The Year 5 children have spent two days doing bikeability both in school and out on the roads of Denton. They have all really enjoyed the experience and their behaviour and manners were commented on positively by all the instructors.
Category: Y5
This is our Year 5 related news. You can find this along with more Year 5 related information on the Year 5 page.
French breakfast morning
Year 3 and 5 enjoyed a French breakfast this morning. Year 5 acted as the waiters and Year 3 as the customers. They asked each other what they would like in French and then enjoyed a selection of delicious French breakfast foods including croissants, crepes, pain au chocolat and brioche.
Miss Longden
Year 5 Community Christmas Cards
The children have been out and about this week delivering Christmas cards to local residents of Denton. The children really enjoyed the experience and there were some lovely comments from those who had received a card.
Y5 Advent
For Advent, the children have created a Jesse Tree and each day we are listening to a story linked to it. The children have also been sending home the travelling crib and sending back pictures and messages.
Y5 & Y3 ‘Wolves in the wall’
The children in Year 5 have been writing nightmare stories over the last few weeks based around the book ‘Wolves in the Wall’. Once they had finished their stories, they read them to the Year 3’s. The Year 5’s really enjoyed having an audience to read their stories to and the Year 3’s all agreed that the stories were scarily spooky.
Y5 Design & Technology – Festive food
In D/T this term we are going to design a festive food product linked to our topic on bread. So far, we have tasted different types of bread, filled in surveys linked with how much bread we and others eat, made a basic bread dough and designed what our final product will look like. In the next few weeks the children will make and evaluate their final product.
Y5 Science – Levers
In science, the children have been learning about levers. We created our own catapults to demonstrate how a fulcrum works and tested them to see which catapult was the most effective.
‘Wolves in the Wall’
The children in Year 5 have been writing nightmare stories over the last few weeks based around the book ‘Wolves in the Wall’. Once they had finished their stories, they read them to the Year 3’s. The Year 5’s really enjoyed having an audience to read their stories to and the Year 3’s all agreed that the stories were scarily spooky.
Y5 The Alps
In geography, our new topic is linked to the Alps. The children used various maps to identify which countries the Alps crosses and then used playdough to create their own fold mountains. We also looked at tourism in the Alps and discussed the positives and negatives linked to it.
Y5 Science: Reversible and Irreversible Changes
In Science this half term, we have been studying changes – both reversible and irreversible. We have been doing several investigations to show this. We have looked how mixing baking soda and vinegar and create carbon dioxide and we proved this by showing how it can inflate a balloon when we mix them. We also looked at creating a new material when we mixed warm milk and white vinegar.
Class Dojo – Years 2,3 and 4
This week Class Dojo has been rolled out to parents and children in years 2, 3 and 4. Year 5 have been trialing the app for the past week and it has proved extremely successful. It is an excellent tool for communicating between school and home. Teachers are able to answer questions and queries relating to home learning and children can also upload their work to their own portfolio so teachers can have a look and provide feedback.
All parents in years 2,3,4 and 5 should have now received an invitation to join Class Dojo and have also received a QR code so the children are able to set up their personal portfolios. Follow the instructions, download the app and you are ready to go. If you haven’t received your invitation or QR code please contact the school office.
Posters, poems and comprehension!
More fantastic work from Year 5 submitted to Class Dojo. Cody has written a wonderful poem about his time in lockdown, how much he misses everyone and his frizzy hair! Amelie has designed an excellent poster encouraging everyone to stay happy and demonstrating social distancing with monsters! Finally, Ella has been hard at work completing extra comprehensions and maths work. Well done and keep it up.
Yr 5 Class Dojo protfolios
Members of Year 5 have begun uploading their work to their portfolio on Class Dojo for Mr Whittle to check, comment and feedback. They have been exceptionally busy with their home learning which is great to see. Cody has been busy with his maths and English and his Amazon research; Anna has been working hard on her grammar and writing and keeping up her running; Beth has got stuck into the art unit and produce a Monet style painting and Ruby has been having a go at Year 5′ D&T topic and making some delicious burgers.
If you haven’t already please follow the link in the invitation you have received and download the app. You will also have had an email with the QR code for your child’s portfolio so they can upload work too. Year 5 are trialing this for the rest of the school so please sign up if you can.
Year 5 Class Dojo
We have signed Year 5 up to Class Dojo. This an interactive tool which allows communication between school and home and we feel would be particularly useful at this time. You will hopefully have received an email which contains an invite to join and a link to download the app. Within the app all conversations between yourself and the class teacher (Mr Whittle) are private but there is also a whole class message board as well. We feel this will be particularly useful in providing feedback for children’s work as you are able to upload pictures for Mr Whittle to see and provide feedback, ask and answer any questions and queries and also to keep up-to-date. In addition, children can also login to their own portfolio and upload work for feedback or ask any questions. Children can follow the QR code which will be emailed out as soon as possible. All is completely private and only the class message board is visible by all.
We believe that this is a very exciting way of us staying connected and means we will be able to provide feedback to children and on the wonderful home learning that we know has been taking place.
If you have questions please contact school.
Year 5 Home Learning
Children from year 5 have been hard at work this on their home learning. Matteo has again been hard at work on his maths, English and keeping up with his times tables. Beth has produced some fantastic art work in the style of impressionist artist Monet. Finally, Amelie has made a model of a Mayan god along with a sign to show how much she misses everyone at St. Mary’s.
Home Learning
Home learning for all year groups is now available on the class pages. Some of the work may need downloaded to look at but the majority should be able to be completed within the children’s home learning books.
For maths there are also links to both the Power Maths scheme of work which we follow in school and has been adapted for use at home and also the White Rose Hub which is very similar, easy to use and navigate.
Please continue to use Times Tables Rockstars (we can see who has been using it regularly) and reading on a daily basis.
Finally, don’t forget to keep fit and active with PE with Joe Wicks each morning.
Year 5 Bronte Museum
Year 5 enjoyed an eventful day at the Bronte Museum, Haworth. After an eventful journey the children finally arrived ready to undertake their day. However, due to the adverse weather conditions their moorland walk had to be cancelled. The children did not let this dampen their spirits though. They had the opportunity to look around the Bronte Museum and discovered the places where Charlotte and her family grew up. Also, they performed a drama workshop acting some scenes form the book Jane Eyre which they have been studying in class. Despite the weather, the children had a fantastic day and it helped to bring the novel to life for them.
Friction Footwear
Continuing their science topic on forces, Year 5 this week tested how much force would be needed in order to move a variety of footwear and see what resistance was created through friction caused by the soles. The children used forcemeters to pull the shoes and see how much force was needed. After their predictions, the children came up with some surprising results.
Football success
Well done to our year 5/6 school football team who put in an outstanding performance to overcome Micklehurst Primary school and progress to the next round of the Tameside Milea Cup.
Air Resistance
During their science unit on forces Year 5 have been learning about a variety of different forces. Last week they studied the relationship between weight and mass and used forcemeters to test and this week they studied air resistance. Their challenge was to come up with the best possible parachute design so that a person would fall slowly and safely to the ground. The class had some very interesting ideas and a range of shapes of sizes but they were also very careful to ensure that it was a fair test. By the end they had a good understanding abut which shapes and sizes made the best parachutes and why.
Year 5 Trip: Bronte Parsonage Museum
Community Christmas Cards
Year 5 were out in force today to deliver their community Christmas cards to streets nearby. The children had taken time and effort t carefully make their cards and enjoyed spreading a little Christmas joy around the local area.
St. Mary’s Christmas Concert
Children from Years 5 and 6 were joined by children from St. Thomas More High School and St. John Fisher for the annual Christmas concert. Following performances by St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher it was the turn of St. Mary’s children and they didn’t disappoint. Following a beautifully read montage the children sang The Greatest Gift; followed by a reading from the Gospel of John before bringing their performance to a close with an outstanding performance of Mary Did You Know which they performed a cappella. The children were absolutely amazing and fully deserved the plaudits and congratulations they have received follo
wing the concert. Well done to all involved.
KS2 House Book Quiz
Our 4 houses at St. Mary’s battled it out to become the Book Quiz champions yesterday afternoon. It was excellent to see the pupils’ fantastic knowledge of books, characters, titles and authors so a big well done to everyone who took part. The competition was very close and in the end, all came down to a tie-breaker question between 2 of the teams. With their brilliant book knowledge and great teamwork skills, Arrowsmith pipped Ward at the post and became this year’s winners. Congratulations Arrowsmith!
Soluble or in soluble – that is the question.
Year 5 have continued their science unit by investigating which everyday substances were soluble in water. After planning their investigation they donned their lab coats and got to work. They acquired some interesting results and came to some fantastic s using their scientific understanding.
Material Matters
In year 5 we have started our new science unit investigating materials. The children were given their new knowledge organisers and set straight to work sorting objects
based on their properties and finding definitions for various words. Following this they then tested the objects for hardness, permeability, flexibility, transparency and magnetism before finalyy discussing if they were fit for purpose.
Code Breakers
In year 5 we began our new unit in computing think about codes. To start off our unit we began sending messages using semaphores which used flags in different positions to send messages. After some practice we soon got the hang of it and were able to send each other some quite long words and sentences.
Moon Craters
As part of their science Year 5 investigated how craters may be created on the moon and what effect their height may have on them. They used flour and cocoa as the moon’s surface and balls as the meteors before dropping them from various heights and investigating their results.
Joseph!
The school hall was packed on Wednesday and Thursday nights this week for the Y5/6 production of Joseph. The children sang, acted and danced their hearts out and loved every minute of their performance. The response from our audiences was equally enthusiastic. Thank you to Mrs Wilson-Sly and Mrs Moran and the staff for preparing the children so well and giving so generously of their time. We hope the fantastic memories of Joseph stay with the children for a long, long time.
Junior Play Leaders
Year 5 have been busy practicing their sporting, leadership and teamwork skills for the past few weeks. They have organised and lead activities for the younger children in year 2. In the coming weeks they will be undergoing an assessment to see if they qualify to be Junior Play Leaders.
Year 5 Trip to Manchester Museum
Year 5 Trip to Bronte Parsonage Museum
Year 5 had a fantastic day at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth. In literacy we have been studying the classic text Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte the visit to the museum involved a Jane Eyre workshop. The coach journey to Haworth involved a very windy road across the moors then onto the picturesque village. We arrived at the parsonage and our first mission was to head up Penistone Hill on to the moorland above Haworth. It was gloves and hats on then a good hike to blow away the cobwebs. Looking at the moorland it gave us a good idea of how Jane became stranded once she left Thornfield Hall and headed onto the moors.
We then headed back down to the museum and tucked into our packed lunches, after lunch we there was a Jane Eyre workshop, focusing on a scene from Jane’s time at Lowood School. The children thoroughly enjoyed taking the different roles in the scene and really got into character.
After a tour round the parsonage museum looking at lots of interesting information about the life of the Brontes we were ready to head back to St Mary’s. The children were great representatives of St Marys and their behaviour was exemplary. A good day had by all and a nice way to end our literacy topic.
Year 5 Trip to Mancester Museum
Year 5 had a fantastic day at the Manchester Museum, after spending the half term learning about the Ancient Egyptians it was great to put our knowledge to the test in the Ancient Egyptian workshop. From building pyramids to handling artefacts over 3000 years old, the workshop provided a great opportunity to consolidate our learning. We met Asru the 2700 year old Egyptian Mummy and got to learn lots about her life in Ancient Egypt. After a yummy lunch we explored the rest of the museum, particularly enjoying the living worlds galleries. The children has a brilliant day and they were great ambassadors of St Mary’s, with the museum staff commenting on their enthusiasm, engagement and behaviour – well done Year 5!
Year 5 Trip to the Library
Years 5 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Denton Library last week
. The librarian welcomed the children and talked them through how the library worked and how the books were filed on the shelves. She talked to the children about joining the library. There was then an opportunity for the children to browse the shelves and choose a book to read. The children were complemented on their excellent behavior and are all looking forward to planning a return visit.
National Poetry Day 2017
St. Mary’s ended National Poetry day with each class performing a recital of a famous poem. The poems ranged from, ‘The Ning Nang Nong’ by Spike Milligan to ‘Macavity – The Mystery Cat’ by T.S. Elliot. Enjoy our videos below.
Year 5 – PHSE New Beginnins
In PSHE Year 5 have been looking at new beginnings, this weeks lesson focused how the children felt when they were in a new situation. They could all recall times when they were new to something and the feelings they experienced, the children in groups created roleplays acting out ‘new situations’. They were able to show empathy and understanding.
Year 5 North America Topic – Topographic Maps Website
In Year 5 our topic this half term is North America. We have been exploring lots of different aspects of this continent, including the topography of the land. Using salt dough we created 3D topographic maps of the continent that showed the elevations and landforms. Year 5 had lots of fun molding and shaping the salt dough to create the mountains, lakes and flat plains of North America.
Year 5 Literacy
In literacy Year 5 are reading ‘There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom’ by Louis Sachar. In our literacy lessons we have been carrying out some roleplay as the mean, nasty Bradley Chalkers and the new boy Jeff Fishkin. This then led into writing diary entries from Bradley’s viewpoint.
Orange in No Man’s Land
In literacy Year 5 are studying the book Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird, the book is based upon a little girls experiences in Beirut during the civil war that raged in Lebanon. The children have enjoyed the book and have produced some fantastic pieces of work applying their skills and knowledge in their writing. Within this work the children prepared and performed some role-plays focusing on Ayesha’s experiences, the children demonstrated a deep level of empathy and understanding towards the characters and this then informed their writing back in the classroom.
Brilliant Bugsy
Year 6 and year 5 wowed audiences over the course of two nights with their amazing performances of Bugsy. Critics throughout the country are hailing it as the best new musical since The Lion King, with its mix of old and new and have stated that it should be given a run on the Westend but only if the magnificent cast retain their roles!
Throughout the two nights the children performed brilliantly singing, dancing and acting their way through the performances with the kind of skill, talent and attitude usually associated with Olivier award winners.
Well done to all the children, the rave reviews are thoroughly deserved.
Year 5 – STEM Workshop
Year 5 enjoyed their trip over to St Thomas More for the second part of their maths STEM workshop, the children immersed themselves in the high school environment and their behaviour was exemplary, the teachers were very complimentary. The children again demonstrated a high level of code cracking skills and managed to decode some very complicated codes. A great experience for the children, developing their problem solving skills.
Buddhist Meditation – Year 5
Year 5’s RE topic this term is ‘World Faiths’, as part of this topic we have been looking at the Buddhist faith – Buddhism. We have been learning about the beliefs and traditions within this faith, Buddhists regularly meditate and year 5 wanted to try meditation for themselves. It was an enjoyable experience, everyone joined in and participated in the meditation.
A Diet Coke Explosion at St Mary’s!!!
Year 5 have had great fun during science week, finding out about nucleation. This involved creating diet coke and mentos geysers. These geysers are caused by a process called nucleation, where the carbon dioxide in the soda is attracted to the small bumps on the surface of the Mentos. That creates so much pressure that the soda goes flying up into the air quite spectacularly. Mr Clarke volunteered to release the mentos into the bottle whilst Mrs Moran stood at a safe distance taking the photos.
Year 5 Collective Worship
On Thursday, Year 5 led us in their Collective Worship which was focused around how Jesus is with us in the world today through prayer. Through role plays and well-read parts, they showed the rest of the school the many different ways we can pray and listen to Jesus in our daily lives.
Year 5 Anglo Saxon Trip
Before Easter, Year 5 went on an exciting trip to Tatton Park where they became Anglo-Saxon farmers for the day. They took part in many different activities which helped them understand how the Saxons lived and survived during that period in history. From making pottery to learning how build a protective wall during their weapon and shield workshop, they had an action-packed and enjoyable day.
Great Guitarists
Since September, Years 5 and 6 have been receiving guitar and singing lessons from Tameside Music Service. For year 6 this is their second year and the first for year 5. They have learnt a number of pieces and some which have linked to their topics in history and geography such as WW2. To showcase to the school their talents they performed an assembly for the school in which they sang beautifully and played wonderfully. Well done to both year groups.
Year 5 Project – Monarchs
Another fantastic effort with Year 5 Project Homework on this term’s theme of Monarchs. Presentations, a skilfully embroidered version of the Bayeux tapestry, models of ‘Big Ben’ and the crown jewels alongside some excellent writing: diary entries, non-chronological reports and biographies. Well done again Year 5!
Year 5 Collective Worship
Today, Year 5 led us in our whole school Collective Worship about being true followers of Jesus- through the theme of inspiration people. Having shared who has inspired them in their lives, Year 5 performed a series of role-plays to show how true followers of Jesus can just be ordinary people, who work hard everyday to do what God wants, by loving their neighbour as themselves.
North America Project Tasks
Every half-term, Year 5 are given a series of Topic tasks to choose from to complete as part of their homework. Take a look at some of their fantastic models of totem poles, the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the famous Hollywood sign and the Statue of Liberty. The children also researched many other aspects of North America and wrote non-chronological reports, designed holiday brochures and wrote diary entries based on potential travel.
New York Pizza Makers
As part of our Geography topic on North America, Year 5 researched, designed, made and evaluated their very own pizzas. They had great fun during the process and even better fun when they got to try their own- and their class friends’ creations!
Christmas Concert
Along with children from St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, children from year’s 5 and 6 took part in the annual parish Christmas concert. This years theme was a journey of faith. Through, acting and singing the children re-told the story of Good King Wenceslas, who made the journey through the forests and deep mid-winter snow to give alms to the poor.
The children put on a fantastic performance with their fantastic acting and singing. Well done to all who took part.
Scientists at Work!
Year 5 have been learning about Space and have been finding out about the moon’s surface. This week, they planned an investigation to find how craters are formed and whether the distance a meteorite is away its surface, impacted on the size of the crater made. After ensuring it was a fair test and they had a clear method, each group worked accurately to measure and their record what they found out. Each group then imputed their results into a spreadsheet so we could work the class averages and draw a conclusion. As most children predicted, their results showed that the further a meteorite is away from the moon’s surface, the bigger the crater it will make. The experiment really showed the children the importance of comparing results and repeating an experiment more than once- just like real scientists do!
Year 5 and 6 PE
Year’s 5 and 6 began their PE assessments with coaches from Tameside yesterday afternoon. The children undertook two challenges,: the first to test their coordination and the second to test their agility and speed. Next week the children will be having a go at the dreaded bleep test!
Egyptian Bread Making
During the Egyptian Topic, year 5 became star bakers and made their very own Egyptian bread (minus the sand and grit found in the original bread, made thousands of years ago!). They designed, made and evaluated their bread to think about how they could improve it for next time. Some children said it was the best bread they had ever tasted! Watch out Mr Warbuton!
Historians in the Making
Manchester Museum launched its first inflatable museum this year and it came to visit St Mary’s on 14th November! Year 5 were fortunate enough to visit it in our school hall and take part in an Egyptian worskshop, finding out about how archaeologists uncovered ancient artefacts
and the long journey they made over to Liverpool on a boat – then onto the Museum. Amazingly, the children got to handle real ancient artefacts and explore whey they were found and what they were used for. They had a fantastic time and built on their knowledge of the past from their study of the topic last term.
Girls Football
Well done to our Year 5/6 girls football team, who represented the school in the recent TCSSA football tournament at St. Damien’s Ashton. the girls played exceptionally well and came 4th. Top scorer on the night was Ella, but there was some fantastic play all round. Well don girls on a fantastic display
Tag Rugby
Well done to Year 5/6 tag rugby team who competed at the TCSSA tag rugby tournament last night at Our Lady’s in Ashton. The team came up against some tough competition, but showed they are made tough stuff and played exceptionally well and all within the spirit of the game.
Year 5’s Visit to the Farm
Catching ducks and walking aplacas, year 5 loved their visit to the mobile farm that visited school last week. What a great experience feeding and finding out more about the animals!
Harvest Fast Day Collective Worship
Year 5 led the Harvest Feast Day collective worship wonderfully, helping the whole school to think about how they can be better stewards of creation. Sharing the story of St Vincent de Paul they acted out how we can live by the greatest commandment ‘ Love one another’. Listen to them sing their version of ‘Here comes the Sun’
Year 5 – Guitar
Year 5 have been having great fun learning how to pluck their guitars, learn the string names and how to read music. With 2 songs under their belt already, they will be performing on stage in no time at all!
Mini-whistlers
Year 5 took part in the FA’s ‘Mini-Whistler’ workshop earlier this month to better understand the importance of fair play, respect for themselves, others and rules in different contexts- including sport. The workshop also helped them to understand how to reduce conflict in a constructive and fun way. They thoroughly enjoyed the day and have been putting their new skills into practise already!
What a performance!
Well done to Year 6 for their two fantastic performances to packed audiences. Both nights the children received standing ovations. Also, well done to Year 5, who supported the year 6’s brilliantly with their beautiful singing. Thank you to everyone who made such
a performance possible.
Year 5 and 6 Maths Cafe
Year 5 and 6 Christmas Concert
Years 5 and 6 put on a sensational display in front of a packed St. Mary’s Church to open this years concert, which also featured great performances from children from St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. The children’s performance was on the theme of ‘The Christmas Star’. In addition to speaking clearly and beautifully, the fantastic acting the children also sang two songs; The First Noel and Christmas Star, which they sang acapella. They then joined children from the other schools to finish the concert with a selection of Christmas carols. Well done to all involved.
Year 5 Bikeability
Please see attached Bikeability Information and Consent Form, for Year 5.
Please could parents return the Bikeability Consent Form by Monday 2nd November.
Year 5 Maths Curriculum Plans 2015-16
What a performance!
Well done to year 6 and year 5 who put on two amazing performances to packed crowds on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The acting, singing and dancing were fantastic and the children have earned rave reviews! Well done to all who took part.
Year 5 Storybox Cafe
Year 5 enjoyed sharing their Storyboxes and their writing with parents at their Jane Eyre themed Storybox Cafe.
Creative Arts
24 children from years 5 and 6 enjoyed two days of artistic fun over half-term to create a masterpiece that will certainly brighten up school. With the help of Howard and Rene from Creative Arts and Minds, the children sketched, designed, drew and painted an 8 foot mural that shows off everything that is great about St. Mary’s. the children worked exceptionally hard and had a great time undertaking the project.
Our thanks go to Howard and Rene for guiding the children through the project and Mrs Evans for coming in and helping during the half-term break.
Years 5 and 6 ChildLine Assembly and Workshop
The ChildLine Schools Service has recently visited children in Years 5 and 6 to provide them with key messages about keeping safe. It can be beneficial for these messages to be reinforced at home. The NSPCC has developed some guides for all parents of primary school aged children to speak to your child about keeping safe – called the Underwear rule.
You can find guides to the Underwear Rule to help you have simple conversations about keeping safe from abuse at www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear.
You can speak to an advisor for further advice or request a hard copy guide for parents and carers by phoning the NSPCC Helpline on 0800 800 5000. You can also visit www.nspcc.org.uk/parents for other advice on keeping your child safe.