Kingfisher Class Blog
This week we have been:
Missing number problems in maths.
Planning our Beowulf themed Epic Poems.
Began learning - ant words.
In history, we have learned about land use over time.
In computing we have started to learn about video production.
Next week we will:
Look at irreversible changes in science.
Continue leaning the suffix -ance and -ant.
Begin drafting.
Write our own maths word problems.
AR Star quizzes.
Belonging - "When we were doing the Fiver Challenge we were thinking of everyone, listening to each other's opinions and helping each other."
Resilience - "In the Fiver Challenge, I was trying to think of sentences but it was hard because I needed to phrase it formally. I kept on trying!"
Achievement - "I achieved doing all the different volleyball actions in PE."
Make discoveries - "I found out different techniques to hit the ball in PE."
Be brave and ambitious - "I played a new sport, in PE."
Enjoy learning - "I have enjoyed maths this week! All of it!"
Respectful and responsible - "I have been respectful to my teacher by listening to her and smiling."
Today we looked at the spread of Christianity from the Romans to the Anglo Saxons and Britons.
We had a special E4S visit from the local police yesterday and children learned more about how to stay safe online.
In English, we looked at cohesion across paragraphs - identifying foreshadow and retrospection.
This week we have been:
Solving word problem involving unit conversion.
Continued to learn the spelling rule -ei.
Read Beowulf and looking at Kennings.
Learn about parenthesis and relative clauses.
Learned about scripts and dramatised scenes from Beowulf.
Next week we will:
Look at irreversible changes in science.
Begin leaning the suffix -ance.
Learn about cohension within and across paragraphs.
Investigate missing number problems that involve multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.
We are learning about Badminton.
Beowulf Drama
Beowulf Drama
Beowulf Drama
Beowulf Drama
Our favourite end to the week - reading buddies with year 2!
We made Anglo-Saxon inspired clay pots and engraved them with runes!
This week we have been:
Exploring and converting units of measure.
Recapping coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Learning 2 new chopping techniques - claw and bridge.
Enjoying books on World Book Day.
Learning about food hygiene.
Learning about the invasion of the Scots from Ireland.
Next week we will:
Solve word problem involving unit conversion.
Continue to learn the spelling rule -ei.
Look at reversible changes in science.
Read Beowulf and looking at Kennings.
Learn about parenthesis and relative clauses.
World Book Day!
Today we practiced the bridge and claw grip for cutting in DT.
Is a mixture of oil and water reversible?
Today we made our own meter sticks and discussed decimeter, centimeter and millimeter.
This week we have been:
Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, and 1000.
Saxon soup tasting.
Exploring video and motion pictures.
Reading Beowulf and looking at author's choices of vocabulary.
Next week we will:
Divide, by multiplying, by a fraction.
Learn the spelling rule -ei.
Look at reversible changes in science.
Learn about food hygiene.
Begin to understand about the invasion of the Scots from Ireland.
Today we made a human place value chart and physically moved up and down the scale to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000.
To begin our topic on the Anglo Saxons, we tasted some traditional Saxon soup ingredients. Some were tangy, some were slimy but most were earthy.
After half term we will:
- Explore old English and Norse poetry
- Begin looking at common fraction and decimal equivalents
- Try some Saxon herbs
- Begin to explore how videos are created
Sewing in DT to make our spy belts. The children have worked hard to research, design, plan and sew their very own spy belts.
Today we made Spy ID cards and explored fingerprints. These will be used to create a Year 5 display around the school.
Looking at ratios in a real life context and reminding ourselves about converting between units of measure.
Exploring properties of materials
Today we had junior first aid training where we learned about CPR, choking and the recovery position.
Exploring Spy Gadgets
Mixtures and solutions
Today we explored our solar system!!!
Our trip to the Planetarium - we weren't aloud to take pictures in the "Star Theatre"!
monotype printing - inspired by Kevork Mourad... "...best art lesson ever!"
What a gooey-tastic day: we made intergalactic, alien slime!
Bottle rockets - We cannot believe they actually worked!
Design and Technology - Make!
Astronaut pudding
Hinduism
Trimurti means three images. They are Shiva (whose middle eye sees the truth), Vishnu (who carries a lotus, a discus and a conch) and Brahma (who is not really worshipped anymore). The lotus that Vishnu carries symbolises truth however they also carry a mace - which symbolises splendour and power. Shiva is often depicted dancing. Brahma has 4 heads to see in all different directions. Vishnu's body and skin are blue like the sky and ocean.
Thanks for reading,
Year 5
Ask me about air resistance, up thrust, gravity, and buoyancy!
