Welcome to our Year 5 Class Page! Our teachers are Mrs Minshull, Mrs McHale, Miss Rouse, Miss Archdale and Mrs Merdani
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!