Year 5: Blog items
Travel to Ancient Greece - Live online event
Date: 20th May 2021 @ 8:21pm
The following online event may interest Year 5 pupils and parents to whet your appetite ahead of our Ancient Greece topic next term.
Travel to Ancient Greece - Wednesday 26th May 6pm
Travel to Ancient Corinth, Greece and connect with a real archaeologist to learn about the myths, artifacts and monuments that make this ancient city unique! The Corinth Excavations Educator will give you a sneak peak at the ongoing excavations by the American School of Classical Studies and a look inside the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth. Recommended Age Range: 5 - 12
Find out more and register for the event here
Santa’s flotilla is ready! Well done to the amazing boat builders!
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 2:03pm
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 11:19am
The children made freeze frames to retell the Christmas story.
Date: 14th Dec 2020 @ 1:32pm
In scenes reminiscent of Santa's workshop, the children are hard at work building a boat for Santa.
Look at our fabulous Kenning poems.
Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 11:55am
A Kenning is a two word phrase describing something using a metaphor. Kennings came from Anglo-Saxon and Norse cultures. We have written poems about Beowulf and Grendel.
Showcasing our boxercise routines to the ‘ROCKY’ theme tune!
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 2:38pm
We investigated the effect of shape and surface area on water resistance.
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 1:49pm
Guided Reading- A Viking Saga Playscript
Date: 1st Dec 2020 @ 9:15am
Today we are working on our retrieval skills (finding answers in the text).
Reading aloud with fluency, expression and appropriate volume
Date: 24th Nov 2020 @ 2:07pm
Being archaeologists- Looking at mystery objects
Date: 23rd Nov 2020 @ 4:11pm
Boxing clever on a wet and windy afternoon!
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 4:41pm
Lindisfarne witness interviews in preparation for our newspaper reports.
Date: 19th Nov 2020 @ 3:31pm
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Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 3:49pm
Date: 11th Nov 2020 @ 12:58pm
Look at Oak's fabulous jellyfish art
Date: 10th Nov 2020 @ 2:04pm
We have made excellent use of the watercolour techniques we have been taught.
4 fun online activities for Maths Week England (or any time)
Date: 7th Nov 2020 @ 10:25am
Really big numbers
If big numbers, really big numbers are your thing, here is a great little website that turns numbers written in figures into text so you can read them.
Transtar
A space-themed game which helps you learn and practice reflections, rotations and enlargements on a grid.
Factris
A clever take on the 80s computer game where you have to arrange falling shapes to make complete rows.
The original version Tetris with different shapes that you rotate is good fun too and helps you develop shape skills. The whole site Mathigon is worth exploring.
j2e maths activities
A range of activities including tutorial videos using the amazing j2e tools.
Mrs Shakespeare’s Music Blog
Date: 14th Oct 2020 @ 4:09pm
This term Y5 have been composing their own spy themes using the Garage Band App.
