What have Y5 been up to?
Autumn Week 2
The children have continued to settle well and impress us with their behaviour this week.
We have begun our Science topic on Changing Materials, considering how we would be able to survive on a desert island surrounded by salt water. We discussed evaporation and set up a experiment to identify salt water from pure water.
In History, the children have worked well in groups to create posters about the first Viking raids in Britain.
The children have begun to design their own cushions in Design Technology, considering which fabrics they would like to use.
Autumn Week 1
What a fantastic start to the beginning of the year! We have been incredibly impressed with the attitudes to learning that the children have shown this week whilst we settle into Year 5.
In our English lessons, we are learning about writing diary entries. We have looked at the features of a diary entry and are beginning to look at each of those features in more detail. We are using The Dreamgiver - a short animation - as a stimulus.
In maths, we have been learning about the expectations for calculating in Year 5 and place value up to tens of thousands. This will be invaluable in setting out calculations and understanding of number.