation of shapes. The class found this really interesting as it also gave us the opportunity to get practical with our learning. Below are pictures of us practising translating and reflected our shapes on large grids.

For the last two weeks year 1 have been looking at instructions in literacy. It’s been a really enjoyable couple of weeks and we have had plenty of chances to carry out and write our own instructions. Some of the instructions we’ve looked at have included making sandwiches and inventing our own game. Check out the pictures below to see the fun we had!

In RE this half term, year 1 are learning all about Hanukkah, which is a Jewish celebration. To start our learning, we spent this week’s RE lesson learning about different types of celebrations and how people celebrate.

After looking at different celebrations we had a special visitor and we used what we had learnt to help them celebrate their birthday.  Can you guess who our visitor was from the pictures below?

This week Year 5 had their class assembly. our theme for the assembly was charity. During the assembly the pupils discussed what charities do and the meaning of charity. Some children were also involved in the acting out of the parable of “The Good Samaritan.”  All of the children spoke clearly and the acting was also of a high standard. Well done Year 5!

Last week was maths week across the school. It was a highly enjoyable week and in year 5 we concentrated on volume and money. Our activities included making cubes and cuboids to specific dimensions and creating money boxes to sell for Christian Aid. See our pictures below.

On Tuesday 3^rd of May, Year 5 went on a trip to the Butterfly Farm in Stratford-Upon-Avon. The trip was a chance to learn more about the life cycle and habitats of Butterflies and other insects, which ties in with our current topic of minibeasts.

During our trip we were given an educational tour of the Butterfly Farm, which greatly increased our knowledge on the species, along with having the opportunity to explore the farm independently. Children also had the chance to hold and touch butterflies, with some of the group looking like they might be the next David Attenborough.

All the children enjoyed the trip and we are now looking forward to continuing our learning in our topic lessons.