Class 5 Blog

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  17

  Jan

  Science - properties of materials

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today in science we have been learning about properties of materials. At the end of the lesson each child had a word or definition and had to move around the classroom to find their partner. Year 5 did very well, only a couple incorrect.
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  16

  Jan

  Art - Textiles

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In art this term we are looking at textiles. This week we have been looking at ancient Maya clothing. We have been finding out what they made and dyed clothing with and the styles and patterns men and women wore. We then used some materials in the classroom to recreate some styles.
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  14

  Jan

  KLB taster day

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  We had a fun filled day at KLB today. We were lucky enough to start the day with breakfast, before a tour with previous BPS students. We then had fun singing in French, tested indicators in science, worked as a team to protect an egg, played table tennis and learned about earthquakes. We had a great day, thank you KLB.
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  13

  Jan

  English - Success criteria

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In English today we have looked at the success criteria when writing a myth. We looked at extracts from the Rainplayer and attempted to find evidence for each criteria within the text. We then shared our ideas and explained how we knew the criteria was met. At the end, we sequenced the story and looked at patterns within the success criteria to help us with the layout for our own writing.
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  13

  Jan

  Computing - Conditions

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In computing today we continued to look at making code for our Micro:bits. We used PRIMM to practise using 'if' conditions.
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  07

  Jan

  Hook - Cadbury world

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today we visited Cadbury world as our hook for our new history topic. This term we will be learning about Ancient Maya civilisation. We started our visit by writing our name in chocolate. We then had a fantastic talk about the history of the Maya. Some children were even lucky enough to dress up. We then explored the rest of the exhibits, including the 4D cinema and chocolate tasting. We had a wonderful time.
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  06

  Jan

  Computing - Micro:bits

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  This term in computing, we are learning about physical computing. We will be using Micro:bits to support this, programming code to use on the Micro:bit. Today we identified the features on a Micro:bit and practised using code to make a flashing heart appear on the LED's.
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  06

  Jan

  Music - Make you feel my love.

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  Today in music we started our new topic. We looked at 'Make you feel my love' by Adele and listened to the original version by Bob Dylan. We looked at the components of the music, including instruments that were used. We then had a go at singing along with the Adele version.
• 11

  Dec

  PE - Implementing tactics in a game scenario

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  I am so proud of year 5 and their new found tag rugby enthusiasm! This week we spent most of the session playing matches and putting into practice our attacking and defending skills. The more we have played the more Year 5 are implementing taught techniques and their passing in particular has improved massively.
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  10

  Dec

  RE - is the Christmas story true?

  Posted by Mrs J Clarke

  In RE we have been looking at different versions of the Christmas story. We have been thinking about if it is true and if that matters. Today we had a debate and shared our thoughts with each other. Resulting in a few children changing their mind after the debate.