Year 5 enjoyed their swimming session this week, working on breast stroke and back stroke.
Year 5 have been focusing on our 12 times table this week in guided maths. We have been completing garage sessions on TTRS solely focusing on multiplication and division by 12, along with completing our number wheels to help reinforce this.
Year 5 have really been getting to grips with improper fractions in maths this week. We have been using concrete resources to help us covert these to mixed numbers.
Year 5 explored Aristotles theory around the Earth being spherical this week in science. We looked at replicating his observations using a ball to represent the Earth, and observed what happened when a figure moved around.
Year 5 have been continuing with their Earth and Space topic by investigating how the planets orbit the sun. We made a model of the sun, Earth and the moon, and replicated how they orbit. We then used our models to determine which facts were true or false relating to this.
Year 5 kickstarted their new science topic, Earth and Space, with a visit to Twice Brewed Inn for a stargazing experience with Keilder Observatory.
Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side, which meant we couldn’t get outside to use the telescopes. However, the staff at Keilder Observatory delivered a fabulous workshop where we learned lots about the solar system, and even had a visit to the planetarium!
As part of our campaign to save our church, Year 5 have been looking at how we can spread awareness. Thinking about our our computing unit around video production, we have been looking at how we can use iMovie to create video shorts to share to our social media.
Year 5 focused on front crawl this week, with the aim of improving our movement across the water by kicking our legs faster! We worked super hard on this!
Year 5 looked at growth mindset as part of their worship challenge. We thought about we could change our mindsets to turn negative statements into positive ones.
Year 5 completed their RHSE unit on ‘It’s My Body’ at the end of the half term. We thought about the things we could do to look after ourselves, and focused on the importance of sleep, even completing some sleep meditation!
