Year 5 News

In year 5 we have been learning how to use different types of equipment to help with our maths skills. We found out that Base 10 and Cuisenaire rods are excellent resources when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

In Science Year 5 are looking at materials and their properties.  The children had to work in groups to independently investigate which material would be best for mopping up spills.  All materials, equipment and recording methods were chosen by the children and they had to ensure that they carried out fair testing – not an easy thing to do!

We were lucky enough to have Bjarni the Viking come to Year 5 to introduce us to our topic of The Vikings.  He was able to tell us about Viking warriors and Scandinavian farming, trade and life.  When he demonstrated how the weapons were used and why they were designed in the way they were, we were all on the edge of our seats; Mrs Rennie nearly had several heart attacks.

This got us all really enthused about the Vikings and we were excited to find out more in our KSUW lessons.

In DT we made these Viking boats to link with our KSUW topic.  We worked in small groups to research, design, plan make the structure.  To challenge us, we had specific design criteria: to make a sail that moves up and down and for the dragon head to be detachable. We are so proud of our end products and the 4 hours hard work was worth it!