Year 5: Blog items
Date: 30th Jan 2020 @ 11:16am
The mini-cadets learnt all about knife crime this week. It was a tough session but the cadets know the facts and initiatives in place across the country.
Date: 22nd Jan 2020 @ 4:18pm
The mini-cadets were out and about again today. This week, they were thinking about road safety and monitoring the speed of the cars in our local area. Luckily, nobody was breaking the speed limit on their watch.
Date: 22nd Jan 2020 @ 7:40pm
The tables were cleared of all pens and pencils and we had a full day of lessons without any books. Our no pen day saw us working collaboratively and developing our communication skills. We held debates, discussed resilience and learned how to say the date in French. Our maths lesson involved working together to solve multiplication problems using counters and number cards and completing various puzzles.
Date: 16th Jan 2020 @ 9:20am
What is the date? We started our new French unit by learning the months of the year. We looked at the similarities between the English and French words and discussed how this could help us to remember the French months. We learned that the French do not use capital letters for months. The children enjoyed a matching game, a song about the months and we consolidated our learning by completing a listening exercise. Next week we will learn how to say the full date.
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:40am
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:38am
Spring 1 Topic Overview 2019/2020
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:36am
Date: 8th Jan 2020 @ 3:23pm
New year and a new opportunity for the mini-cadets to meet the mounted police. The children learnt all about the role of the mounted police, how they work and how they are looked after.
Date: 7th Jan 2020 @ 3:59pm
To introduce our new music based topic, Top of the Pops, the children worked collaboratively and took part in an interactive music quiz. The questions ranged from the 1960s all the way to the present day. Great fun was had and there were some impressive scores! We will be focusing on Motown, Rock and Hip Hop in future music lessons.
Date: 17th Dec 2019 @ 8:37pm
Year 5 have been learning about the Christmas story and its importance in Christianity. We created story boards, including pictures, and then used our computing skills to create Google Slides presentations.
Date: 11th Dec 2019 @ 5:35pm
The mini-cadets visited the Head Quarters this week and worked with the Lancashire Constabulary TacOps team! They learnt all about the how the team keep the roads safe and running smoothly and how they deal with road traffic accidents.
Date: 10th Dec 2019 @ 6:02pm
It was a wet and windy day, but that didn't stop us from enjoying our trip. We followed the course of the River Wyre stopping at various points along the way. The children were able to identify features they had learned about during our geography lessons in school including meanders, erosion, deposition and flood plains. Our last stop was Fleetwood where we observed the mouth of the River Wyre, flowing into the Irish Sea.
Date: 27th Nov 2019 @ 2:13pm
The Y5 cadets enjoyed their visit to the ambulance station today. They learnt lots from exploring inside an ambulance and then some basic first aid from a paramedic.
Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 7:16pm
This half term's French lessons have been all about Location, Location, Location! We have learned the names of various shops and other places around town. We have learned how to ask for and give directions, as well as how to seek help and clarification if we are lost. The children excelled at translating French into English and constructing sentences.
Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 1:33pm
Our Year 5&6 Basketball Team participated in the Blackpool Schools Youth Games Basketball Festival which took place at Blackpool Sixth College. They were coached by Blackpool Sixth Forms 1st Team Basketball Coach and Players to learn more about the sport and enhance their own skills and performance. As their training session came to an end with the 1st team coach and players, the team then got the chance to compete in a tournament against other Blackpool Schools. Our Team finished 2nd in the group with 1 win and 1 loss, which unfortunately was not enough to qualify for the final. However our team were brilliant. WELL DONE TEAM!
Our Year 5&6 Indoor Athletics Team Qualify For Athletics Final!
Date: 27th Nov 2019 @ 8:56am
Well done to our Year 5&6 Indoor Athletics Team who have qualified for the Blackpool Primary Schools Athletics cup final after finishing in the top 4 in the Year 5&6 North Shore Indoor Athletics Competition which took place at Stanley Park Sports Centre.
The Athletics Cup Final will be held on Tuesday 10th December. Good Luck Team!
Date: 21st Nov 2019 @ 7:47pm
As part of our topic 'Rocking Rivers' we looked at the course of the River Wyre using Digimaps, an online mapping tool. The children identified the features of rivers we have already learned about, including meanders, tributaries and the river mouth. We then used the online maps to look at other rivers around the country and find out which towns and cities they flow through.
Date: 20th Nov 2019 @ 2:55pm
The Mini-Cadets enjoyed a visit from Sgt Claire Van Deurs Goss today who conducted a talk about the use of the internet within the police and then how to keep safe online. The Mini-Cadets are going to present their learning to the rest of the children in assembly tomorrow.
Date: 13th Nov 2019 @ 8:07am
The Year 5 Mini-Cadets enjoyed their first trip to the West Division Police Headquarters. They had a tour of the building watching all the busy officers at work and learning about the rank structures. The cadets also spent some time in the different police vans; it was very exciting going for a drive and turning the sirens on!
Embracing African Culture In Year Five!
Date: 12th Nov 2019 @ 4:46pm
Year Five are currently writing stories from another culture. We are focusing on African stories and the language, settings and features associated with them. Today, we looked at African vocabulary, traditional stories, the clothing and customs. The children loved learning about such a varied and interesting country!
Ambassadors, Ambassadors, Where for art thou Ambassadors?
Date: 12th Nov 2019 @ 9:16am
Our Royal Shakespeare Ambassadors had a fantastic day working collaboratively with children from schools from Wyre, Fylde and Blackpool. They worked together to help plan the forthcoming Shakespeare Festival and were involved in joint projects and discussion groups. The children learnt about the role of being a Shakespeare Champion and played speaking and listening games with the other schools. A fantastic day was had by all!
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 2:25pm
Autumn 2 Topic Overview 2019/20
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 2:24pm
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 2:22pm
Date: 17th Oct 2019 @ 5:54pm
Year 5 had a great time during our whole school 'No Pen Day'. Pens and pencils were removed from tables and we did not write in any of our books. During our maths lesson we used counters and coins to solve addition and subtraction problems. Our history lesson was a top secret mystery about Ancient Egyptian mummification. We had to work collaboratively to work out how the Ancient Egyptians used to deal with their dead!
