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Star and our Reading Log

In Year 5, we have a class book dragon called Star, who loves to visit each child's home and see what they're reading that week. He enjoys being read a variety of fiction & non-fiction books, comics and graphic novels!

Children will get Star and the reading log on a Monday (to be returned on Friday), or Friday (to be returned on Monday). While the children have Star and the Reading Log, please record books read or recommended, favourite authors, reading habits and included drawn or printed pictures!

We look forward to seeing all of the Reading adventures Star gets to go on this year!

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Wednesday 27th November

We have been practising a range of Gymnastics moves and skills, in both unison and cannon during our PE lessons this half term. Our unit is 'Paired Composition' so we have worked with a variety of partners to practice and perform short sequences to show off our incredible gymnastics skills.

Please watch the videos to see our final pieces, which we performed this afternoon!

Friday 22nd November

Today we performed our class assembly, which shared our knowledge and learning about Rivers (from Geography) and Ancient Egyptians (in History). The children had learned their lines well and gave the dances their best effort and enthusiasm! Well done to everyone for their excellent performance!

Monday 11th November

Since coming back from half term, Year 5 have approached our new English topic of 'War Poetry' with respect and maturity. We began by reading and listening to a variety of war poems, discussing their content and symbolism. We then learned about the style of poems, Cinquains, which are 5 line poems following the syllable pattern 2-4-6-8-2. Children created their own impactful cinquains based on war poetry, and on Monday they presented these alongside a piece of artwork.

Monday 4th November

Today we started our new Science topic, Forces! We shared some of the knowledge we already have from previous years, and then focused on Air Resistance. We thought about what objects have Air Resistance working on them and how this might differ depending on weight and surface area.

To show our learning, we made parachutes from a sheet of paper to test air resistance! We added paper clips to give the paper different weights and some of us adapted the design to see how this would affect the parachute. 

Friday 18th October 

Today we went out to our local river for a Geography Field Trip to the River Ver. We explored the features of a chalk stream, looking at the river at different points to see if we could spot the fast flowing water, pebbled riverbed and plant life along the banks. The keen eyed amongst us spotted lots of local wildlife, including a crayfish, a heron, enormous brown trout, shoals of fish and lots of ducks & geese! 

Tuesday 15th October 

We have ended our unit on drawing and painting in Art by trying to imitate the Fauvism style. The last couple of lessons have been in our sketchbooks as practice, but today we got to scale up our images onto A3 paper. 

We've had great fun trying to use bright, vibrant colours and a variety of brush strokes. Take a look at the photos to see out works in progress!

Friday 11^th October

This morning, we were visited by Laura from Chilterns Chalk Streams Project, who gave us an informative talk all about Chalk Streams and our local river, the River Ver.

We learned about the source of the River Ver- in the Chilterns- as well as other local Chalk Streams. Laura was able to share lots of knowledge and facts about the features of chalk streams and the wildlife that lives in or near to them. Year 5 shared their excellent vocabulary in naming features of rivers and asked lots of pertinent questions to extend their learning.

We ended the session with a quiz on how to save water and help to keep our chalk streams healthy- where every group scored 5/5! 

Tuesday 1st October 

We have been studying colour and lines in Art this half term, experimenting with different brush strokes and colour contrasting. Today we looked at colour wheels, before embarking on trying to imitate Fauvism techniques.

Take a look at our photos to see our excellent examples!

Our Autumn Term Reading Goal:

As a class, we decided to set ourselves the target of reading (and recording!) 350 books collectively before the Christmas holidays! 

We have made an excellent start in the few weeks we've been at school - check out the video to see how many we've read so far, and the types of books!

Monday 16th September 

Our Science topic for this half term is Earth and Space, and the children have been sharing some fascinating facts about our Solar System today!

Last week, we learned that the Earth, Moon and Sun were spherical, and wrote to the Flat Earth Society to explain how we know.

Today, we identified the planets in our Solar System and used non-fiction books to discover facts about each one. 

Thursday 12th September 

We have started our Y5 Maths with place value, spending lots of time saying, writing and comparing large numbers - now up to 7 digits! Everyone has engaged well with explaining the value of different digits and showing these in different ways. 

Take a look at how we used counters and place value charts to help us add and subtract powers of 10.

Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th September:

During the Staff INSET Day on Monday 2nd September, Miss Honour and Mrs Zawadzka attended a Drumba Workshop, as we are launching this as a whole school initative this year! Year 5 were the first class to use our brand new equipment and fully embraced the co-ordination, stamina and agility needed to complete the tricky musical and physical combination of drumming!

We will use Drumba occasionally across this term, but are looking forward to the official St Peter's launch in November!

First Week of Term, Autumn 2024

Miss Honour and Mrs Mitchell-Fox have been very impressed by the way the children have approached their behaviour, responsibilities and learning on their first week in Year 5. They have all made a great start to life in Upper Key Stage 2, focusing well in lessons, being polite to all staff members and volunteering for numerous monitor jobs in the the classroom.

The following images are from our PSHE and Welcome to Year 5 activities - keep checking back with this page for more updates throughout the year!