Autumn 2

Christmas Party

And to round off the Year we all had our Christmas Parties - thank you to all parents and carers for their generosity. 

ENGLISH

In English we began the half term looking at Hans Christian Andersons's tale The Little Match Girl. We followed this with  two weeks of formal writing looking at the use of child labour in Victorian Britain and the work of the Reformers such as Lord Shaftesbury and Dr Barnardo in improving the lives of the Victorian poor.

We finish the term with Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol - and have been lucky enough again this year to have immersed the children in Dickens world with help from Liz Fost at Teach It Through Drama - who started us off with an interactive performance of the story.  

MATHS 

In maths we have been expanding our understanding of fractions. Including equivalent fractions, multiplying and dividing to find common denominators, four operations with different denominators and daily reasoning and problem solving.

Computing

In computing our unit is: Programming using code-selection in physical computing. The children have been using the 'crumble kits' to learn about input and output. They have been using code to instruct the micro-controller to generate light and motion. They have been learning to write conditions in code.

History

This half term's topic is 'Victorian Britain'. We have thought about how Britain changed during the Victorian Era both social and technological change. The children have learnt about the industrial revolution focussing on the work undertaken by children in textile mills and the roll of reformers in improving conditions for the poorest in society. 

Science

In science this half term we have been leaning about 'Animals Including Humans'. We made a life cycle of a human, learnt about gestation periods of different mammals, and how our bodies and minds change over the course of our life.

PE

This half term the children have been learning how to play hockey. They have learnt how to dribble, tackle and pass during a game. The children have had the opportunity to put these new skills in to action by playing in our lunchtime hockey tournament.

spanish

This half term we have been learning how to say the date including: days of the week, numbers and the month. 

art

This term we have been learning about the Victorian wallpaper designer William Morris. We practiced drawing images of bird and flowers and how to incorporate symmetry in to our work. 

The theme of this years Big Draw was 'Line in Motion'.

music

This half term we have continued to practice for the 'Young Voices' concert.

Autumn 1

Welcome to year 5 24/25 look below to see what we have been up to this term!

Art

We started the year with Art Week. Our theme was 'Magic Me' and we looked at the work of the British artists Julian Opie and Chris Ofilli to inspire our own portraits.

English

In English we began the term by looking at the book 'Julius Zebra'. The story of a young zebra who was taken to Ancient Rome and forced to fight for his freedom in the Colosseum. In this unit we wrote formal letters, newspaper reports and practiced writing direct and reported speech. 

We learnt the ancient art of gladitorial fighting and wrote a set of instructions. Look at us using rulers as swords to act out our instructions. 

We then did formal historical recounts of the Boudiccan Rebellion. We had to use formal linking language to ensure chronology and use historical language. We used various sources in order to gather information about the events and used them to make story maps which we then used to support our writing. 

Science

This term in science we have been looking at materials and their properties. We were lucky enough to be invited to Alleyns Secondary School to conduct experiments in their chemistry labs with their chemistry teachers, who were supported by the A-level chemistry students. 

Geography

Our Geography topic this term is 'The UK'. We have been learning about the countries that make up the UK and looking at them on a map. We used a digital mapping tool to look at the counties and major cities of the UK. We learnt about 4 areas of outstanding beauty across the UK and in groups made Powerpoint presentations about our given place. We then presented them to the class. We also created Powerpoint presentations for our topic write featuring all the information we have covered this half term.

In topic art we created London skylines in the style of Patrick Caufield. 

computing

This half term in computing our unit of work is - Selection in Physical Computing - Programming using code. 

We have used the 'Crumble'- program and kits to program moving parts including coloured series of lights and motors to carry out a variety of sequences and different actions.