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Year 5 trip to The Word

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Year 5 visited the Open Zone at The Word to take part in some programming activities including:

Selection in Physical Computing – Lego Wedo 2

Designing and running a light show using LED display – Sphero

I have to say the children worked fantastically well and their behaviour was superb. Their programming and building skills resulted in some brilliant work with robotics. It’s clear to see we have some keen Lego fans in class too!

Click the first image to see a short video of the children in action and I have added some photos of the day below.

 

Year 5 Star Bakers

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In DT this half term, the children in Year 5 have been studying the process of making bread. They designed their own recipe with their own flavour combinations. Last week we saw their designs come to life as they baked, tested and evaluated them. The children worked so well and were very happy with the results of their hard work! Here are some photos of our bakers in action.

Year 5’s Battle Cry Speeches

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During our work on Beowulf, Year 5 wrote some persuasive speeches to try and encourage their fellow villagers to follow them into battle. The children really enjoyed using the green screen to bring their speeches to life. They all did extremely well and we all enjoyed watching them back on the big screen together. Here are some examples of the pupils’ performances.

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Showcasing our ‘Shackleton’ work: Year 5

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Year 5 have recently completed a Literacy unit focusing on Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill. We really enjoyed the adventure story of the book and some of us couldn’t believe it was based on real events!

The children have produced a range of lovely work including some ice-inspired poetry and writing in role as a crew member, culminating in a biography of Shackleton at the end of the topic.

Here is a video showcasing some of their hard work. (Click the image below)

Well done, as always, Year 5!

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/683974054/300296ee17

Children’s Mental Health Week – Year 5

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As part of Children’s Mental Health Week (7th-13th February), Year 5 designed their own ‘support balloons’ by considering the people in their lives that help them to grow. Here are a few examples of the children’s work. We discussed the importance of recognising the people we can turn to when we need  ‘lifting up.’

Year 5 Centre for Life photos

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Year 5’s Anglo-Saxon Settlement

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In History, Year 5 have been studying the Anglo-Saxons. As part of our DT project, the children made their own Anglo-Saxon houses. They experimented with frame structures and how to reinforce their frames to make them stronger. After designing their houses and surrounding landscapes, the children made their designs come to life this week with Mrs McDonald and Mr Maratty. Their attention to detail was very impressive! Once finished, we took our creations outside to make our own settlement.

Mrs Usher

Year 5 STEMfest workshop

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As part of our ‘Space’ topic, Year 5 participated in STEMfest In Space!

We joined the virtual Rocking Robots & Rovers pop-up workshop, beamed live into our classroom from the National Space Centre. Year 5 had to imagine they were astronauts and could take our school to Mars! After listening to a presentation by solar scientist, Dr Helen Mason and space artist, Helen Schell, they designed their own robot or rover.

The children had to consider what technology their invention would need and how the Sun’s energy could power their machine. We had lots of very creative ideas!

We were also very lucky and some of our pupils’ space questions were chosen to be answered by Dr Mason during the call. We may just have some future astronauts amongst us!

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