Last week was Book Week and the focus was non-chronological reports. In year 5, we decided to write about Egyptians, but in the style of Horrible Histories. After reading a range of information texts to retrieve facts, we wrote our own reports using headings and sub-headings. We chose our favourite section to redraft and added illustrations.
Did you know Egyptians often fed the brains of bodies they were mummifying to the cat? Crazy, but true.
Have a look at our finished writing and art work.
This week the Year 5 children have enjoyed using our Forest School area. The highlight of the week for me was on Wednesday. The children decided to build a shelter. I was really impressed with the way they worked together and listened to each other’s ideas.
When they had finished the shelter they moved seating logs under it, built a pretend camp fire and we sat under it for our reflection time.
Today in year 5/6 the children had to write and draw about the clubs that they do outside of school and how they relax when they are not at school.
Children in Years 5 and 6 have spent the first half of the Spring Term working with Steve Palmer from Dare 2 Dream. They have enjoyed using drama to showcase their learning and working as part of a team.
This week, we continued our work with forces in science by investigating water friction.
In teams of 3, we created tinfoil boats with 3 different shape fronts; flat front, round front and triangular front. We used a fan to provide wind and timed how long each boat took to sail across our ‘lake’. The slower the boat, the greater the water friction.
When we had gathered our results, we decided on the best design for a boat.
Today’s topic in PHSE was on journey and how will we overcome the barriers that will come our way. All the children worked really well
Today in PHSE our topic was about ‘role models’ we asked
the children to write down on their white boards who their role model is and what is it that inspires them.
In Year 5 we have been looking at forces and parachutes. We had to plan an investigation to look at the effectiveness of parachutes. Using the question;
What could we change to make parachutes different?
Different groups planned to change one variable only to keep the tests fair. One group changed the size of their parachute, another group changed the material, another group change the thickness and another group used paper. We timed how long each parachute took to fall to the ground and recorded the results. Then, we discussed them.
Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.
To work as a team, build resilience and show empathy for my peers.
This term, in PSHE Years 5 and 6 are learning about ‘Living In The Wider World’. As part of their topic they are working with a company called ‘Dare to Dream’ and mentor Steve Farmer, who is delivering a program called ‘Time to Shine’.
The program builds resilience, tolerance and confidence which helps children to work together.
This week they looked at positive and negative environments and how their behaviour and attitudes can affect this. They worked together to discuss things important to them and collaborated ideas to present their work.
