Year 5

Homework Activities

Year 5:

Weekly reading target (should be about 20 minutes at a time, minimum of 4 times a week)
Spellings for weekly test (see homework diary for how well they did)
Mental maths practice for weekly test (see Home School Record for how well s/he did)
Maths homework once a week
Additional maths/English tasks where necessary
Doodlemaths at least 3 times and at least 30 stars per week

Class Rules

In Year 5 we agree to:

Work hard, always making sure we try our best
Respect everyone in our school
Be safe, looking after ourselves and other people
Be responsible for all your own equipment, including your P.E. kit
Wear proper school uniform and look after it
Remember to do your homework and bring it on time
Be on time for school and have excellent attendance
Be truthful, friendly and polite
Have excellent behaviour inside and outside the classroom

Year 5 have been learning about forces in Science. They used the parachute to explore gravity and air resistance.

Video of outside parachute.MOV

Year 5 then they made own parachutes to find out how the size of the canopy affected the time it took to land. Watch the slo-mo videos of our parachutes.

Video of inside parachute.MOV

Video of inside 2.MOV

Year 5 have been using paint effects and silhouettes to produce Blitz pictures.

Year 5 have been using paint effects and silhouettes to produce Blitz pictures. 3

Mrs Wallis, who is a STEM Ambassador and works at BAE, came in to work with Year 5 on their forces topic. We made Stomp rockets, built structures using wine gums and made Harrier Hawks to investigate air resistance.

Year 5 have been learning to dance the Charleston in PE – They will soon be appearing on Strictly come dancing!

Year 5 have been studying the work of Clarice Cliff and then designing and making their own plates out of clay. They have used the same features as Cliff did in her work.

Year 5 have been using their maths to measure and weigh out ingredients for their Christmas cakes. They were converting kilograms to grams and reading scales in millilitres and grams. They worked together in groups, following the recipes and learning new baking techniques.

Don’t forget to ask your mums and dads whether you can bake some tasty treats at home to keep practicing your skills!

They decorated their cakes and then used more maths to make a box that would fit.

Year 5 have been combining their knowledge of levers in Science with their D and T skills and making a Christmas card that moves. Behind each card there is a complicated lever mechanism.

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