This week, Year 5 continued our science work on properties and changes of materials to decide how mixtures might be separated.
We used magnets and different sized sieves to separate different mixtures.
Last week, Year 5 developed their orienteering skills by completing a new orienteering course. They worked hard to follow the map and solve the clues.
Congratulations to everyone who took part in St Alban’s Sports Day today. We all tried to do the best we could to help our team.
Thank you to the Parents and Carers who came as spectators.
This year, Jordan were the winners of the whole competition.
This is the warm up.
Thank you to all the helpers and to Mrs. Jepson who organised the event.
In Year 5, we have been finding out about which materials dissolve in liquid to form a solution.
The sugar dissolves in water. The sugar is the solute. The water is the solvent.
When the sugar dissolved in the water it created a sugar solution.
Which solids do you think will dissolve in water? Does the temperature of the water affect whether the solid will dissolve?
In RE, Year 5 have been learning about the Five Pillars of Islam.
Today, we were lucky to have a Muslim visitor to answer our questions about the Islamic Faith.
Maybe you have seen her before.
Thank you Sabreena for helping to answer our questions.
Before the holiday, Year 5 were lucky to take part in a virtual meeting with Vashti Hardy who is a children’s author.
Vashti Hardy is a writer of children’s books spending her time between Lancashire and Sussex. She was a primary school teacher for several years, and has a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing and the use of journals and creating fantasy worlds.
We learned how we could create a fantasy world to inspire our writing.
She gave us five tips.
- Channel your interests.
- Look at the real world to ground your fantasy world.
- Collect images to inspire your world.
- Create a writing journal.
- Draw a map of your world.
Maybe you could use these tips to create a world of your own to base a story.
Why not visit Vashti Hardy’s website to find out more.
In Year 5, we have been thinking about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Here are some of our sketches.
Today, we wore red white and blue as part of our celebrations.
Today, in collective worship, we found out more about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A jubilee is a special celebration of a queen or king’s reign. They take place after the monarch has ruled for a certain number of years and each one is associated with a different type of precious metal. No other British Monarch has reigned for long enough to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, which is why many believe that this year’s celebrations are so special.
What are you going to do from 2nd to 5th June to celebrate?
On Monday, Year 5 visited Wickersley Wood. We used compasses to find directions to move around the cleared area.
We can now use the eight points of a compass (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) to find the points in between. (NNE etc) We have also developed rhymes to help us remember the four points. I know that my rhyme begins with Never, Ever,… although I sometimes use Never Eat Shredded Wheat to make sure I say North, East, South, West in a clockwise direction.
In school, we have used Digimap tools to find the area of the Wood and the distance tool to find the distance of our walk.
We now recognise many of the symbols on the map below.
Which symbols can you recognise? Why not use the key to help?
This morning, Year 5 launched our Local History Week with a walk to Wickersley Woods. As historians, we looked for evidence to help us compare the ages of different buildings.
We discussed the name ‘Wickersley’ and how the settlement was given the name VIKARRS-LEY by the Saxon settlers. LEY is a Saxon word meaning a clearing in the woods. Sometime before 870 AD, a clearing was made in the woodland that covered the area and farming began.
