Welcome to Swallows Class – Year 5
Science Marvellous Mind –
Topic Marvellous Mind – Marvellous Minds – Vikings
Wider –
If you missed it, or want a reminder, below is the link to the meet the teacher presentation.
Science Marvellous Mind – Autumn Marvellous Mind – Planets
Science Marvellous Mind – Marvellous Mind – Materials
Topic Marvellous Mind – Autumn Marvellous Mind – Emergency on Planet Earth
Year 5 presented their work wonderfully in our whole school Harvest assembly. After discussions in class about what was important to them during Harvest and why it is celebrated by Christians, they made 3D fruit and vegetables as well as writing some fantastic poems, some of which were read out in the church for the school to hear.
Year 5 have been working really hard in Gymnastics over the last few weeks on posture and the importance of presentation. They have been doing exercises to develop core strength conditioning and have learnt how important the position of our libs, fingers and toes is during a session.
Paperwork to follow in next couple of weeks – Kit List, Pupil Needs/ Information Online Questionnaire, Behaviour Contract.
Welcome to the Autumn Term!
A brand new academic year is underway and I am super excited to be welcoming your children into Swallows classroom. Below is a video of my ‘Meet the Teacher’, containing lots of information. If you would prefer not to watch the 10 minute video please feel free to flick through the slides that are also linked below.
Meet the Teacher – This is the pdf version if you fancy a flick through
Our topic this term is: The vicious Vikings are coming! The knowledge organiser is below along with the science knowledge organiser where we will be learning about Properties and changes in material.
Year 5 had an amazing time at Shaftesbury Secondary School, cooking their culinary delights as part of their future food topic. They have researched the future of food and have designed food products using insects, which are packed full of Protein. They got to create this masterpieces using the professional kitchen and the help of some year 7 pupils, Mrs Harney’s daughter, Freya, as well as with the help of Head Chef, Mr Clive Harris. This project was kickstarted using the future classroom and Mr Alex Moore so a huge thanks to both for making this amazing opportunity happen for the children. The food the children created actually tasted really nice, so expect some yummy treats being cooked for you at home now!
We had great fun on World book day dressing up as our favourite characters and doing some acting of scenes form our favourite books. In the afternoon we had a KS2 Rap Battle.
Swallows class had a wonderful evening of star gazing as part of our Space topic work. We were able to use our existing knowledge (and some very good apps) to locate constellations and satellites up in the night sky. This was all topped off with cooking our own pizzas in the oven.
We went to the Outdoor Learning Area dressed in all our Christmas clothes and cooked bread on willow whips, and dipped them in sugar and cinnamon. YUM YUM!!
The children have been putting their sewing and woodwork skills to good use to create these brilliant Viking longboats.
Properties and changes of materials Year 5 knowledge organisers
Knowledge Organiser Anglo-Saxons and Vikings 1.1
We had great fun on our first session of swimming and gymnastics at Port Regis school. The next five weeks will be really fun and we are looking forward to progressing the children’s skills and confidence
As a class we were lucky enough to head up to Shaftesbury Secondary school and use a the future classroom with Assistant Headteacher and founder Mr More; the only one of its kind in the UK. The future classroom looks at STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) as a main focus and the children were investigating the future of food to ensure it is sustainable and using resources that can easily be sourced but are nutritious and healthy for us. The children explored insects as sources of protein and looked at how important micro and macro nutrients are in our diet. Alongside Year 9 Future classroom ambassadors; Kiara, Amelia, Ben, Seth Y, Seth C and Will, the children were able to discover all that was needed to be involved with the project and developed ideas as a group where they then presented their ideas to the class. Everyone had a great time and we are looking forward to starting a project based around this, as well as using the professional kitchen at secondary school to make our delicious treats after half term (date to be confirmed).
Swallows have been working really hard in PE to create a routine of balances they have created themselves to a piece of music. They are composing themselves very carefully to ensure pointed fingers and toes as much as possible and have shown great teamwork to create their composition
Some lucky children from Swallows were able to go to St Marys School to be a part of a future festival to be rolled out across Dorset as part of #DigitalDorset week. They needed to get their thinking caps on to think abut the future and what technologies they could innovatively create to help and benefit humans in the future. They were brilliant; they represented the school amazingly and I was very proud of them for their behaviour and ideas they bought to the festival.
We have had a fabulous day in Swallows today, being Vikings! We have enacted being Vikings, made emblems for our tribes and cooked stew which was very delicious. We were able to make excellent use of the outdoor learning area in the school grounds and learnt many new skills. We have also started a dance which we are very proud of. We will continue to work on this in our PE lessons with a finished video coming to you very soon.