Waingroves Primary School

Welcome

to Y5

Our teachers are:

Mrs Cox and Mrs Mannion 

Teaching Assistants- Mrs Hennell and Mrs English 

PE teacher- Miss Naylor

In Year 5 we always work hard-we are a great team and look after each other :)

Please see the documents below to learn more about Year 5. 

Our Class Timetable 

Our Class Curriculum Maps and Our Learning Journey so far.

Click to find out more information about our topics during the half term. You can also see our learning journeys so far, which share what we have already covered during our learning journey through school.

Autumn 1 

Our Working Wall- Autumn 1 -Science Investigators 

 Autumn Term 1

This week we have kicked started our new topic Science Investigators with our WOW! activity. We had great fun making and exploring slime using corn flour and water. We loved playing with our slime and learnt all about Non-Newtonian liquids. 

TOPIC

We have been doing lots of investigating over the last couple of weeks. We have explored the properties of materials and we have also worked in teams to separate mixtures using filtration, evaporation, sieving and magnetism.

Forest School Week 1

We have had a fantastic time at Forest School today :) 

A big thank you to Mrs Mannion and Mrs English for planning a fantastic science based activity in the forest to link with our topic. We used blackberries, vinegar and salt to create our own ink solution to write and draw messages. We also spent time in our pond area and found lots of dragonfly nymphs during our pond dipping session. 

TOPIC

We have been exploring which substances are soluble and which substances are insoluble. 

Forest School Week 2

We have enjoyed orienteering using a map of our school grounds to find and identify insects. We have also made different types of dens using a variety of knots and tarpaulins. 

TOPIC

We have been exploring reversible and irreversible changes in our topic lessons. We have made plastic milk, using warm milk and vinegar, inflated a balloon using the carbon dioxide gas created in a chemical reaction and exploded some fizzy cola across the field using mints! We had a very exciting afternoon! 

Forest School Week 3

We enjoyed taking part in a science experiment in forest school today and made some very loud bags exploding bags during a chemical reaction. We also enjoyed making some of our own jewelry using conkers and acorns and a range of drills in the Wonder Hut. 

TOPIC

Here we are creating chromatograms using different colour felt tips. Did you know the darker the colour felt tip the more pigments there are in a colour?

Forest School Week 4

We had a great time at Forest School today. We used the flint and steel to create our own sparks and try and light cotton wool. Then we carried out our own irreversible change by toasting some bread and crumpets. We had lots of fun doing some Halloween themed Forest School crafts too! 

TTRS 

Click the link below to practise your times tables (remember your login is in the back of your reading response book)

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Here our Year 5 Challenge Words keep practising them at home. 

Visiting the library 

We will be going to the library every Wednesday to change our library books. 

TOPIC

We had a great morning completing our personal study investigations- they were all fantastic! So proud of all you have achieved this half term :)