P4C in Y5A
This week we have been using our thinking skills to consider whether York City Council should continue to spend money to support its old, historic buildings such as York Minster. […]
Category Archives: Year 5
Year 5 teachers are Mrs Greenwood and Miss Darby, Mrs Angus & Miss Snowden
A visitor to Y5A
Today, Y5A had a visit from Mad, Old Sal. A character in our class book, Room 13. After her visit, we described her. Here are some of the words and […]
One Voice 2017
Yesterday the children took part in the annual singing concert at Manga. They sang a range of music, songs that dated back to the 1960s all the way up to […]
Angles in the stars
This week in Y5 we’ve been identifying and creating some of the most famous star constellations using angles to help us. By looking at the types of angles and using […]
HJS Race 4 Life
Today, all of the children and staff have been involved in the Race for Life. We have each run 1km to raise money and awareness to help beat cancer! It […]
Isla’s home learning
During the half term holidays, Isla decided to make an edible solar system. Very cleverly, Isla took inspiration from an image she had seen online and made it into a […]
Planets in Orbit
On Thursday, the children learnt about the orbits of different planets in the solar system. They had to use teamwork skills to measure out the string for the different measurements […]
Biscuit science in Y5S
On Thursday, the day of the Starlight Sleepover, Y5S were looking at why we see different shapes of the moon. To help us understand the concept we used the dark […]
It’s almost time
The sky is looking clear and there’s a few twinkles in the distance. Fingers crossed for a clear viewing tonight!
Free time
The children getting some well deserved free time to do what they do best: laugh, have fun and make new friends! Miss Tyzack also made an appearance to do what […]
Tent Building
Tonight’s campers had to work extra hard on their learning skills this evening in order to construct a tent. This proved very difficult for some groups! The children had to […]
Starlight Sleepover
To begin our Starlight Sleepover, a local leader came to explain how to survive in the wilderness. He showed us how to protect ourselves from the different elements we may […]
Art in Y5S
This week we have been focusing our art learning on the moon. As part of our space topic we have been writing descriptive paragraphs about the appearance of the moon […]
Distances in our solar system
This week in Y5S we have been looking at the different planets which make up our solar system and, more interestingly, the distances between each of them. We compared the […]
Disney Musical
This half term in Y5 the children have been working tirelessly to create their very own West end production of a Disney musical. Taking you back in time through classic […]
Percentage Challenge
Linked to our topic based around Disney the children have been multi-step problem solving. Thinking about finding percentages using all four operations. Can you solve the problem? Favourite Disney Characters […]
Tag Rugby
Here are Y5G/D developing their tag rugby skills out on the playground. We are currently working on developing our understanding of the game, particularly passing. The children have been engaged […]
STEM in Y5/GD
Stage Design In Year 5 the children are busy making stages ready for their animation projects. During this term the Y5 Curriculum has produced some outstanding pieces of learning. In […]
Disney the Musical
In Y5G/D the children are busy rehearsing for our very own Disney musical at the Civic Theater. We have been rehearsing for two weeks and Christopher Buttle our professional dancer […]
