Year 5

End of Year Five 2022/23

What a year! Time flies when you’re having fun 🤩 

Week ending 30/06/23

Another exciting week in Y5. On Monday and Tuesday we took part in a debate programme. This included looking at how to argue points of view and the rules of debate. 
 

We researched clouds in Geography and wrote our own dilemma narrative set around our vehicle text King Kong. 

Week ending 23/06/23

Another fantastic week in Year 5 with lots of learning. 
 

We studied the water cycle in Geography and the role of blood/blood vessels in science. 
 

We also programmed using a forever loop in computing. 
 

Finally, we completed our summer term assessments. Well done to all children. 

Week ending 16/06/23

A very busy and exciting start to Summer 2 in Year 5. 
 

We started lots of new topics this week including water cycles and rivers in Geography, circulation and respiration in science, Christian art in RE and programming in Computing. 
 

We also loved looking at our new vehicle text in English, King Kong 🦍 

Finally, we had lots of other events for our children last week including Children’s University and a Father’s Day event. 

Week ending 19/05/23

Lots of learning in Year 5 this week. 
 

In English, we have started to look at writing our own survival guide which started with looking around the school for items which could help us to survive. 
 

In science, we looked at what photosynthesis is and what it produces. 
 

Every afternoon from Tuesday, the children were swimming. There are a lot of talented people in our class. 
 

Finally, we celebrated Eurovision on Monday with a couple of performances and lots of wonderful outfits 🪩💃

Week ending 12/5/23

Another wonderful week in Year 5!
 

We have written our survival narratives in English ready for our display which the children have really enjoyed!

In maths, we finished our shape topic and have begun to look at position and direction. 
 

Our history topic looking at how to Cross the Mersey and the significance behind it has also finished!

Finally, in computing we spent a wonderful afternoon looking at microbits and crumble controllers. The children programmed some of these to play music, display shapes or messages and even got an apple to play music too!

Week ending 5/5/23

A shorter week but still jam packed with lots of learning in Y5!
 

We continued to look at shape in maths, examining angles. 
 

We continued to plan our English genre survival narrative, we can’t wait to write our stories. 
 

Finally, we celebrated the King’s coronation on Friday by designing crowns, looking at what the coronation is and the historical significance, ending with a party in the afternoon. 

Week ending 21/04/23

Back to school for the start of Summer term for Y5!
 

We’ve loved our new English topic in survival narratives and finding clues throughout the week whilst immersing ourselves in the vehicle text. 
 

It was also exciting to start our new history topic all about crossing the Mersey!

Finally, in science we looked at vascular and non-vascular plants. 

Week ending 31/03/23

The end of a brilliant Spring term in Y5!
 

This week we presented to the school and parents all about our Food Heroes. We explained how an aquaponics system works, the role of a wormery and other usual information. 
 

In computing we finished our unit by creating our own vector drawings. 
 

Finally, we loved taking part in the annual Easter bonnet parade 🐣 

Week ending 24/3/23

Another action packed week of learning in Year 5!
 

We have began to look at perimeter and area in Maths. Whilst in English we looked at newspapers in preparation for writing our own article next week. 
 

Geography involved using a range of maps to research the Llandudno region, locating some significant landmarks we will visit using a 6 figure reference. 
 

Finally, in science we made our own videos all about pollution which we will share with the school next week. 

Science week in Year Five (Week ending 17/3/23)

What a wonderful week of Science in Year 5! We have loved the activities and learning a lot of different things. Here are some pictures of our wonderful learning ... and we're not finished yet!

Week ending 3/3/23

Year 5 continued their food heroes journey this week by looking at sustainable food systems. 
It was also World book day and the children looked fantastic in their costumes, also enjoyed learning about Spain through our international studies work. 
 

In Geography, we looked at coastlines and why we have different coastlines. Computing involved examining vector drawings. 
 

Finally, we started our new class read ‘Secret Garden’. 

Week ending 24/2/23

A great first week back after half term in Year 5!
 

We were visited by Mad Science to discuss non-renewable and renewable energy sources which links nicely to our new Science topic all about pollution. 
 

We also started our Food Heroes journey by building a fish aquaponics system in class. 
 

In maths we have started to look at decimals and in English we finished our class book Warrior Boy. 
 

Finally, we started to study Wales in our Geography topic which links to our residential to Llandudno. 

Week ending 10/2/23

End of an action packed half term in Year 5! So many activities this week. 
 

On Friday, we returned as a whole school to St Luke’s for the first time in four years! The children led a lovely service all about perseverance. 
 

We also began our Future Food Heroes journey this week. We have a wormery and fish eco-system in the class now. 
 

For our end of unit science assessment we observed and measured craters created in flour. 
 

On Thursday it was the LDST mental health and well-being day. To celebrate we completed a virtual escape room, made happiness postcards, did some gardening and also some yoga with our seedlings in Reception. 
 

Finally, we achieved TWO full weeks of 100% attendance and punctuality in year 5! To celebrate we finished the half term with a hot chocolate and reading our whole class reader ‘Warrior Boy’. 

Week ending 3/2/23

Wonderful week of learning in Year 5!
We spent time on Monday finishing our computing unit looking at databases, this included looking at a real life database searching for flights (some expensive choices from the children!)

We also started looking at fractions again in maths and wrote enthralling cliffhanger narratives in English ready to be displayed. 
 

Finally, in our science topic we looked at how eclipses occur and modelled this for the class. 
 

Also enjoy our dance we have been learning in PE all about the Olympics. 🕺 💃 🪩 

Week Ending 27/1/23

Year 5 had a very productive week with lots of learning.

We finished our maths topic of multiplication and division by looking at short division methods. We have also written our own cliffhanger narrative in the style of a detective story similar to our vehicle text 'Hound of the Baskervilles'.

We had our final visit from the wonderful science students at Cronton College who helped us investigate a murder mystery through ink.

In our Space topic we looked at phases of the moon and then presented our findings to our seedlings in reception by using oreos to represent the moon.

Finally, in computing we examined an online database and began to look at how we can search these.

Week ending 20/01/23

Another wonderful week of learning in Year 5!
 

We had another science visit to look at building rafts. This was an important experiment to consider how to make the testing fair. In our science topic, we had lots of fun looking at planets and creating our own fruit solar system!

Maths involved looking at multiplication and division and the formal written methods. 
 

Finally, in PSHE we played a hilarious game of jobs charades and considered the impacts of salaries. 
 

Week ending 13/1/23

Fantastic first full week back after Christmas. 
 

We had a fantastic visit from science students who helped us investigate nest building. 
 

We also began our new History topic (Vikings) and Science topic (Earth and Space). It has been enjoyable to learn about these things so far!

Finally, we completed our current maths topic looking at fractions and move back to multiplication and division next. 

Year 5 Arts week ending 6/1/23

Year 5 loved arts week, taking part in a range of activities including creating some digital art. 

Year 5 Volcanoes

Year 5 had lots of fun today combining our learning about volcanoes and irreversible changes. Eruptions were fantastic 🌋 

Week ending 16/12/22

Wonderful week of celebrations and learning in Year 5!

We finished writing our letters relating to our vehicle text FArTHER. 
We also had lots of fun learning how to film and edit videos in our computing unit before showing these to the whole class. 
Geography came to a close as we described the differences between living in Texas and the U.K. 

Week ending 9/12/22

Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic week of learning. 
 

In maths we have moved onto fractions and spent sometime looking and mixed and improper fractions. 
English has involved preparing to write a letter based around our vehicle text FArTHER. 
 

We have finished our science topic ‘Geology of the Earth’, all the children have shown great curiosity and knowledge for this topic. 
 

Finally, we have nearly finished our whole class reader now and can’t wait to find out how Who Let the Gods out will finish. 

Week ending 2/12/22

Another busy week of learning in Year 5!

It was our assessment week this week and all the children gave maximum effort to their assessments, well done!

We continued with our foundation subjects including planning our own video in Computing by focusing on camera angles and video techniques ready to film next week.

In Geography, we took a trip to Texas and discussed the landmarks and why some of their cities are so significant. Houston went down as a favourite for the class!

Finally, in RE we produced some lovely pieces of art work depicting 'Mary's song' from the Gospel of Luke.

Week ending 25/11/22

This week Year 5 created their own class worship looking at justice and how well did they do!

The children excelled exploring the meaning of justice through the Bible and different stories, along with a couple of songs. 

In English, we have written our own setting description for FArTHE. 

We started a new maths topic exploring fractions.

Week ending 18/11/22

Year 5 have enjoyed another action packed week in Y5.

We have spent time finishing our multiplication topic by looking at common multiples and factors along with square and cube numbers.

In computing, we have been considering filming techniques in preparation for creating our own video.

Week ending 11/11/22

Another fantastic week of learning in Y5!
 

In maths we’ve continued looking at multiplication and used some concrete resources to make square numbers. 
 

We’ve continued looking at North America in Geography and located some famous landmarks and cities. 
 

RE involved looking at the gospels of Matthew and Luke to locate the Nativity story in our new topic. 
 

Finally, we used our brand new iPads in computing to examine and explain different videoing techniques. 
 

Year 5 loved taking part in Bikeability this week too!

Week ending 4/11/22

A lovely week back after half term for Year 5. 
 

On Tuesday we went on a school trip to Liverpool. We visited the Apple Shop to learn about coding and then the World Museum for a mummification workshop. 
 

Elsewhere this week we started a new maths topic (multiplication and division) and English topic with the vehicle text being FArTHER. 
 

We learnt about lines of longitude and latitude in Geography and spent time looking at the layers of the Earth in Science. 

Year 5 trip to Liverpool

Week ending 21/10/22

The end of a fantastic half term in Year 5! Lots of learning and enjoyment. 
 

In our final week, we ended our topic of addition and subtraction in maths and enjoyed writing our formal report as if we were astronauts who have visited the moon. 
 

We also looked at Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy for our Black History Month topic. 
 

On Tuesday we had a brilliant workshop delivered by God and The Big Bang as we answered thought provoking questions linking God and Science. 
 

Finally, on Thursday we spent time studying Diwali and created Diva lamps with our seedlings from Reception. 

Week ending 14/10/22

Action packed week full of learning and enrichment in Y5!
 

We’ve started to write our formal reports in English which is focused around exploring the moon. 
 

We were visited by Mrs Whitehouse who answered questions around how the Bible has influenced her life. The children asked some magnificent questions. 
 

Sadly our Ancient Egyptians topic has come to an end but we have retained so much knowledge and loved learning about them! 
 

Finally, the week finished with a Diwali dance workshop which was fascinating as we learned the story around the celebrations through dance. 

Kensuke's Kingdom book reviews

We love reading in Y5 so we used some of our computing and imovie skills to record some entertaining book reviews all about Kensuke's Kingdom - lots of 10/10 for this book in Y5! We can't wait for our next book now.

Week ending 7/10/22

Fabulous week of learning in Y5 this week!

In English, we are continuing to focus on the moon and our vehicle text, however we are now focusing on writing a formal report. 
 

We have begun to study addition and subtraction in maths. 
 

For PE we have spent time focusing on running actions in athletics and attacking in tag rugby. 
 

Y5 showed great maturity in RE as we used the Bible as a reference for discussing modern day issues. 
 

We have also started to make our canonic jars in art. They all look fantastic!
 

Finally, we were overjoyed to support our reception children throughout their welcome service on Sunday. 

Week ending 30/09/22

Fantastic week of learning in Year 5!
 

The children were so proud to finish their exploration narrative in English and to see these displayed in our classroom. 
 

We’ve also come to an end of our place value topic and look forward to learning about Addition and subtraction. 
 

In science we looked at irreversible changes by creating carbon dioxide and casein plastic (some children enjoyed the smell of vinegar more than others!)

In addition to our wonderful curriculum, this week we had three fantastic and exciting further learning opportunities. Firstly, we celebrated European Day of Languages by looking at the Netherlands. We studied things such as tourism, exports and famous people from the country. Secondly, we had a Zoom call with Arise school in Tanzania. It was breathtaking to hear about their lives and appreciation for education. Finally, as part of the Knowsley borough of culture event we created lanterns which will be displayed in our local community. 

Finally we practiced our welcome service with our seedlings ready for Sunday. 

Week ending 23/09/22

Year 5 continued their learning this week. In English, we have moved onto writing our own exploration narrative around the moon. The children have worked hard gathering vocabulary and ideas for their writing stage. 
 

Maths has involved continuing with place value and ordering numbers up to 1,000,000!
 

Science was exciting as we looked at how to separate materials through sieving, magnetic attraction, evaporation and filtration. 
 

Finally we ended the week by supporting our seedlings in Reception create pic collages all about themselves. 

Week ending 16/09/22

Another fantastic week of learning in Year 5!
 

We’ve continued with our fascinating English topic and began to plan our own exploration narratives!

In History we explored how Egyptians worshipped their gods. Science has involved an investigation looking at factors which can effect the rate of evaporation. 
 

Finally, we voted on Friday for our school councillors. 

Week ending 9/9/22

It’s been a fantastic start to life in Year 5!
 

In maths we’ve been working hard looking at place value and numbers all the way up to 1,000,000!
In English we’ve been captivated by our vehicle text Where Once We Stood. We can’t wait to get going on writing our own exploration narrative. 
Our history topic is Ancient Egyptians and so far we’ve studied the importance of the River Nile and how the Egyptians lived. 
Science has started by looking at whether different substances were soluble or not. 
 

Excitingly, Year 5 also got to meet their “seedlings” from Reception!

Finally the week ended on a sombre note as we remembered the life of Queen Elizabeth II. 

Welcome to Year 5

This year, it will be Mr Bell, Mrs Mansfield and Mrs Hill looking after you! We are very excited to welcome you into upper Juniors and cannot wait to have some wonderful times learning new things together.