Year 5 – 07/02/25
It’s the end of another week in Year 5; here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been doing:
On Thursday, as part of Children’s Mental Health Week, this year themed ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’ and focused on self-awareness, we had a Mental Health Assembly and workshop with Beth Cullen, our Education Mental Health Practitioner. She encouraged us to think about how we can check in regularly with our emotions and led us through a calming guided relaxation session.
In English, we continued reading The Boy at the Back of the Class, learning more about refugee Ahmet’s journey and the reasons he was forced to flee his home country, Syria. The children particularly enjoyed getting into role as Brendan the Bully to understand his motivations and actions.
In Maths, we made further progress with fractions, focusing on adding mixed numbers. The children are becoming increasingly confident with this skill!
In RE, we explored the Lord’s Prayer in detail, breaking it down to understand the meaning behind each petition. The children worked in groups to write their own modern versions of the prayer, reflecting on its relevance in their lives today.
In Science, we evaluated last week’s enquiry into thermal insulators. While we had mixed results, we had thoughtful discussions about why this might have occurred and how to identify anomalous results in scientific investigations. We then turned our results into a line graph, which was a good challenge!
In PE, as part of our gymnastics unit, we focused on making shapes when jumping off apparatus.
In Computing, the children used Chromebooks to create vector drawings. This required careful copying, pasting, and resizing of shapes to build their designs.
In RSE, we discussed some of the pressures that adolescents may face, including expectations from others, their own self-expectations, and influences from the media. The children shared some insightful ideas about how to manage these challenges.
In History, the children investigated how recent archaeological discoveries have reshaped our understanding of the Vikings.
This week’s home learning:
| Maths | Mathletics assignments:
· Adding to a mixed number · Adding two mixed numbers |
| Reading | 5 tests on Readtheory or 20 minutes of reading per day |
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words with silent letters
· doubt · autumn · island · build · lamb · receipt · solemn · ascend · thistle · disciple |
Happy weekend!
Miss Donatantonio
