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Today the children have looked at some of the high level vocabulary that can be found in our new text “The Wizard of Oz” we looked not only at the definition of these words but also how they can be used in year 5 level sentences such as expanded noun phrases and relative clauses.

This week, year 5 have been out in the local area to pick up litter. We were surprised at how much litter we found, especially around our school. Well Done everyone… we can tick off the first activity in our citizenship passport.

Today the children have started their new topic of properties of materials, starting at the very beginning of this we have investigated the differences between solids, liquids and gases right down to their particles.

Today we have spent the whole day researching, preparing, making, tasting and evaluating soup! We used onions, leeks, potatoes and carrots! All of these vegetables were sliced up by the children and added to our soup maker resulting in a delicious treat that the children enjoyed, if ever you’re…

Today we have finalised our art project by using the patterns we painted to create clothes for our cardboard models. The use of colours and patterns has made each piece of art very unique!

In History this week, we have been learning about the amazing Anglo-Saxon discovery at Sutton Hoo. We re-enacted the conversation that took place before and during the discovery between Mr Brown and Mrs Pretty.

Today the children have learnt about the discovery of Sutton Hoo and why this was an important discovery for Britains understanding of Anglo-Saxon Britain, as part of our learning we re-enacted the discovery of the ship and how the conversation might have gone between Basil Brown (an excavator)…

Today we have looked at a range of grammar skills that we have covered so far this  year in preparation for our Grammar Test next week!

In our Science lesson this week, we have been modelling the movement of the Earth, Sun and Moon. We then made a model and wrote a short explanation in our books. 

Today we learned all about how the oceans regulate our climate. The ocean is like a big thermostat! Due to global warming, sea levels rise so we learned the order that this happens:

1. People burn fossil fuels.

2. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises.

3. Average global…

We were so impressed by the children’s independent reading answers this week! They have worked so hard on using their own opinions in their answers but also being able to use the text to support their opinions too. Well done Year 5! 

In Geography this week, we learnt about how the oceans regulate temperature, rainfall and gases in the air. We then discussed how the atmosphere is like a greenhouse around the Earth and this is called the Greenhouse Effect.