We aim high and reach for the stars!
During our English lessons, we have planned, written and edited a third person narrative based on the poem The Listeners by Walter de la Mare.
We proofread and edited our own work as well as working with our partners to proofread and edit theirs.
To celebrate the King’s coronation, we have been involved in lots of activities and even had our picture taken with a life sized image of King Charles.
The coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will take place on Saturday 6th May. The first procession will begin at 10:20am.
Where will the coronation take place?
This week, year 5 have been involved in bikeability.
Some of us successfully achieved level 1 which teaches us how to maintain our cycle, pedal, be aware of our surroundings and teaches us how to control our bike.
This week, we had the fantastic opportunity of working with Rebecca from Ex Cathedra.
Ex Cathedra is a leading British choir based in Birmingham.
The theme of the workshop was A Midsummers Night Dream. As part of the session, we learnt new warm up songs and playground rhymes.
We also listened to a piece of music, inspired by William Shakespeare and discussed the pulse, rhythm etc.
We then collaborated with our peers and created our own words for the piece of music based on the text of A Midsummers Night Dream.
When was William Shakespeare born? Can you think of any other of his plays?
Our new topic for this term is The Crown.
This week, we have been discussing when and how the Tudor period started.
Which year did the Tudor period begin?
We explored The War of the Roses and considered why it was named this.
What colour was the badge of the Lancastrians?
We also explored the significance of the Battle of Bosworth and discovered that the battle ended the War of the Roses.
We also considered who the Tudor monarchs were, discussed the three most powerful monarchs and created a Tudor family tree.
During our D&T lessons, we have considered what makes a good pizza.
We researched the different origins of pizza and discussed the type of pizza we would like to make.
What is a neopolitan pizza? Where does it originate?
We designed our own pizza and considered how to make it healthy.
We then considered the skills we would need to make our own pizza and chose the ingredients we wanted to use.
We used techniques such as kneading and stretching and added our ingredients to make delicious pizzas.
During our Read for Pleasure lesson, we have been exploring the extraordinary life of Katherine Johnson as our focus this week was ‘space’.
The story tells the remarkable tale of Katherine Johnson from her days as an exceptional schoolgirl whose boundless curiosity turned her into a star student.
We discussed her characteristics, ambitions and achievements throughout her extraordinary life. Amazingly, we found out that she worked for NASA.
What does NASA stand for?
We researched who NASA are and explored what the ‘space race’ was.
When did the space race end? Who was the first person to step on the moon?
This week, we have been celebrating British Science Week.
We have been exploring optical illusions – something that tricks your eyes so that what you think you see is different from what is really there.
We created our own simple optical illusions using card, crayons, glue and a straw.
This week, we have been considering why objects fall to the ground.
We learnt that Sir Isaac Newton was a famous scientist who changed the way we understand the universe- he developed the theory of gravity in the 1600s.
What is gravity?
We dropped different objects on the floor and carried out an experiment to see what happened.
Which force makes all objects fall to the ground on Earth?
World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and reading.
Today, we celebrated World Book Day-we discussed who our favourite book character is and why.
Can you guess who our characters are?
Children and staff came to school in their pyjamas and brought in their favourite book to share a bed time story.
Do you have a favourite book?
Who is your favourite author?
Designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, World Book Day is marked in over 500 countries around the globe.
5GT's Class Blog 2022-23 