Week 7

What a fantastic week it has been in Year 5! 🌟 The children have continued to embrace new challenges, develop their skills and enjoy a range of exciting learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom.

In Maths, we have been solving word problems and using inverse operations to find missing numbers. 🔢 The children have been developing their problem-solving skills, working backwards and using inverse operations to check their answers.

In English, we have continued to focus on speech marks and our jungle narratives. 🌴🐒 The children have been practising punctuating direct speech and exploring how dialogue can bring characters and stories to life as they continue to develop their own jungle adventures.

In Science, we have been exploring water resistance. 💧🚤 The children have been learning how water slows down moving objects and investigating how shape can affect movement through water, making links to real-life examples such as boats.

Both Year 5 classes also completed an impressive 10km walk around St Aidan's Nature Reserve! 🌿🥾 This was a fantastic opportunity to enjoy nature while demonstrating resilience, perseverance and teamwork. We are incredibly proud of the children for taking on this challenge!

In Spelling, we have revisited our Year 3 learning, focusing on words ending in -le. ✏️ The children have been refreshing their knowledge of this spelling pattern and practising applying it in their writing.

We have also continued our Swimming sessions. 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️ The children have been developing their skills, building confidence in the water and practising their swimming techniques.

Another brilliant week in Year 5! We are so proud of the children's enthusiasm, determination and positive attitudes towards their learning. Well done, everyone, for another week full of fantastic achievements! 

 

Week 6

What a wonderful week it has been in Year 5! 🌟 The children have been busy exploring new ideas, developing their skills and making the most of every opportunity to learn. There has been lots of excitement, teamwork and plenty of practical learning along the way!

In Outdoor Learning, we have been exploring the force of friction. 🛷🔬 The children investigated how different materials affect friction by testing them on a sledge before putting their ideas to the test by riding down a slide! They made predictions, observed what happened and discussed why some materials allowed the sledge to move more easily than others. It was fantastic to see our scientific learning come to life through such a fun investigation!

On Monday, some of our Year 5 children proudly represented Springbank at the cross-country event. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ They showed fantastic determination, resilience and sportsmanship throughout the event, and we were incredibly proud of how they represented our school. A huge well done to everyone who took part!

In Maths, we have been exploring fact families and the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. 🔢 The children have been learning how knowing one calculation can help us work out others, as well as using the inverse operation to check their answers. They have worked hard to explain their reasoning and have enjoyed spotting the connections between related calculations.

In English, we have been preparing for our upcoming jungle narratives. 🌴🐒 This week, we have been looking at how we can turn narrative into speech, exploring how characters can communicate with one another and how dialogue can bring a story to life. The children have been developing their ideas and are now ready to put their skills into practice as they begin writing their own jungle narratives next week. We can't wait to see where their imaginations take them!

In Geography, we have begun exploring the rainforests of the world. 🌎🌴 The children have been developing their map skills by locating some of the world's major rainforests and thinking about where they are found around the globe. We have been making links between location and the different environments in which rainforests exist.

Another fantastic week in Year 5! We are so proud of the way the children continue to throw themselves into their learning, whether they are investigating forces, challenging themselves in sport or developing their creativity through writing. We are looking forward to another exciting week, especially as we begin creating our very own jungle adventures! 🌟

 

Week 5

It has been another busy and productive week in Year 5! 🌟 The children have tackled a range of exciting learning experiences and have continued to show fantastic perseverance and enthusiasm. It has been lovely to see them growing in confidence, challenging themselves and taking pride in the work they produce.

In Reading, we have continued to enjoy our class novel, The Explorer. 📖🌿 Alongside following the exciting events and adventures of the story, we have been developing our retrieval skills, carefully searching the text for key information and using evidence to support our answers. The children have worked hard to become more confident and accurate when retrieving information from the text.

In English, we have been learning all about punctuating speech correctly. The children have been exploring how to use inverted commas, punctuation and reporting clauses when writing dialogue. They have enjoyed putting their learning into practice and have been thinking carefully about how to make conversations in their writing clear, interesting and engaging. ✏️📚

In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of the column method for addition and subtraction. 🔢 The children have been working carefully to set calculations out correctly, exchanging where necessary and checking their answers. It has been fantastic to see their confidence grow as they tackle increasingly challenging calculations and explain the methods they have used.

 

Week 4

What another fantastic week we have had in Year 5! The children have continued to embrace their learning with enthusiasm and have shown wonderful curiosity, creativity and determination across the curriculum. 🌟

In Reading, we have continued reading our class novel, The Explorer. The children have been thoroughly enjoying this exciting adventure story and have continued to explore the characters, events and setting as the story unfolds. We are all eager to find out what happens next! 📖🌿

In English, we have been learning all about fronted adverbials and how they can be used to make our writing more interesting and engaging. The children have been applying their new understanding to their diary entries, carefully considering how they can describe when, where and how events happen. We have been very impressed with the creativity and detail in their writing! ✏️📚

In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000. The children have been practising identifying which numbers are closer and using their knowledge to round accurately. They have worked hard to explain their reasoning and deepen their understanding of place value. 🔢

In Science, we have been learning about gravity and investigating how different factors can affect the way objects fall. During our outdoor learning, the children carried out an exciting investigation by dropping leaves with different surface areas. They observed what happened and thought carefully about how air resistance affected the way the leaves fell. It was fantastic to see the children putting their scientific thinking into practice! 🍃🔬

In Geography, we have been learning about the different features of rivers, including meanders, waterfalls, river banks and tributaries. To bring our learning to life, the children created their own models of rivers and carefully included some of the features we have been studying. We then went on a local walk to Fulneck, where we were able to spot and explore real river features in our local area. It was a fantastic opportunity to connect our classroom learning with the world around us! 🌎💧🥾

Another brilliant week in Year 5! We are incredibly proud of the children's curiosity, enthusiasm and willingness to get involved in every aspect of their learning. We are looking forward to another exciting week of learning and adventure! 🌟

 

Week 3

What another fantastic week we have had in Year 5! The children have continued to embrace their learning with enthusiasm and have shown wonderful determination, creativity and teamwork across the curriculum. 🌟

In Reading, we continued our class novel, The Explorer. The children have been thoroughly enjoying this exciting adventure story and have continued to explore the characters, events and setting as the story unfolds. We are all eager to discover what happens next! 📖🌿

In English, we have begun our diary writing, imagining that we have crash-landed deep in the Amazon rainforest! The children have been using their imaginations to put themselves in the shoes of an explorer, thinking carefully about their experiences, thoughts and feelings. We can't wait to see their adventures come to life through their writing! ✏️🌴

In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of place value by partitioning numbers and using number lines to represent and explore them. We have also been investigating what happens when we find 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 more or less than a given number. The children have been working hard to deepen their understanding of increasingly large numbers. 🔢

In Geography, we have been learning all about lines of latitude and longitude and how they help us locate places around the world. To bring our learning to life, the children created their very own globes using balloons, adding the continents as well as lines of latitude and longitude. It was a fantastic hands-on way to develop our geographical understanding! 🌎🎈

In PE, we took part in a Commando Joe's lesson with a special focus on collaboration and teamwork. The children worked together to complete challenges, communicating effectively, listening to one another and supporting their teammates. It was wonderful to see everyone working together and demonstrating such positive team spirit! 💪🤝

In Spelling and Handwriting, we have been focusing on the suffix -tious, exploring words that use this spelling pattern. We have also been developing our handwriting through our focus on the hill-to-jam join, particularly when writing the letter 't'. The children have been practising carefully and working hard to make their handwriting increasingly neat and consistent. ✍️📝

Another brilliant week in Year 5! We are incredibly proud of the children's curiosity, creativity and determination. We are looking forward to another exciting week of learning and adventure! 🌟

 

Week 2

What a busy and exciting second week we have had in Year 5! The children have continued to settle brilliantly into their new routines and have shown great enthusiasm for their learning across the curriculum. 🌟

In Reading, we launched our new class book, The Explorer. The children were introduced to this exciting adventure story and began exploring the characters, setting and events. We are looking forward to seeing where the story takes us! 📖🌿

In English, we have been learning about diary entries and exploring the features that make them engaging and effective. The children also developed their use of expanded noun phrases, using descriptive language to add detail and bring their writing to life. ✏️📔

In Maths, we began our work on place value, exploring numbers up to 1,000,000. The children have been developing their understanding of the value of each digit and representing, reading and comparing increasingly large numbers. 🔢

In Geography, we began our map work on South America. The children explored the continent and practised identifying and locating its different countries, developing their geographical knowledge and map-reading skills. 🌎🗺️

In PE, we had our first swimming lesson of Year 5! The children enjoyed getting into the pool and developing their swimming skills, building confidence and learning about water safety along the way. 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

During Outdoor Learning, we became scientists and investigated the force of gravity. The children explored what happens when different-sized weights are dropped from a height, making observations and thinking carefully about the forces acting on the objects. It was a fantastic hands-on investigation! 🍃⚖️

Another fantastic week in Year 5 — we are incredibly proud of the children's determination, curiosity and hard work. We can't wait to see what Week 3 brings! 🌟