Year 5

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Learning Links

• Dec 042025

  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 used some of their other forest school skills and interests indoors with a Christmas theme.

  Below are some photos of their afternoon session: showing clay creations, wood work using palm and hand drills, decorating glass pots to represent a campfire along with all of these activities were a range of natural resources to include in their unique designs.

  

  

  

  

  
  

• Nov 112025

  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.

  

  

  

  

  
  

• Jul 102025

  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.

  We covered a lot of information in the hour workshop and the photos below show us learning how to put someone in the recovery position.

  We also used leanred how to give CPR – using dummies to practice giving the chest compressions which are part of CPR.

• Jul 022025

  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.

  

  Being creative during Outdoor and Adventurous Week

  

  

  
  

  We used different methods to join the resources together and finally decorated our character with features.

  Below are some of the characters and objects we created

  

  
  

• Mar 272025

  Year 5 Forest School Parent Activity

  On 26^th 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 of the field.

  

  
  

  Secondly, preparing the wild flower meadow area at the edge of the field, and then sowing wild flower seeds to provide a wide range of flowers for pollinators and to increase the biodiversity of the plants in the school grounds.

  

  
  

  Finally, we had a problem solving activity – to estimate the ages of some of the mature trees in the wild area.  Using tape measures we measured from the base of the tree up to 1m from the ground, the girth of the tree was then measured in centimetres and the result divided by two. The answer then was an estimate of the age of the tree.

  

  

  
  

• Mar 262025

  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 investigation to separate a mixture of either flour and rice, or sand and salt. They discussed methods of sieving, filtering and evaporation and made predictions on which method they thought would show a reversible change.  After conducting their experiments, the children wrote conclusions on their findings.

  

  

  

  

  
  

• Mar 202025

  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.

  

  

  

  

  
  

   

• Mar 072025

  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 well, using scientific vocabulary to identify reversible and irreversible changes to the different materials and mixtures, writing conclusions after the event.

  

  

  
  

• Mar 062025

  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.

  

  

  
  

• Dec 192024

  Frames and structures – Suspension bridges

  Over half a term, the children explored a range of bridge structures in Design & Technology, including pillar and beam, truss and suspension. The children experimented with creating and testing all of the different construction systems.

  They particularly enjoyed learning about, constructing and testing their own suspension bridges in groups.