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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
Summer 1 - Lightbulb Moments
Year 5 enjoyed a visit to IntoUniversity this week! Both classes got to learn more about what a university actually is and think about whether they might lke to go one day!
Spring 2 - Natural Disasters
Some of our amazing Spring 2 homework!
World Book Day 2026 - Excellent bookish costumes, a live BBC lesson, a trip down memory lane in books and sharing stories with Year 2!
We have had an amazing day on World Book Day! We've had parents visiting us, a trip down memory lane, a live lesson and have been recording news reports and video diaries for our Survivors stories!
We enjoyed sharing a story with our parents on Wednesday this week as part of our World Book Day celebrations!
In Maths, we consolidated our new knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages by completing an investigation in small groups to find the matching pairs!
We have been busy learning all about our new Geography topic "Disaster Forecaster!". We have been learning all about Natural Disasters around the world!
Spring 1 - Cosmic!
Our 'Out of this World' Spring 1 Homework!
Although the Wonderseekers couldn't join us this afternoon, that didn't stop us from making our own satellites! The children showed great teamwork and creativity to quickly assemble some space bound climate tracking tech!
Giraffes worked so hard at designing a circuit and a mechanism to power their moon buggies! We even managed to have two racing by the end of the lesson!
As part of our work with WonderSeeker's this half-term we had a go at making our own satellites today! We looked at different satellites, then designed and made our own versions using recycled materials!
We took part in a session with IntoUniversity all about "Violent Earth" in preparation for our natual disasters topic next half-term!
We had a go at making our own Moon Buggies as part of our Design Technology work! We had to design and create a complete circuit and then try to make the buggy move - it was TRICKY!!!!
We loved taking part in a online storytelling workshop with Alim Kamara all about how to use music to help tell stories! The children will be creating their own raps inspired by his session this week and enter into a competition! Here is a photo of all the words they thought of to rhyme in their raps!!
We had an incredible trip to Winchester Science Centre today! The children loved the different exhibits and getting to see space come to life at the Planetarium!
We have been learning about Gravity in Science! We then acted as Isaac Newton discovering gravity for the first time and explaining what it is!
We had our third session with WonderSeeker's all about the important jobs satellites do and what data they provide for us!
We enjoyed our second WonderSeeker's workshop today all about coding!!
Zebra Class enjoyed performing to their parents on Friday. We showed them what we have been learning with our new Music programme Charanga and played some pieces on the glockenspiel! We even got the parents to have a go!
We enjoyed a very verbal Writing lesson. We had lots of different word cards which we had to categorise then we had a go at making different sentences with varying complexities including our new Year 5 skill of relative clauses!
Year 5 LOVED having a visit from Wonderseeker's for a Science workshop all about satellites today! We got to see a thermal imaging camera in action AND we tested different materials using a infa-red light to see which material would make the best satelitte! The children loved it and showed off a really good understanding of Scientific vocabulary and concepts! We cannot wait for the next session :)
We have enjoyed learning about the weather in French!
We have been busy learning about our new topic today! We have been looking and learning about the eight planets in our solar system. We used fruit to help us understand and compare their sizes and then we found out how close (or not) they are to each other!
Autumn 2 - Mythical Madness!
Our Great Greek Autumn 2 Homework!
In RSHE, we designed our own ribbons as part of our "Celebrating Difference" unit to help encourage others to stop Racism!
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!