Holmbury St Mary

Our first residential trip! We spent the night at the YHA Youth Hostel at Holmbury St Mary and after a big breakfast set off on a very long hike through the Surrey Hills to Leith Hill.

Clarinets

Today we had our 2nd clarinet lesson with Mr Chalk. We have learnt how to carefully put on the reed and to join the first half together. We then had a go at trying to make a sound. It was tricky and a little squeaky at first but eventually we managed to get some good sounds!

Sharing a story with Squirrels

Today we had a lot of fun outside when Squirrel Class came to visit. We sat outside and listened to the younger children read and even asked them questions about their books!

New books!

This week we got a sneak peek at the new books that will be put in the library. We had a lot of fun looking at the new books, reading the blurbs and thinking about which books we would like to take out!

Moon crater creation

Today in science we tried to see how moon craters were made by using flour and marbles. We investigated by dropping the marbles from different heights and measuring the depths and diameters of the craters we’d made.

Our Trip to Winchester Science Centre

We had a great day out at Winchester Science Centre. First we got to look the exhibits. There were lots of fun hands on things to look at and explore. After that we saw the space exhibit and got to learn about gravity on different planets and how people control rovers on Mars. After lunch we visited the planetarium and saw constellations and visited different planets. We finished with a workshop. We made rockets and saw how a rocket engine works. We had a lot of fun!

Art Week

Have a look at our fantastic artwork from this week! First we created some abstract art using wax resist, ink with a pen and blowing ink with a straw. Then we used this to create a background for our bird faces. We added feather-like brush strokes to add more detail to the faces.

Merry Christmas Year 5!

This morning Fox Class had a go at playing jingle bells on the boomwhackers! Have a listen to us play in the video. Merry Christmas!

Leaf area

This morning Fox Class practised finding the area of irregular shapes by estimating the area of leaves. We collected leaves from the playground of different shapes and sizes and drew round them in our books. We then used the squares in our books to estimate the area. First by counting the whole squares and then by putting together the half squares.

Perimeter problem

Today Fox Class were set the challenge of creating a star shape with the perimeter of 20m. We went outside with chalk and metre sticks to create our shapes and made some very different pointed stars all with a perimeter of 20m.

COP 26

We had a great day on Wednesday learning about ways that we could reduce waste and help our planet. We took part in lots of activities outside and thought carefully about what we could do individually to help make a difference. In class, we created great pages all about the problems the environment has and what we can do to fix it.

Alchemy Island

This week we have received some mysterious letters from the chief alchemist of Alchemy Island. On Thursday, he sent us some samples from the island and asked us to investigate them and see what part of the island they were from. We tested them to see if they were magnetic, if they conducted electricity and if they were transparent. Fox Class were really good at investigating and deducing what part of the island the samples were from.

Egyptian Tomb

This week we were set the challenge of creating a tomb and getting a pharaoh ready for the afterlife. We were split into teams and had to work together to create a sarcophagus, canopic jars and amulets that the pharaoh might need. We then took them to the tomb and described what we had made and how it would help the pharaoh.

Painted pots

This week we had a lot of fun painting our pots that we made last week. We looked at the colours that the Egyptian pots had used and tried to recreate them!

Egyptian Pottery

Today in our class we looked at some pictures of Ancient Egyptian pottery. Then we had a go at recreating our own out of clay. We are looking forward to painting them when they are dry.

Roman Numeral Treasure Hunt

Year 5 had lots of fun searching the playground for Roman numerals. Once they had found a card they had to write down the Roman numeral and letter. After they had found them all there was a code to break. Well done all of Fox Class for figuring out the hidden message.

Clarinet performance

Year 5 have been working very hard on learning the clarinet this term. Today was our last session. Please enjoy our excellent performance! Well done Year 5!

Sports Week

Take a look at our pictures form sports week! We have had a lot of fun challenging ourselves and trying new sports.

Music performance

This term we have had weekly music lessons with Mr Chalk. Wednesday was our final one before Christmas so we did a little performance to show you all what we have learned. I am proud of all the hard work that the children have done this term. Well done Fox Class!

Birthday Celebration

Today Year 5 had a great time celebrating the birthdays of people who were born in September, October and November. We played games, ate our birthday snack and had a little dance.