Eagles -Y5
Welcome to Eagles
Year Five
For nothing will be impossible with God
Luke 1 v37
Spring Term Two… Value: Joy
'I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.'
John 15:11
On behalf of the staff and children of Year Five, welcome to our class page.
Welcome to a new term at St Mary's - I cannot wait for all of the incredible learning that we will be doing this term! We are going to learn so many new things, enjoy ourselves and show what responsible Year Fives we can be.
Below, you will find updates on our learning journey throughout the year. Please do ask your child about what they've done at school!
If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch by email or on the playground. As always, our classroom door is open.
Mrs Pitsillis 😁
Diary Dates
W/b 19th Feb - Bikeability
29th Feb - Class Trip to Sevington Victorian School
W/b 4th March - Book Fair
7th March - World Book Day
W/b 11th March - ISing Pop workshops and recording
19th March - ISing Pop concerts
26th & 27th March - Parent's Evening
27th March - Easter Service at Church
28th March - End of Term
Weekly Check List
Monday:
- PE - Tag Rugby (PE Kit stays in school)
Wednesday:
- Library (change books)
Friday:
- PE - Badminton (PE Kit stays in school)
- Homework set for the week
Our Learning Journey
This section of our class page will be used to provide an insight into our classroom and learning adventures.
Our Spring Term Adventures
Sevington Victorian School
Year Five had the most incredible experience immersing themselves in Victorian school life at Sevington School.
They started off by lining up (separated: boys and girls), being greeted by Miss Squire and paying in Victorian pennies for their day at school.
The boys then learned skills like candle making, arithmetic and handwriting, whilst girls learned how to make lavender bags, polish brass and copper, wash clothes and also handwriting.
After an authentic Victorian lunch, they were treated to some 'recreation' time before afternoon lessons resumed.
We even learned about some of the 'correction tools' used by teachers in those days - in a safe way, of course!
The day was such a hit, the children didn't want to leave!
Photos: Sevington
Our Autumn Term Adventures
Cacao tasting
At the start of Term 1, Year Five experienced their first taste of Mayan life to kick-start the topic: tasting raw cacao beans.
The reviews were certainly mixed, but everyone loved the fact that they had tried something that was eaten on the other side of the world over a thousand years ago!
Making solutions
As part of our science topic on properties of materials, Year Five experimented to discover which materials were solutes and which weren't. They put each material into a solvent (water) and observed to see which dissolved to create a solution.
There were many correct predictions and some surprises - many expected pepper to dissolve and were shocked to see it float on top of the water!
Adverbs of Possibility
As part of our unit on writing persuasively, Year Five have been learning about modal verbs and adverbs of possibility. Both have allowed them to express degrees of possibility in their speech and writing with so much precision.
To really get everyone thinking, we ranked the adverbs in order of how likely we think they suggest something would be to happen. Do you agree with our choices?
Persuasive Vlogging
To immerse in our model text this week, Year Five put their 'vlogger' hats on and recreated parts of a persuasive review of Pompeii in the form of a vlog.
Their goal was to use interesting vocabulary which they had identified in the text, try to use modal verbs (can, should, must, etc...), and most of all, be entertaining!
They will then apply some of this excellent language to their own persuasive review of Palenque, a Mayan archaeological site which the children have been learning all about!
Here are a few of the videos - how do you think they did? I think we might have a few budding entertainers in our midst!
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Cooking Day
As part of this term's Food Tech unit, Year Five have been learning all about where ingredients come from, how they make their way to our plates, and techniques on how to safely prepare them for cooking. They even got to taste sauces, rank them and devise their own recipes for a bolognese based on their own preferences.
This culminated in an exciting day of cooking their own spaghetti bolognese creations.
Have a look at the pictures below of our Year Fives preparing their ingredients and beginning to cook. By now, I'm sure you know how the final 'tasting' phase went!
'Haka' dancing
Did we let that stop us from getting active? No! We learned some dance routines and worked up a sweat to some music!
However, some of the boys were keen to point out that rugby 'hakas' could be a form of dance, so some of them had a go at imitating some. Here is the result, which they were very keen to be shared on the class page...