Class Blog

Today the chairs in Year 5 went on strike! They were fed up with being trumped on, rocked and bruised! The children have started to write a persuasive letter to try and get them back. Their key focus has been to use the key features of the text, such as flattery, emotive and persuasive language and rhetorical questions. I cannot wait to read their letters at the end of the week to see if they were successful. If they were not, the tables have threatened a strike too!

For our Earth and Space topic, we have been learning about the phases of the moon this week. Inspired by the old Jaffa Cake advert – full moon, half moon, total eclipse – we used Oreos to create the phases. The children learnt the names of the 8 phases by rapping them.

We have been looking at the link between fractions, decimals and percentages. The children have worked really hard converting between all three.

We celebrated World Book Day by dressing up, drawing some of our favourite book characters and writing our own stories. Here are some examples:

In Year 5, we have started a topic on biscuits. The children have answered a questionnaire about biscuits and have designed their own so that they can make them next week.

During one of our maths investigation lessons, we explored 3D shapes and tried to make our own using what we had around us. Lots of us had fun in the snow!

Year 5 were challenged with the task to design a machine using a mechanism to help them with a task. Olivia has impressed me with not only designing a machine with a pulley to help her play football but she made it too! Great job Olivia!

This week in Year 5, we have been focusing on climate change. We were learning about different types of extreme weather. The children were challenged with the task of making their own news report. They have gone above and beyond with the task and these are just some of our highlights!

On Friday the whole of year 5 did their Santa dash together. We really enjoyed dancing to the Christmas music and watching Miss Conroy struggle to run in her snowman costume!

This week we have helped to make the school look festive by creating our Christmas hoop and decorating the tree.

In science, we have been conducting experiments to see how substances dissolve and what can affect how long it takes for a soluble material to dissolve.

Week Commencing 2nd November 2020 

Today the children looked at reversible and irreversible changes. The first experiment didn't go to plan as Miss Conroy burnt the chocolate that we needed to melt to show a reversible change. We had great fun filling a bottle up with vinegar and adding bicarbonate soda to a balloon. We were able to watch the balloon expand as gas was released.

Week Commencing 12th October 2020 

This week, 5EC have been busy making poppies for a display in Morrisons. We have also produced some fantastic pieces of writing based on Harry Potter and worked hard to show characterisation through the dialogue.