Category: year5

Forest School Parent Activity

For the Year 5 forest school parent activity it was planned to plant tree saplings and bulbs and create a willow fence around the wild flower meadow as part of the challenges for the classes Royal Forester award,.  However, as the weather was so rainy they could not do what was planned.  So instead they …

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Computer Programming Sessions at Onslow St Audrey’s School

Year 5 have hugely enjoyed their computer programming sessions at Onslow St Audrey’s School. They have learnt to use Scratch to create their own games by programming building blocks. It has been wonderful learning experience and the skills the children have learnt have helped their understanding of how to program a computer.

First Aid Workshop

First Aid is part of year 5 PSHE Curriculum, and to support the theory learning in class we had a practical workshop too. The trainer introduced us to DR ABC as a way to remember what to do if we come across an accident and what information give the Emergency Services on 999 or 112. …

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Woodland characters and creations

A range of craft resources were provided along with palm drills and a hand drill for creating holes in circles of silver birch wood and peelers and loppers for cutting and shaping willow sticks. We used different methods to join the resources together and finally decorated our character with features. Below are some of the …

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Year 5 Forest School Parent Activity

On 26th March parents joined the class for some activities linked to the Royal Forester Award the pupils have been working toward. The pupils were to be park rangers for the session. We had three activities for everyone to take part in. Firstly, planting a tree sapling to add to the hedgerow along the edge …

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Properties of materials – Reversible changes investigation

In Science, Year 5 have been investigating reversible and irreversible changes.  Initially the children had to decide whether a mixture of muesli could be reversed or not.  Once the children decided it could, they manually sorted the constituent parts to show it was a reversible change. The children were then tasked with setting up an …

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Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Parent Activity

During their parent activity, Class 5 impressed their parents with their fractions, decimals and percentages skills. Through a variety of online and physical games, the children showed their dexterity of number, converting improper fractions to mixed numbers, matching fractions, decimals and percentages, and finding equivalent fractions.  

Space – Scale model of the solar system

Year 5 consolidated their understanding of the layout of the solar system by creating a scale model of distances in the playground. The children were surprised by how close the rocky planets in the solar system were to the sun and each other, compared with how distantly spread the gassy planets were from the sun …

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Properties of materials – Irreversible changes exploration

In a cross-curricular session of Science and Forest School, Class 5 used the campfire to investigate reversible and irreversible changes.  They explored various materials and mixtures, and applied heating, cooling, burning, mixing and evaporation, The children really enjoyed the practical nature of the investigation, as well as the treats it provided! They showed their learning …

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An Inspector Calls

The performance of ‘An Inspector Calls’ by Class 4 & 5 was a great success! The children worked hard to learn and perfect the songs, as well as learning all their lines and stage directions.