Year 5
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Welcome to Year 5
2024 -2025
The children really enjoyed sharing their fantastic pop-up books with the Year 1 children.
Engaging with the character, Philippe Petit from our English text 'The Man Who Walked Between The Twin Towers'.
Steve, a Christian, visited the classroom to help us answer our Questful RE topic question: how and why do Christians read the Bible?
A super start to learning in Year 5!
Year 5 trip to Dove Cottage
Year 5 had a lovely day at Dove Cottage learning all about William and Dorothy Wordsworth. It is such a lovely place!
Year 5 Sports day Photos
Year 5 had THE best day at Cockermouth School! We took part in an outstanding Harry Potter themed Science day. Have a look at our pictures to see what we got up to...
Year 5 had the pleasure of Clare Lane from Starchaser joining us in school to talk all things space! We had a great morning learning about our solar system, the different planets and how technology has advanced to help us learn more about our planets.
Stargazing episodes
Year 5 have been working in groups to create their very own ‘stargazing episode’. These episodes are very informative and share lots of information that the children have learnt throughout our ‘Earth and Space’ science topic.
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DT - Meet the Doodlers
Year 5 have been busy making their very own doodler. The children worked in groups to design and create a doodler. They discussed the function and the key components needed to make this work. Including creating a circuit to power their motor. We’ve had lots of fun!
Doodler in action!
Gymnastics
We have been loving our gymnastics unit lead by Mrs Rudman. The children have used a range of apparatus, have learnt about counter balance and counter tension and how to incorporate these balances into a routine linking with their partner or group. We have learnt about the importance of being silent when we perform and ensuring our fingers and toes are pointed to look professional. The children have also evaluated each others performances, providing positive and constructive criticism.
The Great Barrier Reef
We have been exploring the importance of oceans in our Geography topic this term. The children have been learning about The Great Barrier Reef and the effects that humans are having on our coral. This has caused some outrage within the class and has inspired the children to create posters to share with the rest of the school.
Investigating the effects of air resistance!
Today, we have been investigating the effects of air resistance. The children created 3 different types of parachutes using different materials to test this. We discussed which variables we would change and which we would keep the same to ensure a fair test. We have had a very fun afternoon!
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Local artist day 2023
The local artist we decided to study was Ruby Keller. The children researched his work and spent the day recreating one of his famous pieces. The children have done an amazing job!
Lockerbie Manor Residential 2023
Year 5 have had the best time on their residential! The children engaged in 9 different activities that involved team work, bravery and challenging themselves! Although the weather was wet we didn't let it dampen our spirits! I am very proud of each and every one of them for pushing themselves out of their comfort zones and setting a great example for our school.
DT - pop up books
Year 5 have spent weeks creating their pop up books for the Year 1 children. Each pop up book had a lever and slider mechanism and a page with a pop up feature. The children planned their books and took their time to ensure detail was included and that they were suitable for their target audience.
Today, we shared their completed books with the Year 1 class and received some very positive feedback!
Netball
Year 5 were lucky enough to have Mr Woodcock, a PE teacher from Cockermouth School, visit this morning to teach the children netball. Year 5 enjoyed learning the different skills needed and applying these to a game of netball.
React Science Show!
Today, Year 5 attended a science show at Lakes College. The focus of this show was on endangered 'ugly animals' and how they are ignored because they aren't cute! The children were taught about so many different 'ugly animals' and what made them amazing. We had a lot of fun.
Properties of materials
Today, Year 5 have been testing the properties of materials. We decided to test flexibility, hardness, magnetism, transparency and permeability. We had a discussion as a class on how to test these, ensuring that each test was a fair test.
