Welcome to our Year 5 Class Page! Our teachers are Mrs Minshull, Mrs McHale, Miss Rouse, Miss Archdale and Mrs Merdani
British Values
This week we have been looking at British Values. We learnt about democracy (the right for everyone to have their say), rule of law (everyone is equal before the law) and individual liberty (the freedom to make your own choices, within reason). For democracy, we planned and designed an improvement to the school grounds and all voted for our favourite - well done Layton for winning! When looking at rule of law, we read different scenarios and decided whether they were fair/unfair, who they affected and what rule could protect the person at risk. For individual liberty, we sorted different statements into 'Safe Freedom' or 'Needs Rules'. After, we did some debated as lots of our answers were different. We can't wait to study the final two next week: mutual respect and tolerance of faiths and beliefs.
Writing
We have been studying cinquain poetry in writing this week. First we looked at the structure, then we familiarised ourselves with the poems by learning and performing them and afterwards, we wrote our own based on something we find interesting.
DT
In Design and Technology we made stuffed toys. First, we designed them and labelled our designs with materials we planned to use to embellish the toys. Then, we drew our template which we used to help us cut our material. After this, we added on our embellishments and used the blanket stitch to sew our toy together. Here are some of our finished pieces and a few pictures of our designers hard at work.
Visit from Santa
We had a wonderful visit from Santa today ahead of Christmas Eve... some of us spoke to him about our inventions. He asked us what we would like for Christmas and gave us a cheeky gift ahead of the big day. Thank you Santa!
History
In history this week we have been analysing historical sources... some of these were primary and some of these were secondary. We discussed how sources help us tell a story about the past and build a picture of how society and individuals once lived.
Maths
Santa has tasked us to help him with his present collection as his workshop has shut down! We solved some mathematical problems for him using the Lidl booklet.
Writing
In writing this week, we have been creating inventions for Santa to help him with his job on December 24th. We have come up with some fantastic ideas and will be ready to present them next week.
Science
Wow, what an afternoon we had! We put our prior learning in to practice. We have been learning all about irreversible and reversible changes. We tested some of our ideas by: melting chocolate and remoulding it; mixing baking soda and vinegar (what a fizz); dropping a denture cleaner into water and mixing salt with water.
RE
In RE, we have been studying God's Covenants. We have been thinking about the question 'Why did God choose me?'. We created 'I am chosen' dice which exhibits all of the virtues God has blessed us with and what God sees in our hearts.
Science
In Science, we have been exploring materials and their properties. We wanted to find out which materials out of wood, plastic and metal are the best conductors of heat. We put a sample of butter on each spoon and held it over hot water to see which melted first.
Eden Camp
What an amazing day we had visiting Eden Camp (a World War 2 Museum). We learnt so much about WWII ahead of our topic next term. We saw tanks, guns and even got to experience a German U-Boat and The Blitz!
Artist Day
We had a fabulous day celebrating the work of Elizabeth Catlett. We researched her first and then had a go at creating our own images inspired by her work!
Music
We are loving ukele so far this year - we are currently learning 'Your Idol'.
RE
In our creation topic we have been learning all about how we can be stewards of God's wonderful world. We have learnt about some of God's great helpers who can inspire us. Here are some our of information posters on St Martin de Porres and St Vincent de Paul.
Book Talk
Oscar delivered a wonderful book talk on a comic of his choice - it left us all wanting to read more!