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29 May 2021

Belonging

Our RE topic this half term has been be,ongoing. We have learnt lots about the ways that we can show we belong to a group.  We have learnt about how different religions show belonging and welcome people to their faith.

We found out about the 5 Ks and how they are important to Sikhs.  We were…

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29 May 2021

Learning about fractions

We have been learning lots about fractions this weeks, the children have been learning how to find a half and a quarter of a shape or quantity.  There will be lots of ways you can practise this at home. Don’t forget to make sure that the pieces, or fractions, are equal.  They must be the same size…

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29 May 2021

Sunflowers

We know we will have to wait a long time until our sunflowers grow and so we decided to create our own.  We were inspired by Van Gough to try using thick paint and adding texture by scratching in patterns.  We also tried other techniques, we used water colour, wax crayon and pastels.  We talked…

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29 May 2021

PE fun.

We had fun today in PE developing our hand eye coordination with balloons. We tried to see how long we could keep them in the air, it was harder than we thought it would be. You need to keep your eyes on the balloon all the time! 
 

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29 May 2021

Plant investigators

Over the last few weeks we have been caring for and observing our seeds germinating and growing. They all germinated at different times and grew different amounts even though we all planted the same seeds in the same way.  We planted some of our bean seeds in plastic bags so we could watch the…

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28 May 2021

Super Science

Year 5 have taken part in a science investigation this week and we had  some interesting results our science topic at the moment is forces.  The investigation allowed the children focus on water resistance. 

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18 May 2021

Investigations continue!

We investigated what a seed needed to grow well.  We tested our ideas. We talked about needing special equipment to remove all the air and we decided to test it with no fresh air or less air. Science is tricky! There is lots to think about.  
 

we all enjoyed the rewards when we got to nibble…

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14 May 2021

Odysseus and the Cyclops storyboards

 

I can’t wait to read the stories which will be created with the storyboards! 

 

Well ill done Team5

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1 May 2021

Investigating Plants

We have been exploring plants this week. Learning the names of the different parts of the plant. It was another opportunity for us to have another practise at using the iPads to present information digitally. We took photographs and created a labelled diagram. Then we carefully planted the flowers…

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30 April 2021

Animation Lesson

Year 5 had the most amazing first animation lesson.  Everyone really enjoyed the lesson and we can't wait to make our sprites move around more next week! keep checking on Fridays to see the progress we are making!  

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26 April 2021

Cricket with Grant

 

we have had a fantastic first cricket lesson, lots of new skills mastered and lots more to learn. The whole class showed excellent teamwork too!   We are looking forward to our next lesson. 

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16 April 2021

Counting in 2s

We have had lots of fun this week practising counting in steps of 2,5 and 10 using lots of practical equipment.  We have made a brilliant hand print number line counting in 5s.  We have practised counting aloud in 2s, 5s and 10s in lots of different ways as it takes quite a bit of practise to…

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