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Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
Mr Smith (Giraffes) and Miss Keens (Zebras) will keep you up to date with the children's learning on this page of our website. Please click on the stars below to find out more.
Contact the Year 5 Team
From questions to sharing learning outcomes, we would absolutely LOVE to hear from you.
year.5@newlandsprimary.co.uk
Autumn 2 - Mythical Madness!
In Science, we have been learning about proerties and changes of materials. We conducted an experiment to find out what material makes the best thermal insulator!
What a day of Mythical Madness in Year 5 today! Olympic games, code-breaking and a Greek feast!!!!
Southampton City Mission came in for a question of faith day this week! We learnt about prophecy and the story of the magi!
We have been learning and acting out the Greek myth of Pandora's Box!
During Anti-bullying Weeek, a group of Yr 5 pupils represented Newlands at an Anti-bullying Workshop at St Mary's Stadium
We enjoyed having Amy from Southampton Art Gallery come in to run a workshop with us! We acted out the Perseus myth and then got to create Medusa's head sculptures using wire!
We have been learning lots of different Greek Myths in Reading! We have been showing our understanding by acting them out. These are some pictures of us acting out the story of Perseus and Medusa!
We have been enjoying Anti-Bullying Week! We took part in an online lesson; made pledges; had Mrs Cook into class for a workshop on online safety; designed our own superheroes with the power for good and wore odd socks to celebrate!
Year 5 had LOTS of fun at their sleepover on Friday! We got to: make constellation artwork; went orienteering around the school; made dens; played games; sang songs; danced and even solved a murder! A great evening full of fun and memories!
We enjoyed a session with The Saints Foundation all about Anti-Racism to help celebrate Black History Month!
Autumn 1 - Rumble in the Rainforest
In Science, we have been learning about lifecycles and looking at plants and how they germinate and reproduce. We looked at some lillies and tried to identify their different parts!
We have been busy learning about Place Value in Maths! We have been tackling number lines with numbers up to 1,000,000!
In Writing, we watched some videos about deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest and the effects on the orangutans! We created some charcoal and oil pastel drawings in response!
Giraffes role played at being orangutans facing down the destruction of the homes by deforestation and mining
As part of our Learning Challenge - "Rumble in the Rainforest" - the children travelled to Brazil (complete with authentic rainstorm!) We found out more about the wildlife that live there, we put our senses to the test and made some beautifully decorated rainmakers!
Giraffe's Hook day - Using our senses to explore the Amazon
We have been busy problem solving in Maths this week to warm ourselves up after the summer break!
Year 5 kicked off their RHSE unit about "Being me in my world" with a visit from Mrs Halsey. She came in and spoke with the children about responsibilities and how she and our senior leadership team make decisions about running the school!
Look what Yr 5 did last year:
Wondrous Water Art - having looked at many famous artists who have created artwork around the theme of water, we then created our won.
Trip to Testwood Lakes
Fire Service Visit
Global Day/Day of Welcome
Global Day/Day of Welcome
We were lucky to have an additional visit from SWVG to learn more about what it means to be a refugee and 'Community as a Superpower'
Weaving
We completed our display with research about some of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
Into University - Focus Day
Survival Sleepover- mastering co-ordinates with a game of battleships!
International Women's Day Workshop at Saints Mary's Stadium.
Book Week - we loved dressing up as book characters.
We enjoyed sharing books with our adults and finding out what non fiction texts they use. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us.
We enjoyed our sessions with our 3 visitors who explained how they used non fiction tests in their roles as a journalist, a volunteer helping with the social media of a cat charity and a trustee for the charity SWVG.
Presenting our Volcano Research
Computing including Internet Safety Day
Winchester Science Centre
Day, Night and Seasons - we used fruit to create models of the Earth, identified the Equator, tilted it on its axis and used a torch as the Sun.
Sun, Earth and Moon -we created models to show how the Earth orbits the Sun and the Moon orbits the Earth.
