Year 5

Week beginning 2.12.24

What a busy week we’ve had! The children were wonderful singing at the church on Tuesday. We also enjoyed a trip to the pantomime on Thursday to see ‘Snow White’. Today we had a full dress rehearsal ready for our pantomime ‘Cinderella’ next week. The children were fantastic and we can’t wait to show you all! A special well done to Adam for winning the Christmas card competition at Penarlag.

Week Beginning 25.11.24

This week the children have thought about all of the skills that they have learnt about biography writing and they have put them into practice, creating a first draft of a biography for Charles Dickens. In our Mathematics and Numeracy we have been rounding numbers to the nearest 10. We are in full swing for our pantomime practise and we have been singing in preparation for our carol service in church. The children have been ethical citizens of the world by researching how different countries celebrate Christmas. Next week we will be creating Victorian Christmas cards and Christmas wreaths ready to sell at Hawarden’s Victorian market on December 7th.

Week 18.11.24

  This week our performance for our Christmas pantomime has been in full swing! It’s coming together and we are having a lot of fun focusing on our Expressive Arts area of the Curriculum. As well as this we’ve made a start on looking at our new topic Victorians; as we have started with biographies as our main focus we are learning all about Charles Dickens! We have been researching about him and looking at the features of biography writing to help us create our piece of writing. We’ve even started to learn some Victorian Christmas Carols ready to perform! Our Snow Day brought us a lot of excitement and stories of snow ball fights, snow building and even a cosy day in for some of us! We look forward to continuing building on our seasonal performance!

WB 11.11.24

Today the children have enjoyed wearing their own clothes and pjs to school to raise money for Children in Need. It’s been another busy week in Blwyddyn 5. In LLC we have been creating persuasive adverts to encourage tourists to visit Africa. In M&N we have been learning about place value, looking at five digit numbers. Through our topic work the children have enjoyed creating their own African masks and finding out about animals and habitats within South Africa. Today the children will be bringing home their scripts for our pantomime Cinderella which we’re all very excited about!! Please encourage your child to practise their lines in a loud and clear voice. Next Week we will be collecting resources for our T4U shoebox. The class have decided to collect for a boy aged 6-11 this could include items like toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, face cloth, stationary, paper gloves, hat, socks, games and puzzles. Any items which you could donate would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!

Week 04.11.24
We have had an exciting first week back after half term and very busy with only 4 days!! We have started our new class novel The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo and we have started to think about what the story may be about and how it links to our Africa topic. We have finished our work on area and perimeter and have looked at how we can use this in the real world and what jobs would need to use these specific maths skills. We got to design our own sustainable tractor of the future and how it would use AI to its advantage. We looked at the benefits and key features that our tractors would have. For Health and Wellbeing we have focused on African Dance and had a go at the Waka Waka dance. In Literacy we have started our next genre of persuasive writing. We have looked closely at the features of this text type and what we need to include when we start our own digital persuasive writing next week! Our Christmas performance is in full swing so get ready for lots of practise and hearing all about it on our page!

Week of 21.10.2024

 This week has been another busy week full of visitors for our work awareness week. We had talks from 5 different jobs; Mrs Blackwell who is a a neuropsychologist, PC woodworth, Mr Reagan from Coleg Cambria, Darren a previous bank manager and Mr Baker from cyber security. It has been very interesting to learn about their job roles, what they have to do on a day to day basis and  how we can use what we use in school to get those jobs ourselves. We have now finished our class novel Journey to Jo’Burg and complete a book review. In topic we have focused on sustainable farming and how farming in Wales compares to South African farming. We are bringing the half term to a close producing some spreadsheet pixel area images to link our Numeracy to our digital skills. We hope you have a brilliant half term, da iawn for an amazing first half term in Blwyddyn 5! 

Week beginning 14/10/24

This week the children have been exploring performance poetry linked the the class novel ‘Journey to Jo’burg’ and freedom as part of our LLC work. In M&N we have been learning about area and perimeter. Through our topic work we have been looking at farming in Wales compared to farming in South Africa. Next week we have work awareness week and the class will be learning about different types of jobs. In Expressive arts we have started looking at blending colours and have begun sketching our African sunset silhouettes. We took part in an adobe live lesson to create our own infographic Kenny cloth design that used repeated patterns and showed African culture. We also created our own acrostic poems about FREEDOM in guided reading. In Maths we are focusing on area and have written our name and calculated the area in cm squared.

Week beginning 7.10.24

It has been lovely seeing you all at parents evening this week and discussing how well the children have settled into Year 5. It’s been another busy week. In LLC the children have been writing their own poems about freedom. In M&N we have been continuing to work on angles. We have been comparing the climate in Hawarden to Johannesburg through our topic. On Thursday we celebrated World Mental Health Day where we completed a live lesson focussing on nurturing our minds. Have a lovely weekend!

Week beginning 30th September

We’ve had another busy week in Blwyddyn 5. We have been polishing our letter writing skills to create a final draft. In Maths and Numeracy we have started working on angles. We completed our first Scientific investigation looking at super absorbent polymers in nappies following our work about Kiara Nirghin. As a class we discovered that although Pampers were the most expensive, they were best at absorbing! It was national poetry day on Thursday and we looked at a fun Welsh poem and a poem called ONE. The theme was counting and we looked at what made us “the one and only us” being unique!

Year 5 Class Booklet for Autumn Term 2024:

This shows you what your child will be learning this term and how you can help at home.

Week Beginning 16.09.23
 

This week we have had a very busy week!! We started to look into our story for LLC Journey to Jo’Burg and we’ve focused on the main characters in the text. We are working so hard in Maths to tell the time and we are starting to look at time in duration. Keep practising at home everyone telling the time is a very important skill! Our Topic work has been researching our school and where our school badge logo came from; it was very interesting and we fed back to our other PS3 classes. Other areas we have worked on have included  coding for coding week and (although it’s easily) our Christmas card designs have been finished ready to be sent off!  Well done everyone for an excellent week.

Week beginning 9/9/24

The children have settled in really well to Blwyddyn 5 and this week we have worked in the routine of our usual lessons. The children have completed Guided Reading sessions, LLC (Language, Literacy and Communication) and M&N (Mathematics and Numeracy) every morning. We have started reading our class novel 'Journey to Jo'burg' which the children are enjoying. We have been focusing on time and this is a skill we are encouraging the children to continue practising at home. We started our topic 'Penarlag and Beyond' where the class were interested to discover that the school was built where an old farm called 'Carlines Farm' once stood. We've also been finding out about the Penarlag houses, which we will continue with next week. Well done everyone for super work this week! 🌟

Congratulations to the two children in our class who had Spain and England in our Euro class competition. They each received their prizes this morning! 

WB 1/7/24

It was wonderful watching Year 5 during our show and tell yesterday afternoon. We were so proud of them!

It's been another busy week, we've completed our Welsh Government Tests and we've been busy getting ready for the Summer fair. Today the children brought home their school reports, we are proud of each and every one of them and the progress they have made this year. They are definitely ready for Year 6! Have a lovely weekend, next week we have our final school trip on Wednesday! 

WB 10/6/24

This week we have worked really hard on our new topic 'Africa'. We have researched the famous Scientist Kiara Nirghin and used her ideas during our Science experiment, where we made 'compost columns.' Hopefully the classroom doesn't become too smelly over the next few weeks! We have been busy reading our class novel 'Journey to Jo' burg.'  The children have compared and contrasted Wales to countries within Africa. 

In M&N we have been working on decimals, focusing on tenths and hundredths.

We've also managed to fit in some sports day practise, fingers crossed it says dry next Tuesday!

For a bit of fun, the children have each drawn a country who will be participating in the UEFA European Football competition starting today. They will follow the country drawn and find out about it, ready for international week at the end of Year 5. There will be a prize for whoever has the winning country. Good luck everyone! ⚽

Have a lovely weekend! ☺️

Week Beginning 03/05/24

Welcome back you your final half term in Year 5! We've had a busy first week back. On Monday the weather dried up enough so that we were still able to go outside and complete 'The Flight of the Quail Egg Challenge.' A huge well done to all teams, especially team R.A.F for winning with their plane travelling over 9 metres. The quail egg remained within the plane and did not break on landing. Well done!

We have now started our new topic about Africa. This week in L.L.C We have started learning about Africa folk tales. In M&N we have started a new unit learning about decimals.

Mrs Davies & Mrs Hamilton ☺️

Friday 24th May 2024

It has been a very busy 7 weeks in Year 5! Well Done to all of our children who have worked incredibly hard to complete so many amazing pieces of work and challenging themselves everyday! Our planes are built and ready to test for our Flight of the Quail Egg Challenge after half term so keep your eyes peeled for the final results. Happy Half Term.

Week Beginning 6th May 2024

Even though this week has been a short one, it's been a busy one! In LLC we have started our debate genre, which the class really enjoyed. In M&N the class have been continuing their work on fractions focusing on converting mixed numbers to improper fractions. Next week we will be moving on to looking at adding and subtracting factions. We started our flight of the quail egg challenge. The children began building their planes in groups, which they will test next week and continue to adapt ready for the challenge. In Welsh the class have been producing futuristic space diaries. On Thursday, a small group went over to Hawarden High School to complete a formula one workshop. Please see below for photos and videos. Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs Davies and Mrs Hamilton 

Thursday 9th May 

This morning, a group of five Year 5 pupils went over to Hawarden High School to participate in a STEM Formula One Workshop. They designed, built and raced their vehicles, which went extremely fast!! Check out the videos below. Da iawn everybody! 

Week Beginning 21.04.24

This week has been Outdoor Learning Week and Blwyddyn 5 have completed lots of lessons outdoors. On Wednesday the weather was lovely and we managed to complete gardening activities to tidy up the Junior outdoor area. In LLC the children have been working on their final drafts of their letters in Welsh. In M&N they have been looking at continuous data, line graphs. The children have also enjoyed working with Blwyddyn 4 this week using Microbits. Have a lovely weekend and we will see you on Monday! 

Mrs Davies & Mrs Hamilton 😊

Week beginning 15/04/24

This week in our LLC we have been writing a response to a letter in Welsh and in our M & N work we have started looking at data handling including graphs and tables. Next week we will be moving on to using line graphs. 
The children have really enjoyed learning how to use microbits this week and they completed the badge project and the step counter. We found out that the person in the class with the longest legs didn't do the fewest steps around the football field as we had predicted. On Wednesday Mewn Cymeriad came into school to perform Hanes Yr Iaith to Blwyddyn 5 and 6, where they learnt all about the history of the Welsh language. They then worked together to complete a digital task, showing what they had learnt. We have been busy designing our planes for the 'flight of the quail egg challenge,' the balsa wood has been ordered and as soon as the resources all arrive, we will start building our planes! Enjoy the weekend and let's hope for some sunshine! 😎

Year 5 class booklet for Summer term 2024:

This booklet details what children will be learning this term and how parents can support their children's learning at home:

WB 11.03.24

This week Blwyddyn 5 have been continuing their work on persuasive writing in LLC and rounding, factors and multiples in M&N. They have been busy continuing their work on the Science Project. This week they discussed what forces are and explored the different forces which act on an aeroplane. They conducted their own investigations to determine which was the best paper aeroplane. They decided that the best plane would be the one which travelled the furthest. Each group changed 1 variable, some groups chose to change the type of paper, other groups chose the size of the aeroplane, while others chose to change the design. They produced repeat readings and calculated the average. Da iawn everybody!

WB 4.3.24

Its been another busy week in school, full of exciting activities and experiences. In Language, Literacy and Communication the children have started learning about persuasive writing. In Mathematics and Numeracy the children have been estimating and working with multiples and factors. We have used Scratch as part of our Topic to design and plan our games in groups, which we will then use coding skills to build our games for others to play.

Events this week - On Tuesday we went over to the high school and participated in a Humanities workshop with two other local schools. We then participated in a Mars STEM live lesson when we returned to school. Airbus came into school and we had our third session, which was all about Coding. 
Thursday - celebration of world book day! 📚📚📚
Next week we will be busy working on our Science project linked to Airbus and flight.

Enjoy the weekend,

Mrs Davies and Mrs Hamilton 😃

WB 5.2.24

The children have had another busy week before finishing for half term. In LLC we have been building up to write a character profile about Liam from our class novel ‘Cosmic’. In M & N we have been working on parallel lines and angles. As part of our Science & Technology we made fruit solar systems. In expressive arts we have interpreted music about the planets. The children have enjoyed researching the Space Race. Have a lovely half term and we’ll see you on Tuesday 20th February. Mrs Davies & Mrs Hamilton

Home learning for 8th February 2024:

Week Beginning 15/1/24

This week Blwyddyn 5 began our new class novel ‘Cosmic’ and explored Space poetry, identifying features. We completed our Mathematical work on Area and Perimeter and we began a new unit of work learning about Angles. We began exploring our topic by identifying and building star constellations using marshmallows and tooth picks! On Thursday we were one of 1200 schools across the UK participating in a STEM live lesson called Spaceship Earth. The children found out about satellites and what we can learn from them. Da iawn pawb!

Class booklet for Spring Term 2024:

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda pawb! The children have settled back into school after Christmas and have enjoyed starting our new topic ‘Out of the World’ focussing on Space. In Language, Literacy and Communication we have been writing descriptive paragraphs about landing on an imaginary planet. In Maths and Numeracy we have been completing tasks about Area and Perimeter. The class enjoyed participating in the STEM Junior Airbus project on Wednesday where they completed session 2 and learnt about Aeroplane design and the principles of flight. Da iawn everybody!

Week beginning 18.12.23

Blwyddyn 5 have had a wonderfully festive last week in school! We have enjoyed a Christmas party, pantomime, games day and watching the movie Oliver Twist to complete our Victorian topic. We have followed an online tutorial to make our Christmas cards and the children expressed their own creative flair with their calendars. We hope you like them!!

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year! We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 9th January 2024 when we’ll be starting our new topic ‘Out of this World!’

Week beginning 11.12.23

This week has been a very festive one! The children sang beautifully at the Church on Monday. You wouldn’t have known we’d only had a few practises! Then we have been busy getting ready for the Christmas stalls. The children chose what to sell through pupil voice and have been busy this week making and promoting their products. Have a look at their adverts on Google classroom! I wonder how much money we will make from our class stall? Da iawn pawb! 

Week beginning 4.12.23

It's been another busy week in school this week. Blwyddyn 5 began looking at features of newspaper articles. We have now finished reading our class novel Oliver Twist. The children acted out key scenes from the book in the hall, then decided which to plan and write a newspaper article about. In our Mathematics and Numeracy we have started working on a new unit: Area and Perimeter. In Science and Technology we talked about Darwin's theories of adaptation and survival of the fittest. We then conducted an experiment 'Battle of the Beaks' which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We are coming towards the end of our Victorian topic and the children have been finding out about a Victorian Christmas. We have been busy practising for our Christmas Carol Concert too. Next week we look forward to performing on Monday afternoon and planning and making items to sell at the Christmas stalls next Friday. Have a lovely weekend everybody! 

Week beginning 27th November

We can’t believe December is upon us! The months seem to be flying by since September. Today Mrs Davies brought in a real Christmas tree for Blwyddyn 5 because the Victorians brought in real trees to decorate at Christmas. Everyone enjoyed helping! This week we have completed our work on diaries from Oliver Twist. The class enjoyed making the paper before writing their final draft. In Maths and Numeracy this week we have completed our work on Time.

Week beginning 20.11.23

This week in Blwyddyn 5 we have been completing lots of different assessments to track our learning. The class completed pupil voice and decided to record their next steps in learning in a grid at the back of their books. Please ask your child what their next steps are. They should be able to tell you!
This week in LLC we have continued reading Oliver Twist where we have explored characterisation ready to write our own diary entries next week. In M and N we have been adding and subtracting time. Through topic we have continued to develop our Victorian dances, applied our skills by designing our own gruel and we wrote instructions to make it. We have also researched about the Mold riots during Victorian times. Da iawn everybody!!

Week Beginning 13/11/2023

This week has been another busy week in Blwyddyn 5. In Language, Literacy and Communication we have been busy writing instructions to make gruel. In Maths and Numeracy we have been learning about time. On Wednesday Mrs Wright came to visit us and completed some activities based on her Welsh Course, it was lovely to see her! Also on Wednesday we completed Session 1 of our Airbus STEM project. The children learnt about Airbus and its role in aviation, also basic aviation concepts and history. Da iawn pawb!!

Week beginning 23.10.23

This week in Guided Reading, we finished the text we have been reading called ‘Fair’s Fair.’ The children created descriptions of the characters in Welsh.

In Language, Literacy and Communication, the children created their own stories for the BBC 500 words competition. After half term we will be continuing our work on Oliver Twist.

In Maths and Numeracy the children have been comparing and ordering fractions.

As part of our Science and Topic work the children have created Welsh play scripts, where they have interviewed William Gladstone. We have also been investigating if plants can reproduce without pollination. Da iawn pawb, it’s been a very busy half term but everyone has worked very hard. Enjoy the half term break! Mrs Davies and Mrs Hamilton

 Thursday 5th October

 After choosing a new 5 ways to well-being hand (Willow’s) we chose to learn something new this afternoon! 5 children taught the rest of us, including Mrs Hamilton, how to make oragami fortune tellers. We made them and decorated them to link with our learning! Mrs Hamilton made a fitness one for PE next week, we have maths ones and Victorian themed quiz ones! A lovely rainy afternoon taking some time to look after our well-being, connect together and learn something new from friends! 

Tuesday 3rd October

Today Blwyddyn 5 completed a Cybersafe workshop with PC Woodworth. They learnt about Cyberbullying and were interested in his career with the police. Da iawn pawb, everyone listened so well, produced great answers and asked some excellent questions!

Week beginning 25th September

This week in LLC we have been self and peer assessing the scene which we wrote last week from Oliver Twist. The children have produced final drafts on Google Classroom, which we will act out next week. We have also completed hot seating activities, where we pretended to be different characters from the novel.

In Maths and Numeracy this week we have been converting between standard units in measure, weight, length and volume.
 

Through our topic we are continuing to learn about the Victorians and in Science and Technology we have started to plan our own investigations about plant reproduction. It has been a very busy week! Da iawn Blwyddyn 5!

Class booklet for the Autumn Term 2023:

This booklet contains information about what your child/ren will be learning and how you can help at home.

Week beginning 11.09.23

This week Blwyddyn 5 have had a busy week settling into our new routine and timetable. We started our Guided Reading morning tasks and in Language, Literacy and Communication we have begun reading our class novel Oliver Twist. In Mathematics and Numeracy we have been solving money problems. As part of our topic 'The Victorians' we have started our focus locally, researching William Gladstone. Everyone has worked really hard! Da iawn pawb!! 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Mrs Davies & Mrs Hamilton