Art Week

Art Week in Year 5 this year has meant a host of exciting activities that celebrate art in many forms in different cultures and places around the world. The children have taken part in African Drumming, Columbian Dancing and Indian Drumming workshops this week which have been a lot of fun. In class, we have looked closely at Scandinavian Artwork and have created our own in the form of clay trolls! The Anglo-Saxons were the first group of people who recorded etchings of trolls and they are used a lot in Scandinavian countries. 

"My favourite part of this week has been the Columbian dancing. It felt like I was at the wedding and I learnt some Spanish" (Ergi)

"I loved making the trolls out of clay. I have got even better with using clay!" (Cayla)

"It was really fun to look at the different designs and techniques we can use for our clay trolls" (Lily)

"I really enjoyed the African drumming. We learned a lot of different things about how we make different sounds and how the drums were made" (Jaymie-Ann)

"I found out how the Anglo-Saxons were the first people to document images of trolls" (Soul)

Separating Materials

This week, in our first ever Science lesson together, Year 5 were set the challenge of separating a variety of materials while working as a group. We had to ask for equipment we thought would be useful and eventually we succeeded! We used magnets to separate the paper clips, a sieve to separate the rice, a funnel and filter paper to separate the sand and it took a long time to realise how to separate the salt from the water!

Term One

We are so looking forward to welcoming you all back to school this term. As you can see, our topic this term is the Anglo-Saxons! This topic has a History focus which amongst many other exciting things, means we will be taking on the role of archaeologists and investigating real artefacts! We will also be researching the Anglo-Saxon diet and recreating some of the meals they would have eaten in those days. Our English text this term is 'Anglo-Saxon boy' by Tony Bradman which is one of our favourite books. Will Magnus and his family survive the battle of 1066?

 

Welcome to Year 5

We are the Fox Class and the Red Squirrel Class. On this page you will find information about what we are our learning.