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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
Rumble in the Rainforest
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 unti 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.
IntoUniversity Morning - Finding out about univerisities
Ancient Greek Clay Pots
Greek Day
Art On Wheels- wire sculptures of Medussa
Anti-Bullying workshop at St Mary's Stadium
Anti Racism Workshops
