Year 5 started their new topic, Sow, Grow, Farm, today. We recapped on what we could remember about food chains, and then looked at food webs within an allotment. We identified the producer, the consumers, both primary and secondary, and the apex predator. We also discussed how all of these are interdependent, and how taking one thing out of the food web affects all of the other parts.
Year 5 loved their Christmas lunch today! Thanks so much to Nicola and the wonderful kitchen staff 
Year 5 have been making space themed Christmas cards this week, tying in with their learning in science around Earth and Space. We were so impressed with their creations!
This week, Year 5 completed their Taotie art unit. Following on from our learning with the Oriental Museum last half term, we explored different taotie motifs, before creating our own, making moulds out of clay before filling them with plaster to create our own casting. Watch this space to see our final creations!
Year 5 completed their gold task in their DT unit, Moving Mechanisms, this week. We designed and made a pneumatic prototype, working towards a specific design criteria. Well done Year 5!
Y5/6 joined together to take part in a carousel activity to help them understand our British Values. After, they went into their own classes to have a debate/discussion: Who’s more important: Jesus or Santa? They had to use their knowledge of the British Values to help them answer the big question.
Year 5 ventured into the big pool to complete their 25M swim today! We really focused on our breathing to help us complete full lengths of the pool. Some of us reflected on our technique with Mrs O’Doherty using our oracy skills to describe what we could do to improve.
In RE, Year 5 looked at a piece of artwork by Joseph Nuttkens called the ‘Explosion of Love’. We thought about what this picture showed us about the artists opinion on creation from both a Christian and scientific perspective. We then thought about creating our own piece of expressive art to represent the belief that faith and science go together.
Year 5 had a fabulous ‘No pens day’ this week, centered all around their science topic, Earth and Space. Our classroom became the solar system for the day! We investigated day and night, using globes and torches to replicate the Earth orbiting the sun. Thinking about key vocabulary, we put together presentations to deliver during COOL afternoon to our parents and carers to showcase our learning and oracy skills.
Year 5 absolutely wowed staff this week with their fantastic class assembly all around their learning in their history topic, Dynamic Dynasties. Not only did they prepare their lines independently, they delivered them amazingly, thinking about all of the different elements of oracy. Staff were so incredibly proud of them all, well done Year 5 superstars! 
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