Year 5: Blog items
Year Five loved interviewing Shakespearian actors!
Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 2:04pm
Today in Year Five, both classes had the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with two actors from the RSC. They learnt about how actors deal with pre-performance nerves, how they learn their lines and what inspired them to become actors.
This week, we have also been learning how to create our own space inspired interpretative dance with small groups of children being each planet. A number of children have also been keenly rehearsing for the first ever Blackpool digital dance festival. Another creative week in Year Five!
Date: 25th Nov 2020 @ 5:20pm
Our French learning continued this week with our topic - As-tu un animal? This translates in English to, Do you have an animal? This week we learned how to use the negative structure - je n'ai pas de (I do not have). We completed a listening activity and then learned how to write sentences.
Date: 19th Nov 2020 @ 8:28am
This week in Year Five, we have been participating in Forest School sessions and have loved learning how to build a fire (on which we then toasted marshmallows), den building and playing outdoor team games! On anti-bullying day, we discussed why we shouldn’t use stereotypes and make assumptions about people or unfairly judge people because of their appearance or ethnicity. We all wore odd socks to remind each other that it is ok to be different.
Year 5 - This week in learning
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 3:00pm
Recently in Year Five, we have been participating in Forest School sessions and have loved learning how to build a fire (on which we then toasted marshmallows), den building and playing outdoor team games!
Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 7:51am
Date: 13th Nov 2020 @ 8:06am
Year 5 spent the day, remembering those who fought to keep us safe. We learned what life was like in the trenches of a WWI battle field and wrote a letter home from the Western Front. We created our own poppy artwork and made poppies to plant in the Boundary Remembrance Garden.
Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 8:27pm
We could not have picked a better day for our first Forest School session - bonfire night! We discussed fire safety and learned that fires need three elements to survive: heat, oxygen and fuel. With this in mind, we collected a variety of dry sticks and learned how to safely use a fire lighting steel. When the fire was lit, we toasted Marshmallows, which were delicious!
Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 10:26am
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Date: 30th Oct 2020 @ 10:25am
Music was our focus for Black History Month in Year 5. We focused on the contributions that artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Bob Marley made to twentieth century music and culture. We listened and appraised different genres of music and created some wonderful artwork.
Date: 17th Oct 2020 @ 8:49am
This week in PE, it was all about the teamwork. We learned about how to effectively communicate to solve problems and discussed the qualities of a good team player. We talked about how effective communication can make tasks easier and learned that mutual respect and tolerance of other people's opinions was important.
Date: 7th Oct 2020 @ 8:44am
With pens and pencils removed from the desks, Year 5 had a morning of debate and discussion. We talked about some challenging issues and learned how to express our opinions in a respectful way. The children won the 'Beat the Teacher' dictionary challenge and proved they have excellent dictionary skills!
Date: 29th Sep 2020 @ 4:43pm
Days of the week and months of the year have been our focus in French this week. We have listened carefully to the correct pronunciation and learned that the French do not use capital letters for days or months. Next, we will learn how to say the full date.
Date: 28th Sep 2020 @ 7:48am
This half term, our Geography is based on rivers.We have been looking at river features and how rivers change as they flow towards the ocean. This week we used atlases and online maps to locate famous British rivers. We then looked for the features we have learned about on OS maps. We discussed how effective the OS map is at representing the features compared with an aerial photograph.
Date: 14th Sep 2020 @ 8:23pm
Welcome back Year 5! Over the last few days we have been getting to know each other, learning new routines and settling back into school life. Things may be slightly different in the classroom but the children have proved they are up for the challenge of making a success of Year 5. In science, we have been learning about properties and changes of materials. After discussing how we could sort materials into different categories, the children designed a fair test to see which material would make the most effective food preparation surface,
Changes to Home Time Arrangements
Date: 3rd Sep 2020 @ 4:18pm
Changes to home time arrangements
As we have now been open for a number of days we have noticed a concerning lack of social distancing by parents and carers. Therefore, we are enhancing our COVID Safe rules.
We recommend that face coverings are worn by all parents and carers who are medically able to do so – staff will also be wearing face coverings.
To further ensure safe exiting at the end of the date, we will now stagger the collection times:
Year 3 – finish at 3:15pm
Year 4 – finish at 3:10pm
Year 5 – finish at 3:20pm
Year 6 – finish at 3:25pm
As always, for those parents/carers who have to collect children from Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1, staff will still wait with your child until you can collect them from their designated zone.
Nursery, Reception, Years 1, 2 and 3
There will be no changes to Reception and Key Stage 1 at this time, however, this situation is under constant review. Please remember, do not call your child over to you, they will be brought to you by a member of staff.
Please follow these new procedures to help keep your child safe.
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Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 10:05am
Cadets had an interesting visit from CSI this week. The cadets learnt all about the role of the crime scene investigator, the style of the jobs they attend and how the forensic evidence is used to catch criminals and in court.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 7:31pm
As part of our learning journey in Design and Technology, we looked at how to make structures stronger. We investigated 2D and 3D shapes and how they can be made stronger using triangulation. We made shapes using a construction kit, paper straws and pipe cleaners and investigated which ones were the strongest. This will help us when we design our own structure next week!
Wonderful World Book Day Outfits
Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 6:42pm
Is this this best year yet? The children in Year 5 made such an incredible effort with their World Book Day costumes today, all to celebrate the wonderful world of books and highlight the importance of reading. The Queen of Hearts, Harry Potter, Matilda, Gangsta Granny and Willy Wonka were just a few of the famous book characters that made an appearance.
Date: 4th Mar 2020 @ 6:00pm
Our Year 5 mini-cadets received a visit from detectives who work in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this week. During the session, the detectives explained what their job entails and how they work to solve crimes and to keep people safe.
Date: 3rd Mar 2020 @ 8:00pm
As part of Year 5's work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, 14 children had the opportunity to learn and act out a scene from the play 'The Taming of the Shrew' and perform with other schools in the local area. All the children came together at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool and performed on its famous stage. We were extremely impressed with the children's dedication and commitment when learning their lines and also the courage and confidence they demonstrated whilst acting in front of an audience. All of Year 5 children enjoyed watching the play and their experience at the theatre.
