Scientific Enquiry

Maple class have been exploring different types of scientific enquiry.

We had to work out what a survey is, how we classify, carry out fair tests, investigate over time, look for patterns and use secondary sources.

 

Music

Year 5 were really excited to welcome back Mrs Vincent.  She taught us some new songs and music games.  We really enjoyed using instruments to explore pulse and rhythm.

Welcome to Year 5

Hello and welcome to Year 5!

We are really looking forward to working with you this year and have lots of exciting things planned.

Here is an overview of what we will be learning about this term:

Here are the KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts) for this term.

Please do not hesitate in contacting a member of the Year 5 team if you have any questions.

Mrs Lee (Maple Class) and Mr Young (Willow Class).

 

Pop Lacrosse

Half of Year 5 went over to the Marsh to take part in a Pop Lacrosse fitness session.

The children worked really hard all afternoon and showed exceptional sportsmanship!

Well done Year 5 🙂

Computing – Mars Rover

In our Computing lessons this term we have been learning all about the Mars Rover – Curiosity. We learnt how this machine is able to input, analyze and output data, sending its findings back to Earth with the use of binary code.

In this week’s lesson we learnt about the CPU and how it is a little bit like the computers brain. We learnt that computers are able to process codes (which are written in binary) and use this to follow instructions. 

​Then, we went outside and thought a bit more about how this works.  In pairs, one of us pretended to be Curiosity while the other was the technician back on Earth. The technician had to give the rover a certain amount of code (information) at a time and then the rover had to follow it. If the rover found a problem the technician had to edit their code to help the rover. 

We then learnt about giving conditional instructions and linked this back to our learning on Scratch.