For World Religion Day last week, Year 5 explored different world views. We created world views for different characters, before reflecting on our own world views.
As part of our art topic, Year 5 have been looking at different shading techniques. Using chalk and charcoals, we used black paper to create areas of light and shade. 
This week in Spanish, we have practiced our speaking skills! We wrote a paragraph about the things in our town, and then came to the front to read out our paragraphs in Spanish. Amazing work Year 5!
After looking into how plants reproduce, Year 5 got their gloves and trowels at the ready last week and planted some of our own in Forest School! We planted a variety of things, making careful predictions about the way in which they will grow. We are going to make observations over the spring term, observing the changes until our plants are ready to harvest!
As part of our science learning in Sow, Grow and Farm, Year 5 have been looking into plant life cycles and plant reproduction. We dissected a flower, carefully examining the inside and labelling all of the parts, and recapping what each of these parts were for.
Year 5 have carried on with music learning this week around note duration and pitch. We focused on understanding the length of a semibreve, minim, crotchet and quaver, and used the instruments to play these notes correctly.
Yesterday, Year 5 made a start on their new PE unit, tag rugby. This week our focus was on running. We paired up and worked on our running technique to stop our partners from being able to get our tag!
Year 5 have loved delving into their Sow, Grow and Farm unit this week. We braved the cold to head out and explore the school grounds to rate each areas suitability for an allotment plot. We thought about soil quality, access to water, shelter and ease of access too. We concluded that the raised beds were the most suitable for growing from our evaluations!
Year 5 started their new music unit around composition this week. We started with our COOL task, thinking back to our learning in a Year 4. We looked at what we knew about reading staff notation, and discussed the duration and pitch of different notes on a musical stave.
Year 5 began their Spanish unit yesterday afternoon. This half term we are focusing on places, and started by learning new vocabulary relating to places in a town.
