Welcome to Year 5 

'I came that they may have life and live it to the full' (John 10:10)

Mrs Devine, Mrs Rigby and Mrs Johnson would like to welcome our Year 5 children and families to our class page. We will keep you informed of important events and our class work on this page.

Summer Term

Diary Dates: Summer 1 

Diary Dates: Summer 2

Design and Technology

Structures

For our next DT project Year Five worked with our DT expert teacher to create a structure that was strong and stable. The children's designs included triangulation and beams to create a stable structure. They revisited a number of previous skills, for example cutting with a hacksaw and joining with a glue gun. The final projects were amazing! 

Science 

Forces 

In science, the children have been learning about forces. We weighed objects in air and then in water and thought about why the objects weighed less in water. We discussed the force of upthrust and how this force acts in the opposite direction to gravity. 

R.E. Collective Worship 

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent so we took part in a class collective worship. We thought about the sacrifices and suffering of Jesus and each wrote a Lenten promise. Mrs Dowell visited our class to give us our ashes. 

Maths

Factors

In Maths the children have been building arrays to find out the factors of a number. They have also been building arrays to prove a number is not a factor of another. Well done Year Five!  

History 

The Ancient Egyptians Play In a Day 

Altru Drama came to visit school and worked with Year 5 on a Play In A Day performance based on life in Ancient Egyptian times. We learnt about how the River Nile was vital for the success of the Ancient Egyptians and how the society was organised into different classes of people. The farmers and slaves were the largest class and they were led by their ruler the Pharaoh. We also learnt about the Ancient Egyptians' belief in the afterlife and that they mummified the dead! 

Art

Sculpture 

In art we have crated sculptures using cardboard and Modroc. We used the shape of the River Mersey as our inspiration and contour lines to create our sculptures. 

R.E. 

Liverpool Schools' Advent Service 

Year 5 went the Cathedral to watch the annual Advent Service. We watched the performance which told the story of Jesus's birth. We also prayed together and sang Christmas hymns. The children of Year 5 gave generously to help other children who may not be as fortunate as ourselves. Thank you!

Science 

Irreversible Changes 

We learnt about irreversible changes in our science lessons. We closely observed what happened when we mixed citric acid and bicarbonate of soda together. We could hear fizzing, we could see bubbles and foam forming, the smell changed and when we took the temperature we observed that it had dropped. We knew a chemical reaction had taken place and we would be unable to reverse this change. 

Science 

Reversible Changes 

The children used all the knowledge they have developed over this unit of work to reverse the changes and separate out 4 different materials from a mixture. We used what we know about magnetic materials, filtration and evaporation to be complete the task.

Design and Technology

Cam Toys

The children worked with Steph to create their designs for a cam toy. The children created a frame from wood and then added their cam to create linear and rotary motion. The children used their knowledge of different cams to select the cam they wanted to create the motion for their toy. They all did a fantastic job! 

British Values 

Democracy 

The children headed to the polling station this week to vote in the new school council for this year. The candidates were all very strong and it was a difficult decision. Well done to all those who put themselves forward and congratulations to our new Year 5 school councillors. 

Geography

Features of a River Workshop

The children enjoyed a visit from Katy at the Canals and Rivers Trust who came to teach us about the features of river. The children created their own river from sand and added on the important physical and human features. As you can see they did really well. 

Maths 

6 Digit Numbers

In maths we worked in groups to represent our six-digit number in a variety of ways. We used place value charts, numberlines, bar models and a part whole model too. 

PSHE 

Kindness Workshop

We have been working with Andrew from the MHST team, who has come to talk to us about the importance of kindness. We thought about the effect it has on our mental health and well-being and how it can help us develop and maintain our friendships. We created a friendship cake with all the things we would like in a friend and but all the negative behaviours in the friendship bin.