TERM 1
What a fantastic start to the year!
In English this term, the children have read and explored the text ‘There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom’ by Louis Sachar. The children enjoyed writing a persuasive text and some fantastic narratives based upon the story.
In Maths, Year 5 have been working with numbers up to 1,000,000 and securing their addition and subtraction skills.
During Science, Year 5 have enjoyed conducting many experiments as part of our science topic: Forces and mechanisms. Children led their own investigations into gravity, water resistance and air resistance. The children used the data that they collected to form their own conclusions.
Our Geography unit, saw children exploring topography and how the land use of the local area of Hastings has changed over the years.
We particularly enjoyed DT this term, in which children designed, created and evaluated their own pulley systems. They had to use all their skills, especially their teamwork, problem solving and staying positive skills when creating their product as they encountered hurdles along the way.
Our final week of Term 1 was a busy one; having both STEM week and storytelling week ensured the children were kept busy with both a visit from author, Bali Rai and a STEM competition. The children had the opportunity to design their own invention of their choice to solve a real life problem; some of these may even be made into read products by real engineers!
What an amazing start we have had to the term! We can’t wait to see what term 2 has in store for us!
TERM 2
What a busy Term 2!
In English this term, the children have read and explored the text ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo. We have been through a rollercoaster of emotions whilst reading about the tragic loss in war but the value of friendship through the eyes of the main character, Joey.
In Maths, Year 5 have been working hard on their multiplication and division skills. They have been securing their knowledge of their times tables. The children have then applied these to long multiplication and bus stop division.
During Science, Year 5 have enjoyed our Earth and Space topic. The children have learned a fun mnemonic to remember the order of the planets. They made a simple model to help them understand how the moon orbits the Earth and how the Earth orbits the Sun. They also explored how the Earth’s rotation creates a range of phenomena, including day and night and the appearance of the sun rising above the Earth’s horizon in the East at Sunrise and setting in the West at Sunset. Earth and space is ALWAYS a fascinating topic!
During Geography, the children worked on their map skills. They enjoyed exploring Ordnance survey maps of the local area and learning how to use 4 figure grid references.
In Music this term, the children have been singing, playing instruments and improvising with the song ‘To make you feel my love’.
A highlight of our term has been seeing the children achieve their Bronze and Silver stars for doing either 25 or 50 quality pieces of work in their star books! Well done to everyone who has earned their so far!
As we come to the end of a busy term, the children are looking forward to ‘wrap a gift’, the Christmas grotto, Christmas jumper day and Christmas lunch! We look forward to seeing what Term 3 has to hold for us all!