Year 5 have continued their scientific journey this week, exploring the impact of air resistance on parachutes. In small groups, a variety of parachutes were designed, with a focus on considering the independent and dependent variables ensuring a fair test. There were many gasps and surprised expressions at the timed results at the bottom of the balcony! 

Year 5 have been immersed in their new topic of the Middle East. Each class has embraced this fascinating subject, going beyond the learning in their very detailed Topic book to investigate this period of history in more detail. In 5GT, the children split themselves into Sunnis and Shias, battling over Muhammad’s teachings. In 5RW, factors about the success of the Ottoman Empire were ordered from most to least important. In 5LS, video and written research was explored, looking at the development of the Arab-Islamic Empire. Ask your child all about the Middle East- we are sure they’ll be full of knowledge!

Well done to Year 5 for being so determined to succeed during this week’s TTRockstars Rock Out competition. All three Year 5 classes have attained the most points in the school during this week, as well as in the top 20% of schools nationwide! Special congratulations to Erica, Harry S, Lucas, Marco, Jonathan, Theo, Alex A and Harry P who are all in the Top 10 individual scores in the school.  You have until tomorrow at 19.30 to support our school! 

Finally, next Thursday, Devon and Cornwall Fire Service will be coming in for a fire safety conference with the children- you might want to think of some questions to ask the firefighters over the weekend!

Have a great weekend!

We are having such a wonderful time in Year 5 this half term! It was a joy to gather together and discuss all our successes  so far this year and our individual and collective targets going forward. The children were unsurprisingly thoughtful and mature about their next steps, including ensuring that homework and reading diaries are completed  to a high standard, as well as helping others to learn effectively by making sensible learning choices and avoiding distractions. Well done, Year 5!

5LS and 5RW had a great time completing their Space food mission, creating delicious falafel pieces that were mouth-wateringly stupendous! Mrs Wang was devastated to miss out on these tasty morsels! Perhaps you might make some more at home for you (and Mrs Wang?) to try?

Finally, we’ll be taking part in the TTRockstars Rock Out Week next week. Our school will be competing with others around the country to win a grand prize, so next week, make sure you get in as much TTRockstars time as you can!

Have a wonderful weekend!

It has been a joy to return and work with the wonderful children of Year 5! Without hesitation, the determined and positive attitudes demonstrated last half term have not only returned, but strengthened! This was most clearly seen in our new unit of statistics work in Maths, where it took a few attempts to successfully construct and accurately plot line graphs! There were a great deal of (relieved!) smiles once this target had been achieved! 

Further achievements have been noticed across the Year 5 classes in the number of reading records signed and regularly recorded in. Congratulations to 5LS and 5GT on winning the Read to Succeed competition throughout the school last half term (with 5RW not far behind!) Let’s see if we can maintain the crown of reading champions by remembering to read EVERY day for around half an hour. 

Homework has continued to be completed to a very high standard and with obvious benefit to the children’s learning and understanding of our topics. We look forward to seeing more impressive displays of effort as the term continues. Below are some examples of great home learning from before half term!

And finally, to conclude our Earth and Space topic, the children have been working on their DT project to create the perfect space food, which surprisingly is falafel! 5GT have finished their mouth-watering food product- 5LS and 5RW have much to look forward to next week!

Have a wonderful weekend, Year 5!