Santa came and spoilt us! (RRS)

5 Rowan have been good this year so Santa delivered us some new games for our wet play box. We got stuck in straight away with one game and need to wait for batteries for the other.

Maths - Bar Charts

This week in maths we have been focusing on bar charts! 5 Poplar really enjoyed these lessons and decided to create some of their own! First, they collected the data and then made eye catching charts!

Bar Charts

This week we have looked at how to draw our own bar charts. Children can you tell a friend what is the most important thing to remember about the y-axis?

Those ancient greeks

Here are some great facts about life in Ancient Greece that year 5 have presented in Poster form.

Have you ever wondered how Santa delivered all the presents on time or where the elves came from?

Just take a look at some of our wonderful ideas explained in our posters!

Maths - 2D Shapes

This week in maths we have been focusing on shapes! 5Poplar children have grouped these various shapes by whether they have parallel lines or not. Are they correct? What other ways could they have grouped them?

Nets of shapes

We have had great fun today turn nets into 3D shapes. We then counted the faces, looked at the shapes of the faces, counted the edges and counted the vertices.

Numeracy - 3D Shapes

Today 5 Poplar having been learning about different 3D shapes, investigating their properties such as; number of faces, edges and vertices. Here are a few pictures of the different 3D shapes we made! Can you name any of them?

Gymnastics - Sequencing

Here is video of Ryan and Harry's sequence which includes jumps, travelling, balances and turns! Well done boys!

Camouflage - the art of staying hidden

Finally we have got our brilliant camouflage art work displayed up in our classroom. It looks much more effective if you come and see it for yourself. All welcome!

Equivalent fractions

We had some awesome mathematicians today. Look what great simplifying fractions they did. 

Gymnastics - Sequences

Gymnastics - Sequences

Today in year 5 we have been practising our gymnastics sequences in pairs! We had to include travelling, jumping, turning and a balance. Could you think of any other ways we could travel or a different balance?

Christmas is coming!

Year 5 are looking at a wonderful Christmas picture book recapping the features associated with explanations.

Helping your child to read and spell

Help your child with their reading and writing

Did you know that …

There are 26 letters of the alphabet but they make 44 sounds.

It is essential that all our pupils know these sounds.  It will enable them to become confident readers and spellers.

The link below offers great support and advice for parents and children. It is vital that we teach the children the correct pronunciations. We are finding that the children have many misconceptions, and are making mistakes from reception right through to Year 6.

Please look at the link below with your child and listen to the pronunciations. You can make a big difference!

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Please see your child’s class teacher if you have any questions or would like to learn more.

More images from the football tournament.

More images from the football tournament.

Friday's Football Tournament at Shaftesbury School (RRS)

Here's the winning team! We played three games, winning all three and without conceding any goals.

Science - Autogyros

In science today we were investigating autogyros and variables that may affect a fair test. Can you name any of the variables that could possibly be changed? Here is a quick video of Tyler and Rebecca carrying out part of the investigation!

Music - Cyclic Patterns

Here is a short video of the cyclic patterns 5Poplar have been practicing!

Music - Cyclic Patterns

Today 5Poplar have been practising cyclic patterns using various instruments! Can you name the different types of instruments we have used?

Literacy - Comparing Stories

Here are some pictures of year 5, highlighting and annotating the key features of two different stories. Can you remember the differences and similarities between the "good" and "outstanding" stories?

History - Timelines

Today year 5 have started looking at timelines and plotting various dates into chronological order. What do you know about these times in history?