This week Year 5 have reflected on why we have Remembrance day and have read all about Armistice day and why we wear red poppies and have two minutes silence. It also gave them the opportunity to share personal stories of brave family members who fought during the First World War and subsequent wars. To show their respect, Year 5 made their own poppies and wrote a special prayer dedicated to their own family members and all of those who have fought and died through war. On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, we, like the rest of the nation, stopped and observed the two minutes silence and we remembered them.
Our learning this week:
In English this week the children have explored further the story of The Dragon Slayer through activities including drama. They have looked at powerful vocabulary that create clear images in the reader’s mind and they have used inference and deduction to gather information about a character from the text.
The children have also begun reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo for our class guided reading sessions.
In maths our focus has been on fractions. The children have been using fraction strips and fraction walls to compare them. They have also been finding equivalent fractions and have been learning to simplify fractions into their lowest terms using their knowledge of factors.
In Science this week the children have explored the effect that gravity has on objects and how the first theory of gravity was developed. They have learnt about Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery and have completed an experiment to measure the force of gravity pulling on objects.
In geography the children have explored the link between longitude and time. They have used a map of time zones to work out what time it would be in different destinations across North and South America if it was midday in the UK.
In Computing the children have learnt that computers use binary to carry out calculations and they have performed their own binary addition calculations.
In PE this week the children built on the learning from last week and were introduced to a new skill - to intercept the ball- and a new rule - to hold the ball for a maximum of 3 seconds before passing to your team mate. They played games of 3 on 3 and had to remember to abide by all 3 rules.
Our award winners:
Golden Award - Jack
Writing Award - Sienna
Maths Award - Molly
Year 5 Star Winner - Lila
Before I go, I want to draw your attention to Miss Haggerty’s post regarding self isolation. It is really important that we work together to keep each other safe and help bring down the rate of infection by following government guidance. If anyone in your household/bubble experiences any COVID-like symptoms then EVERYONE IN THAT HOUSEHOLD MUST ISOLATE and therefore your child would need to stay at home during this period.
If your child has to self isolate, then please visit our new Y5 Home Learning page here on the website to find the work that your child should complete at home. Unless there are already other members of the class self isolating, on the first day you will find a list of tasks that your child should complete during that school day. After that, I will post a daily timetable alongside lessons and resources that your child should complete whilst at home for the remaining period of the self isolation (week by week). Once the work has been completed, photos or scanned images of the work should be emailed to me at year5@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk to evidence the work they have completed.
Lastly, apologies for the mix up at home time today - a message was sent out to the whole school in error. I can confirm that hometime for Year 5 on a Friday is still 1.05pm.
Another great week Year 5! We hope you have a wonderful restful weekend.
Mrs McVey, Miss Evans and Mrs Connolly
