Yesterday, we were lucky enough to have our very own Enterprise Day with Paul from the Enterprise Challenge.
During the Enterprise Day, we had to
After the design stage, we had to present our product to the judges and the rest of the hall trying to speak as clearly as possible. It was a really enjoyable day!
Today in our music lessons we have been learning to play and sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. However, we’ve not just been singing it all together we have been singing it in two-part harmony! Take a listen below.
Two-Part Harmony
The Playing (whilst reading the music).
Next half term, our topic will focus around history (society) and the enquiry question: Are the impacts of segregation skill evident today?
Some of the areas we will be looking at will include:
Take a look at our sequence of lessons, as well as vocabulary and key knowledge below.
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Over the last two weeks, we have been looking at the skills and vocabulary used in newspaper articles. We have been writing our newspaper articles about Harry Potter’s first ever Quidditch match. In these newspapers, we have been trying to include all of our previously taught SPaG skills too:
We had our first session of Bikeability today (in the rain!). We all listened extremely carefully and had an enjoyable day!
Very proud of our Year 5 girls football team! They represented the school well and showed what wonderful, team players they are. Well done girls!
Over the past two weeks, we have been focusing on creating our own maze games. We have discussed what makes a good character along with how we can add in special effects and make our games more difficult. Take a look below and some of the finished products. We are incredibly proud of our games!
Callum and Francis
Maddie and Demi
Imogen and Freya
Mason and Kai B
I am yet to complete level nine!
Bobby S and Hollie
Olivia L and Jorgie
Bobby B and Kai
Syd and Clarke
We have just begun our new computing unit where we will be looking at creating our own games (in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!).
For today’s lesson, we focused on creating our own maze games with a sprite (character), backdrop and squares for the maze. We coded the game by creating an algorithm (a set of instructions) to follow.
When we were coding, we wanted to make sure the sprite moved across the backdrop and if it hit the squares it would bounce back. Take a look at our games below!
An Example of the Coding
Game Examples
Jorgie and Olivia
Mia and Oliva (You’ll need sound on for this one!).
Bobby and Hollie – Think carefully about how to move!
W – Forward
A – Right
D – Left
S – Down
Isabel and Chloe
Today, we have been working in groups to write setting descriptions about Diagon Alley. In our groups, we discussed all of the SPaG features we could include in our writing and tried to use them in the correct context. We have been focusing on:
This week, we have started our new science unit all about materials and their properties.
In our first lesson, we looked at different materials and their properties. We went around the classroom and tested different materials to see if they were
Take a look below at us conducting our experiment.
In our second lesson, we continued to look at different materials and we discussed what the difference between electrical conductors and electrical insulators are. We then investigated what the best electrical conductor would be for some spotlights by creating different circuits and using different metals to see which one made the light shine the brightest.
