Hailie, Hayan and Lewis enjoyed designing their word AMAZING at home. Well done!
Inspired by our Computing lessons, where we have been learning about the Mars Rover, Connor used his science kit to make his own model of the Mars Rover, powered by solar panels! What an amazing job you’ve made of it, Connor – well done!
Next week we are going to be taking part in Children’s Mental Health Week, organised by Place2Be. The theme of the week is ‘EXPRESS YOURSELF.’ We are going to achieve this through finding creative ways to share feelings, thoughts or ideas, through things like art, writing, music , dance and doing things that make you feel good.
We will be doing loads of activities at school and those working remotely at home will be asked to join in. Keep checking your Google Classroom to see what is going on in your class.
As part of their Earth and Space topic, children in Year 5 have been learning about the phases of the moon. We know that the phases of the moon depend on its position in relation to the Sun and Earth and as the Moon makes its way around the Earth, we see the bright parts of the Moon’s surface at different angles, known as the ‘phases’ of the moon.
We had a fun and ‘tasty’ afternoon using biscuits to represent the phases of the moon.
In our Science lessons we have been learning about Earth and space. This week we were focusing on the moon. We made posters about the moon and then we looked at the different phases of the moon. We learned that waxing means getting bigger; waning means getting smaller; a crescent moon is smaller than a half and a gibbous moon is larger than a half. We represented the phases in a tasty way using Jaffa Cakes!
In Computing, Year 5 have been looking at the Mars Rover. We have learned that the Mars Rover sends data (information) back to Earth in binary code which is a series of 1s and 0s which represent numbers. These numbers can then represent colours or numbers or letters. People on Earth can then send messages or instructions back to the Mars Rover using binary code. We know that there have been several Mars Rovers and each new Rover is an improvement on the one before. We have designed our own Mars Rovers both in school and at home and we are really pleased with our results!
We enjoyed our Christmas Party!
In Year 5, our DT unit was on using electronic systems in a greetings card. We looked at electrical circuits and the components needs to make one work, then how these could be adapted to use in a greetings card. We found out the graphite was a conductor, but it wasn’t as reliable as copper tape (which we used in place of wire). We designed Christmas cards that had a light-up element and we used LEDs for the lights as they are small, easy to work with and powerful. We used coin cell batteries as these worked best with the type of switch that we included (we didn’t want our cards to run out of battery too quickly!) It was tricky at times to ensure our circuit was complete, with gaps in the tape where the LEDs and the battery were. We were really pleased with our end results and hope that they bring joy to our families this Christmas.
Year 5 had a fantastic time working with clay to sculpt their Viking Warrior Heads. We used lots of different tools to create different textures in the clay. Some of us wanted to experiment with mixed media and have woven materials like wool, hessian and foil into the clay to create different effects. We are so pleased with the results.
Children in Year 5 are loving their Maths lessons! In our Power Up today, children played a game which demonstrated their secure understanding of place value. They had to roll a dice and create a number larger than their partner’s, deciding where each digit should go. The maths talk was amazing and the children were able to justify their thinking using appropriate vocabulary.
