Science

Scientists at work! Does air have weight?

One balloon has air in and the other doesn't. What happened? How did we keep our test fair? What did this show?

Scientists at work again! Do solids contain air?

What happened when we squeezed a sponge under water?

What can you see coming out of the sponge?

We recorded our experiment - Question, prediction, results, diagram, conclusion.

Trojan horse models

After learning about the Greek story of the Trojan Horse, we designed and made our own model of one.

We looked at templates before drawing our own.

We were shown how drawing rectangles could help us draw a horse shape.

Solid, Liquid or Gas?

Science 
We are molecules standing close together - we represent a solid.

 We are molecules moving about a bit - we represent a liquid.

We moved about all around the classroom - we represented a gas.

Mr Riley came in to teach us. He will be our Year 6 teacher. He brought in his puppets. Can you remember their names?

Before we saw them we had to draw them from a description we were given.

 

 

Music on a Greek theme!

We enjoyed working co-operatively in groups, composing and playing our own music.

Fire Service Visit

Today our local Stanks Firefighters came into class to talk to us about fire safety in the home, as well as the importance of wearing a seat belt when travelling in a car.

Would you know how to get out of your house quickly if there was a fire?

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you always wear a seatbelt when travelling in a car?

May 10th

Homework by Caitlin

More Ancient Greek work by Year 5

A Greek urn made by Abraham's dad.

History - The Battle of Marathon - Becky

By Hollie

Trireme - homework by Ryan

By Niamh

  
We made model triremes.

Ancient Greece

We had a busy afternoon making cam toys.
Thank you to all the adult volunteers who
came in to help us.

We read the story of Pandora (a Greek myth) and we wrote a letter to her, persuading her not to open the box.

We looked at Ancient Greek pottery to find out about Greek warfare - ships and soldiers. 

Year 5's Learning Logs 

Look what we've been doing!

We can use number lines and columns to subtract money.

We made Easter baskets!

The sun was shining in March and we enjoyed sitting in the willow dome in our school garden.

Introductory talk by Skelton Wood Environmental Group

Out and about in our local woods. We looked closely to identify different trees and plants.

Tree bark rubbings

Look at the fungus on this tree trunk!

Sitting together and chatting!