Class Blog for Year 5

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Happy New Year! 

Spring 2 learning update

Welcome back to a new half term! I hope that you and the children have had a great half term.  We have a whole range of fantastic learning opportunities planned for this half term. Please see some of the important details below.

Year 5 Mind-map
Attached below is a mind-map which details what we plan to learn across the curriculum this half term.

PE Lessons
Our timetable for PE remains the same this half term. Our PE will be on Tuesday. Children can come into school in their PE kit on PE days.

Supporting learning at home
We encourage learning at home to support the work we do in school and enable children to become more confident. Our home-learning expectations are:

Daily reading (15 minutes) - reading which is recorded in your reading record will contribute towards your Reading Karate reward.

Times-tables and KIRF practice (20 minutes weekly) using Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) and the KIRF sheets (attached below).

Spellings (20 minutes weekly) - focusing on our focus spellings and the Year 4/5 and 5/6 statutory spelling lists (attached below).

Online learning - This will be set on Atom Prime (logins stuck in thy front of children's reading records)


As always, if you have any questions or concerns please do get in touch. All the very best, the Year 5 team.

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Life Skills 

Life Skills

We were really excited to attend the Junior Like Skills Workshops at Liskeard fire station on Thursday afternoon.  We didn't know what to expect but it was an action-packed afternoon full of really useful information and tips on how to stay safe in different situations.

When we got to the fire station we rotated around lots of different activities:
- Online safety
- How to catch a bus safely
- What to do if somebody is choking
- How to administer CPR - using the DR ABC acronym
- Staying safe on the roads
- How to make sure our passwords are secure
- Checking our homes for potential fire hazards
- Staying safe near railway lines

We all learned a lot - and enjoyed all of the different activities.  We also came away from it all with a lot of freebies!

A huge thank you to all of the organisations involved in putting on such an interactive session!

 


Books and potatoes 

Books and potatoes 

This year we celebrated World Book Day in style.  The children really got into the spirit of the day and dressed up in some wonderful character outfits.

The day started with an MC Grammar rap about World Book Day, and then we had a class quiz to test our knowledge about children's books and their characters.

Once we had completed the quiz, our challenge was to decorate a potato into a book character.  We had lots of fun designing our potato characters - everything from Mr Men to ladybirds to Chinese gangsters!  Take a look at some of our photos.

In the afternoon, we had to figure out the 'Masked teachers' who all read a favourite children's story but had their voice masked by technology.  Then we were able to share our love of reading with our parents before we went home.  What a great day - and a bit thanks to Miss Kite for organising it all!

 


Multiplication murder mystery 

Multiplication murder mystery

This week, there was a terrible crime committed in 5H - and we were determined to get to the bottom of what had happened.  To round off our maths unit looking at multiplication and division, we took part in a murder mystery challenge.

The children were given a clue sheet - and list of possible victims, suspects, motives, locations, weapons etc.  To solve each element of the crime, the children had to work together to solve the multiplication problems.  The answers gave them one part of the key needed to 'unlock' that clue.  The only problem was that as the children progressed through the mystery - the multiplication problems became more tricky!

We loved solving the crime and used a lot of our school values (creativity, determination, excellence, kindness) to help us.  In the end we apprehended the killer and we are confident that there is no further risk to our school community!

 


I would walk 500 miles... 

I would walk 500 miles (or steps)

LIt has been an excellent start back to the new half term.  We're well under way with our new Learning adventure looking at the importance of water on Earth, have started learning about the important grammatical features in instruction texts and have mastered long multiplication in maths.  However, the highlight of the week so far has been creating step counters using the Micro:bits.

We learned that the Micro:bits have something called an 'accelerometer' in them which senses when the Micro:bit is moving.  We were challenged to write an algorithm which would allow us to use the Micro:bits as step counters.  At first we were a bit daunted by the scale of the challenge but with a little bit of determination we were able to create effective step-counters.

We are looking forward to seeing what else we can program the Micro:bits to do!

 


Pandas 

 


Colours, colours everywhere 

Colours, colours everywhere

Our art unit this half term has been focused on colour!  We have looked at Emilio Villalba's work and learned about his use of primary and secondary colours and also how he cleverly uses tint, tone and shade to create texture in his artwork.

We've learned about the colour wheel, and also experimented using different paints and materials.  We were also learning how to use different brush strokes to create different effects.

To finish off our project we created an artwork of a panda on a canvas.  We really enjoyed using different types of brushes and mixing all of the different colours just using the primary colours, black and white.  We loved our finished artwork!!

 


Super scientists 

Super scientists

This week we have been delving into the different properties of materials.  On Monday we investigated the solubility of different materials.  Using warm water as our solvent - we conducted a fair test to see which solutes would dissolve.  As you can see we had a lot of fun carrying out our investigation and we were surprised that cocoa powder didn't completely dissolve.

We then progressed our learning onto using what we knew about the properties of materials to be able to separate a mixture.  We learned about the processes of filtering, sieving, magnetic attraction and evaporation as methods to separate mixtures.  Again we had a lot of fun trying out the different methods  - and we were able to successfully separate all of the mixtures, even the saltwater!  It did get messy!!


 


Fractions aren't frightening! 

Fractions aren't frightening!

When we started out maths unit on fractions three weeks ago - lots of us said we were scared for fractions and found them really confusing!  BUT - HOW FAR WE HAVE COME SINCE THEN!  Now we are coming towards the end of our time focusing on fractions - and we are SO much more confident.  Our progress has been amazing, and today we played a game where we were adding mixed numbers.

To be able to do this we needed to demonstrate understanding of wholes and parts, recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions (and convert between them).  Use the rule of equivalence to convert fractions, and also use our times-tables facts to calculate a common denominator!  To do all of this - carefully and in the right order are amazing maths skills which we have mastered.

Fractions aren't frightening but I'm not sure we think they are fun yet either!!

 


Incredible insulators 

Incredible Insulators

Our science this half-term has focussed on the properties of materials.  Having examined the conductivity and magnetism of different materials, this week we focussed on thermal insulators.

We conducted an investigation into which materials would make the best thermal insulators.  Our challenge was to investigate which materials would keep the water warmest for longest.  We learned about heat exchange and then carried out our experiment.

We used different materials to insulate a paper cup (but left one cup completely uncovered as a control cup).  We measured the temperature of the water at 5 minute intervals to see which materials were keeping the water the warmest.  As well as learning a lot about properties of materials and fair tests - we also had a lot of fun!

 


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Our Values...

Creativity

Creative

We are bold and innovative in our approach to find new solutions to the challenges we face.

Curiosity

Curious

We are inspired by the awe and wonder of the world.

Integrity

Responsible

We take responsibility for our actions in an environment of mutual respect.

Enthusiasm

Enthusiastic

We are passionate about learning.

Excellence

Excellent

We are the best we can be.

Determination

Determined

We overcome all barriers to reach our potential, developing a capacity to improve further.

Smiles healthy teeth survey for 5 year olds on site 4th March. St Piran's Day morning sing 5th March. World Book Day 7th March. Cornish Caretakers 8th March. A busy week!


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