Welcome to Year 5

Our Teachers

• Miss Palmer – Teacher

Our Learning

Class Useful information

• PE will be on Monday and Friday, but timetable changes can occur so please make sure your PE kit is in school at all times.
• Spellings will be sent home on a Wednesday and tested the following Monday.
• Homework will be sent home on Wednesday and collected the following Monday.
• Times tables will be tested every Friday. Extra practise at home will help you to become a times tables master!

Useful websites

• www.topmarks.co.uk
• www.nrich.maths.org/7694
• www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
• http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/
• https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

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Class Work & Events

Forbidden Corner

We had a great trip to The Forbidden Corner!

First Aid Training

Insects

Mrs Richards came in today to tell us all about insects. We learnt so many fascinating facts and then went on our own insect hunt! We even got to look at some through a microscope!

We will be reading a variety of books including: Cosmic, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and Broccoli Boy, along with plenty of non-fiction books. In Literacy, we will be looking at how we can portray characters and use a variety of punctuation to keep the reader interested. We will also be writing information texts on the Gobi Desert. In Maths, we will be going fraction mad! In Science, we will be looking at space and forces. Along with all of this, we will also look at the history of space, space artwork and landscapes. The superheroes of Year 5 will certainly be busy!

Life Centre

World Book Day

Taekwondo

Safer internet Day

In year 5, for Safer Internet Day, we have been looking at our personal responsibility of taking and sharing pictures. We have been discussing the dangers of sharing pictures, what is appropriate to share and also how sharing images can have a positive impact. We created a mini play, “This is your internet”, to highlight the good and bad of sharing photos.

Remember to be mindful of your digital footprint and be careful what you post. Tell an adult if something or someone upsets you. If you and your friends can do this, then you can… ‘Be the change: Unite for a better internet’.

Gurdwara

We had a lovely time visiting the Gurdwara in Darlington. We learnt a lot about the history of the religion and their beliefs. The temple was fascinating to look about and we enjoyed learning about their practices.

Racing Car

The racing car, which came to visit, was AMAZING! A super Friday!

Music

Over the next ten weeks, we have Dan and Amy coming in to teach music. They are going to teach Year 5 about all the different music elements, they will do lots of singing and playing of instruments and will also be composing their own music! The first lesson was great fun and we look to forward to becoming excellent musicians.

Elf Day for the Alzheimer’s Society 2016

Class 5 and 6 are working towards their Young Church Leader’s Award. One of their tasks is to organise a charity event. They have decided to support The Alzheimer’s Society. They would like you to come to school dressed as an elf or in a Christmas jumper on Thursday 8th December. They would also like you to try and complete as many Goof Elf Deeds on your sponsor form as you can. All money raised will go to the Alzheimer’s Society

Viking Longboats

We made Viking Longboats

Enterprise Day

We had a great time at the high school participating in an Enterprise Day. In groups, we had to design an outfit for a male and female. Not only did we have to design the outfit, we also had to cost the price of the clothing and persuade people to buy them. It certainly was fun dressing people up in bin bags! Watch this space, I think Year 5 have some future designers among them.

Show racism the red card

We had a great day with the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ team. We got to play football with Ollie, an ex-Newcastle player. Our skills were put to the test! Justine then talked about what racism is and about the history behind racism. It got us all thinking about how we should treat people in our world and that it doesn’t matter about any of our differences.