Year 5 – Museum visit! 25.05.22
Year 5 had a great trip to Torquay Museum yesterday celebrating all the learning they have done about the Ancient Egyptians. There were plenty of activities for everyone to get stuck into including: making clay Scarab Beetles, playing Ancient Egyptian games, writing Hieroglyphics, building pyramids and making masks. We were also lucky enough to see an actual mummy embalmed and wrapped in the precious stone Turquoise, this is one of only 4 mummies in the UK! A great day was had by all and we’d like to say a massive thank you to Torquay Museum for a fun, knowledge filled day.
Year 5 were surprised to find posters up around the classroom advertising for explorers. The children were able to infer from the advertisement that the expedition would take place in the artic and had to work together to brainstorm the skills the would need for the journey. In groups the children had to explain why their skills and experience would make them the best team to conquer the arctic. Today the pupils built on this immersion by finding out more about Shackleton and his preparations.
Monkey Puzzle had a great day today creating lots of Egyptian artwork for our Hook!
We sketched and designed Tomb Artefacts, wrote our own Hieroglyphics in charcoal or ink in Egyptian symbols, created our own Nemes (Egyptian headwear), made our own Amulets and wrote Transformation Spells.
A great day was had by everyone, the creativity that Monkey shoed today was excellent and I’m sure you’ll agree from the photographs that they have done really well.
To begin our learning journey, Sow, Grow and Farm, year 5 have planned and created their own allotments. They had to think about what would be in an allotment, as well as suitable layouts. Some decided to include sheds for storage, ponds for habitats to thrive as well as dividing up their space for vegetables including carrots, cabbages and apple trees. I think some chickens even appeared on one! We have had a great time and there are some really fantastic ones to see!
As one of our world book week activities year 5 have been learning about the importance of illustrations within books and how illustrators work alongside authors. The children had to follow drawing tutorials and apply our resilience learning value when things weren’t going their way. I think you’ll agree there are some fantastic artists among us.
In year 5 we have been watching a short film called Paraphernalia. The film is animated with no dialogue, only music. At first, we just listened and made predictions about what the film was about before seeing the animation. Now we have watched the film quite a few times and focussed on grammar elements such as relative pronouns, relative clauses and present tense, we have begun planning our narrative to go with the film. We will then send them to the film director Sabrina Cotugno.
Today we have been looking at our opening, build up, climax and ending focussing on introducing the characters, dialogue to show feeling, reactions and thinking about how the setting would sound, look and smell.
Tomorrow we will be up-levelling our plans with our purple pens as the monitoring and evaluating part of our metacognition cycle ensuing we have included all the necessary grammar elements from our success criteria.
Today year 5 started a science investigation to explore if reaction times change as we age. By making card rulers children were able to measure their own reaction distance and understand how to test others reactions. We did this by holding the ruler while another person aimed to catch it, we then measured the distance they were able to catch it at. Due to Covid restrictions we could not test adults of different ages around school so the children have been asked to perform the experiment on a carer or family member at home.
The children were able to write a hypothesis, predicting whether age would affect reaction times. Many of the children thought that as you get older your reaction time might be slower. However we also had a discussion about whether a child might be faster to catch the ruler than a toddler. Some children thought that ‘older people will be quicker because they have done it before’ and some thought that ‘good hand eye coordination’ might mean that younger people will be faster.
Later in the week pupils will present their findings on a line graph so we can find out how our reactions change as we age.
Today in Spanish year 5 were using online dictionaries to look up the meanings of adjectives that described someone’s personality.
The were also able to answer the register in Spanish and tell Miss Collier how they were feeling.
Spanish lessons use a lot of resilience as some of us find it really challenging but everyone is working hard and improving on what we’re learning.
Year 5 were able to determine what healthy and unhealthy friendship cakes were today in PSHE. One the recipes we came up with was:
First, mix together helping, caring and respect,
Next, sprinkle on some kindness and trust,
Lastly, cover you cake in laughter as icing.
As part of our PE sessions in Year 5 we have been studying yoga and looking at how it helps us. Yoga is excellent for getting us back into the green zone, filling our muscles with oxygen so we’re ready and energised for learning and providing a sense of zen.
We start with a warm up, then move onto the relaxation pose where we do deep breathing and imagine ourselves in our happy places. This is a great opportunity for reflection. We then work through a series of poses, stretching our muscles and allowing our bodies to feel free.
This week Year 5 took a chapter of our class book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time, and had to take on the role of a character. They had to delve deep into their characters thoughts and feelings noticing their personality and their state of mind.
After their role play the children then had to create a freeze frame. Every child had to be tracking their characters thoughts because if they were tapped on the shoulder they had to speak as their character and hold improvisation dialogues with their characters.
All of year 5 were highly collaborative during this lesson, really showing support for one another, it also showed how they deeply understand the text we are currently reading.
Monkey Puzzle got the chance to enjoy the sunshine with a PE session focussing on collaboration and resilience by Mr Baxter. They had to work together to avoid shark infested waters, go around the world and dodge the flying balls. A lot of fun was had by all and they all looked pretty exhausted when they came in. It was a lovely way to kick off PE in Year 5!
Year 5 have been time travelling this week. Before they could jump into a different time period, they needed a machine to help them get there. Year 5 have been very resourceful using whatever they could find around school and home.
Ruby:
Isaac would travel to the future:
Lottie:
Anya couldn’t wait to start travelling:
Lucas:
When Lucas turned his time machine on, he travelled far into the future. What year is it Lucas?
Kubus, Phoebe and Evelyn worked collaboratively to create their time machine in school. They travelled through time and decided to make a meal before exploring:
It can be hard work travelling through time, so it was time to enjoy a meal around their fire:
They even have a translation box to understand any language:
Where would you time travel to?
As half term approaches Monkey Puzzle have given a final push producing some great work this week.
Joselyn has written a brilliant poem about Saturn, this is one of her verses.
I’ve been studying Saturn all these years
Just heard I can go, can’t believe my ears
I wonder what will arise
When I finally go up to the skies
Time to pack my bag of supplies
Into the rocket and up it flies!
Alex has been busy designing space helmets and he also produced a drawing of Neil Armstrong. I think you’ll agree his art skills are fabulous!
Frankie has been busy this week, she has written a job application to be an astronaut as well as researching a number of different astronauts. She has also produced a detailed film review about a space film. This was one of our SOLE musts.
Evelyn has produced a fantastic PowerPoint presentation about famous Astronauts. I have put a picture of just one of the slides below for you to have a look.
Thomas has created an excellent model the Solar System. He has also been busy learning new skill such as map reading.
Harry H has written a great Space story and drawn an interesting looking alien – I definitely wouldn’t want to come across him!
Thank you for producing such amazing work at home, and please thank your parents for helping you!
Make sure you have a well deserved break and enjoy half term!
Monkey Puzzle have been busy yet again. You really are showing me how creative and independent you can be. Here are a few examples of work that has been produced.
Lily has been very busy in school working hard on lots of activities. She has made a rocket to send into space – of course it was pink and sparkly. She has also has Mr Evans making friendship bracelets!
Thomas has identified formal language in his literacy work. Below is just a paragraph to show you an example.
Seb has written a great newspaper report about space – it looks very professional.
Lewis has been making notes about travelling in space to help him include inference in his writing.
Thomas has also been working hard on his computer skills and decided to present his SOLE work about Astronauts on an Excel Spreadsheet. I have included just a snapshot.
Lexie has been busy creating a rocket experiment using vinegar and Bicarbonate of Soda. She even made her dad have a go! Below are just a few examples of her experiment.
It has been lovely seeing how you are all interpreting the SOLE tasks, they all look so different. Your amazing individuality is shining through. Keep up the hard work Monkey Puzzle.
Monkey Puzzle were very lucky to have a music session with a specialist his afternoon composing their own Egyptian music pieces. They had to listen to pieces of music, try and identify what instruments they could hear and then re-create those pieces in groups. It was a very fun, but loud, afternoon.
This morning Monkey Puzzle had fun testing each other on the ‘ly’ suffix that we have been focussing on this week. They played a super suffix board game which allowed them to practice the ‘ly’ words and if they made a mistake they had to write them out and miss a go. I think great fun was had by all. Fantastic collaboration skills were shown and the morning flew by…time flies when you’re having fun!
Monkey Puzzle had a great afternoon celebrating all the learning they have done about Allotments. They celebrated with family and friends, showcasing all of their hard work.
Everyone brought in food and drink where the main ingredient could have been grown on an allotment. We had everything from Apple Crumble to Fruit Jelly and Smoothies to Carrot Cake.
I would like to thank all the parents hard work and effort that went into producing this wonderful spread.
This week we have started our new topic in year 5; Allotment. Today, we were researching where different regions of the UK are located and the types of farming they are responsible for. We are very excited to start our new topic and finding out where our food comes from!
Monkey Puzzle used their knowledge of angles to become RAF Pilots and navigate their way across Europe. The children had to be collaborative and work together to understand the map and the task in hand. As well as finding all the bearings using a 360 degree protractor the children had to match up the city with a letter to unlock the code to rescue the troops.
As part of guided reading this week, we have been researching about the author, Lewis Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the books we have been looking at for our topic. We found out many interesting facts about Lewis Carroll, including his real name which was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. As a class, we looking are looking forward to finding out what else will happen in Wonderland.
Monkey Puzzle have been creating their own board games this afternoon based around Alchemy Island. They have had to work collaboratively to create a board game from scratch. They started by thinking of their ideas and then creating everything from the actual board games down to any resources they needed to be able to play. Some children created the characters, other magpied ideas and others were resourceful by using pieces from other games. Everyone had a great afternoon playing each others games – what a great way to end a Friday!
We have been working collaboratively today as we have started to create word webs. To begin with, we made sure we could use a dictionary correctly by finding chosen words and their definitions. After this, we wrote a word in the middle of our paper, and then we found its definition. Next, we split the word into its prefix and root word and found out what they meant. Our next step will be to find other words containing our chosen prefix and root word.
This week, we have been learning about column subtraction in maths. Today we showed resilience, reflection and collaboration when we got stuck in the learning pit. Working together we managed to solve problems and reflect on our mistakes. By the end of the lesson, some of us were able to be teachers and help anyone left in the learning pit.
Monkey Puzzle have been busy finding out everything they can about Gold. Gold has been found on Alchemy Island and our researchers need to know lots about it to inform other islanders. They have been finding out any chemical reaction so that happen, what it can be used for, why it’s a sign of wealth along with many other facts. Everyone fold this really interesting and the class worked collaboratively together to help each other out.
Year 5 have had a go at CiP words in maths today to help them understand a variety of mathematical vocabulary that sometimes can confuse them. This will help then children when different vocabulary comes up in questions and will give them more confidence in what’s required of them to work out the question.
As part of our topic, we have been looking at books that transport us to different worlds, this week we have been taken away to Hogwarts. We have been reading about Harry’s first visit into the wizarding world! Our task has been to create an advertisement to persuade the pupils of Hogwarts to visit Diagon Alley. We think a visit into Harry’s world would make a great school trip!
This morning Monkey Puzzle played Bonsai in a friendly netball tournament. We had 4 teams playing at any one time. If the children weren’t involved in the game that was being played they were practising their footwork, shooting skills and were building up their cardio endurance. Everyone seemed to have a great morning! A lot of our school values were showcased including collaboration and resilience. All thof children were excellent at supporting those less confident and working together to know when to pass the ball and cheer each other on.
This week in maths, Bonsai have been looking at polygons. We have been discussing how shapes can be categorised and the differences between regular and irregular polygons. What polygons can you spot around school or home?
In literacy, we have been using collaboration to describe a picture from Alchemy Island. First, we created a mind-map of adjectives using our senses. Then we wrote sentences using our inference skills and ambitious language to describe the setting.
Monkey Puzzle spent their Literacy lesson investigating ambitious, descriptive vocabulary to uplevel their sensentences. They worked really hard showing their understanding of learning values and how they can be used in all lesson to help them. We now have a great working wall of sentences that we can use in our narratives.
This afternoon Monkey Puzzle have been busy creating their own islands, using co-ordinates to find their way through Alchemy Island and writing detailed descriptions of their journey. A lot of the children have really thrown themselves into their new learning journey and have created excellent mystical islands full of imaginative creations.
This week, Bonsai have started gymnastics in PE. We have begun by exploring different shapes and movements to create sequences.
As part of our Sport’s Week, the children have been able to have skateboarding tuition. The was an array of abilities but all were able to develop their skills and challenge themselves.
Handed out on Monday 25th March; Tested on Monday 1st April.
Group 1 Week 11 Focus: ‘ei’ words
- Deceive
- Ceiling
- Deceitful
- Foreign
- Surveillance
- Heirloom
- Caffeine
- Especially
- Shoulder
- Recognise
Group 2 Week 11 Focus: ‘ei’ words
- Beige
- Eight
- Deceit
- Either
- Forfeit
- Weigh
- Foreign
- Especially
- Shoulder
- Recognise
Group 3 Week 11 Focus: ‘ment’ suffix
- Enjoyment
- Payment
- Movement
- Treatment
- Appointment
- Cement
- Agreement
- Boy
- Soon
- Cat
Congratulations to all of Year 5, who have taken part in bike ability. They have all passed their Level 1 and most have passed their Level 2!
The scheme aims to give children experience and understanding of how to keep themselves safe when riding on the road.
Year 5 completed their mile run in aid of sport relief. Well done for persevering!
Year 5 have been researching the types of dinosaur and fossil discoveries that hit the news. They have been looking at the different finds that make the headlines in order to create their own sensational newspaper stories.
A very busy afternoon in Year 5.The children took part in a range of learning opportunities with real enthusiasm.
Activities included:
Constructing cubes and cuboid then finding the volume.
Coding using the programme scratch on chrome books.
Painting totem poles that they have designed.
Researching aspects of the USA…to make a travel guide.
Practising arithmetic skills.
Reflecting on learning of our Native American topic.
Mrs Tickell’s and Mrs Davie’s Spelling Group Week 2 Summer Focus: spelling patterns-cious
Handed out on Friday 5.5.17
- gracious
- atrocious
- conscious
- vicious
- suspicious
- delicious
- precious
- embarrass
- twelfth
- pronunciation
Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 5 & 6-word list.
Today we were exploring the meaning of new high level vocabulary which we will incorporate into our narrative writing based on an animation called: Spirited Away.
The children used dictionaries and a thesaurus to identify the meanings of words. They also built up their own vocabulary bank as well practising these spellings, grouping words that had a similar meaning and applying these vocabulary words into sentences.
Both classes are well on their way to complete all their SOLE activities.
They are well on their way to completing their mod rock figures using acrylic paints and are creating personalised monograms.
Children from Year 4 and 5 excitedly attended a cross schools badminton competition hosted by TCS. 15 schools competed altogether. Well done to all the children who participated and achieved a commendable 3 rd, 4 th and 6 th place during the morning.
It was remarked upon that all the children were great advocates for the school, especially their attitude to learning and sportsmanship, as they willingly congratulated all the winners!
In Year 5, we took advantage of the lovely weather and spent the morning on our Forest School field playing team building games. The games were all linked to our Hazeldown Values. The Stick Lift Challenge helped us to use out collaboration skills and we had to communicate with each other to make sure we didn’t drop the sticks! Tarpaulin Island was a real challenge as we had to see how many children we could fit on the tarpaulin…the only problem was that the island kept on getting smaller! The Blind Fold Walk was not for the faint hearted as we had to put our trust into our partner and be led around the field completely blindfolded!
Today 12 children took part in the first Team 3 Spelling Bee. It was a close fought event and year 5 was won by Nathan , whilst 1st place was shared by Phoebe and Adam in year 6.
The children performed extremely well and should be very proud of themselves!
A special mention needs to go to the other competitors: Kiera, Henry, Finlay, Morgan and Luke from year 5. Also Ethan, Zakary, Shana and Isaac from year 6. Well Done!