5G
What a day at Happy Mount Park - it was lovely!
Welcome to class 5G's webpage. On here you will find: current information, videos, newsletters, photos, children's work and much more.
The members of staff who work in 5G are: Mr Gittins, Mrs Green and Mrs Marriott.
We hope you enjoy looking at the exciting things we have done.
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Welcome back to the final term of Year 5!! Our topic is rivers this half term. We will be learning about the source and mouth of the River Lune and looking at a range of rivers from around the world. The children will learn about erosion and investigate this using sand. In art, children will sketch the River Lune and paint their drawings using water colour techniques.  Our literacy work will be based around The Wind in the Willows and the children will also be writing their own river poem using personification. In DT, we will be designing and constructing bridges to fulfil a specific design brief. Ukulele continues and PE is orienteering and athletics.
I am looking forward to this term as the weather hopefully starts to brighten up and we can plan lots of activities outdoors.
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Use this link to find out if it was the Blue or red seeds that went to space.
Dates for your diary:
Tuesday 28th June: Y5 Olympics @ Torrisholme School, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Thursday 30th June: Walk to Salt Ayre to sketch the river Lune, 9:00am - 12:00pm.
Wednesday 13th/Thursday 14th July: Y5 production, 'Superstan', 6:30-7:45pm.
Tuesday 19th July: Y5 trip to Happy Mount Park; fun, games, chips and ice-cream as a reward for winning the Enterprise week challenge, 9:00am - 3:00pm.
Hats off to the children who graduated from the Children's University.
Children's University graduation day.
Summer term newsletter.
Wind in the Willows oral storytelling - check out the actions.
Oral storytelling - part 2.
Oral storytelling - part 3.
Oral storytelling - part 4
Oral storytelling - a different craze!
Wind in the willows - Toad's new craze!
Toad's new craze part 2.
Toad's new craze - part 3.
Toad's new craze - part 4.
Check out our super-fast triple jumping!!
Jonathan Edwards look out - our triple jumping is awesome!
We recreated a river using sand and water. The children discussed these scientific processes: erosion, transportation and deposition.
Linked to our new topic, Splash, we have worked collaboratively to create collages of a river. After writing some amazing rivers poems in Literacy, with personification, assonance and metaphor, we decorated those for display. We hope you'll be impressed with our efforts!
The 'Scientists' planting the rocket seeds!
Our lovely Aztec feast; thank you to all the parents that contributed and a massive well done to all the fantastic children!
Spring 1 newsletter
Autumn 2 Newsletter
Autumn 1 newsletter
Oral storytelling - part 1.
Oral storytelling; Part 2.
Oral storytelling: The Mayan Mystery, Part 3
We sorted shapes according to their properties and made a human Carroll diagram.
Capacity rockets!
Capacity rockets!
Capacity rockets!
We have started making our Aztec masks. We can't wait to wear them when they are finished.
We composed music to enhance the tension in our stories.
Building tension with sound effects
Using sound effects to build tension
Building tension
Building tension
Building tension.
Building tension.
Building tension.
Thursday's fabulous Mayan rap!
Wedneasday's wonderful Mayan rap!
Tuesday's terrific Mayan rap!
We used original sources of evidence, and secondary sources on the Internet, to find out about the Mayan civilisation!
Monday's Mayan music group!
Inca creation myth - Part 2.
Inca creation myth - Part 1.
Group performance - Journey; don't stop believing.
Group performance - Journey; don't stop believing.
Group performance - Journey, don't stop believing.
Group performance - Journey, don't stop believing.
Group performances - Journey, don't stop believing
Rocking out in ukulele!!
Our finished castles - well done everyone
Castle building in progress - 5G's classroom looks messier than usual!
Ukulele Christmas Performance
Final preparations for the fudge stall at the Christmas fair.
Our 'Say it with fudge' advert!
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
'Say it with Fudge'
Our trip to Lancaster Castle. What a fantastic time we had. We were able to put our knowledge about castles to the test by recognising features of the castle and answering questions. We learnt so much more about castles and the history of Lancaster castle which will help us in our 'Dungeons and Dragons' topic.
Somewhere over the rainbow - we managed to sing and play at the same time! Well done all!
Important information - trip to Lancaster Castle on Thursday 26th November.
5G and 1M playing Top Trumps.
We made Top Trumps and played them against 1M. What a lovely afternoon.
Our space poetry - check out the last group; incredible!
Our space poetry.
Our space poetry
We wrote space poems as a group. See if you can find: alliteration, personification, similes, metaphors and powerful language.
Great start to art week - Vincent Van Gogh style!
What an amazing night - just a shame we didn't see any stars!
Space sleepover information
We had a lovely trip to Spaceport and the weather held for the 'Ferry across the Mersey'.
We tried to work out how far from the sun each planet was - here it is to scale. 1cm = 1,000,000 miles!!
Gymnastics
More gymnastics groups.
More gymnastics groups.
Another gymnastics video
Gymnastics - different types of balances.
The children participated in collaboration activities that tested their ability to solve problems, as well as work in a group. I'm sure you'll agree it looks like a fantastic day.
