Hummingbird Class Gallery

Spring Term 1

Week 6

On Monday, we learnt to juggle! Mr Pryke came down to show off his skills and to be a 'blue' coach, in-line with our ReflectEd. The majority of us started the lesson off as 'red', which meant we didn't know anything about juggling. A few of us were 'yellow', which meant we knew a little about it but needed some more support. As the session went on, we found that we floated between the colours. When we became confident in the first step (which made us green) we then moved on to the next step, which meant many of us were back to being red/yellow again. This was a great session as it showed us that by breaking down a task into smaller steps, this allowed us to build on our perseverance and resilience.

Hummingbird - week 6

Week 5 and 6

In Geography, we have been exploring countries, time zones, climates and geographical features within the continent of North America. We worked in pairs and threes to produce a poster about a geographical feature. We used the Chrome books to research facts about the landmark and find out where it was located in North America.

Geography - North America

Week 4

During our Art lesson this week, we learnt a range of techniques that can be created when working with Indian ink. Using a paintbrush and a wooden skewer, we were able to create colour values (shades of colour after adding varying amounts of water to the ink), colour washes (where the ink bled into the water wash) and differing line widths and patterns.

After this exploration, we began to tried to create trees.

Our challenge was to confidently take risks in our sketchbook and explore what we could achieve when using ink!

Exploring with Indian Ink

Week Three

In Science, we have been exploring the properties of different materials. This week, we investigated electrical conductors and insulators. We made a circuit and then tested different materials. If the material conducted electricity, then the light bulb came on. We worked collaboratively in groups.

Investigating electrical conductors and insulators

Week Two

In English, we have been learning about explanation texts. We read some examples of how machines work, looking at the use of causal conjunctions, time conjunctions, technical vocab and rhetorical questions to hook the reader. Then we had a lot of fun creating our own machines for the areas we felt were most important: how to complete your homework easily, how to please your teacher and how to tidy your bedroom with ease. There was an incredible range of designs and we are looking forward to explaining how they would work next week.

Our Machines

Week One

This week, we have started a unit for Art called Mixed Media Land and City. We looked at the artists Vanessa Gardiner and The Shoreditch Sketcher and explored some of their artwork. In our sketchbooks, we produced a page about them.

Autumn Term 2

Week One

PSHE - Celebrating Differences

In PSHE this week, we have been learning about cultural diversity and played games from China and Europe. We celebrated differences and diversity within the UK.

Week Two

Guided Reading - Drama

In Guided Reading, we have been reading a text called 'Do Aliens Really Exist?' The text is about the controversy over whether aliens exist and how some people believe and others don't. The text talks about an incident in Roswell, USA. We practised interviewing each other and asking questions about what was seen. We could choose whether we were a skeptic or a believer.

Week Three

Viking Day - Hummingbirds

On Monday, Year 5 had an unforgettable Viking Day as our visiting experts bought history to life! The children looked fantastic in their costumes and spent the morning creating traditional Viking crafts before learning some battle formations. In the afternoon, the children became archaeologists, carefully digging through soil to uncover Viking artefacts and exploring what these discoveries could tell us about life in the past. It was a brilliant day of hands-on learning and adventure! A huge thank you to all the adult volunteers too!

Week Four

We have had a very busy week. We have finished our stories and published them in our Writing Journals and we have adding and subtracting mixed numbers in Maths. In Science, we learnt about night and day and in History thought about who might have been king after Edward the Confessor. In Music, we started our unit for singing and sang some Christmas songs. We are looking forward to sharing them with an audience on the 17th December.

Week 5

In PE this week, we played a range of team games. We mixed all 3 classes up and got into teams of around 10. We started off with a relay race where we tried to move a cone up and down an obstacle course using only our feet - this proved quite difficult! After this, we had to hold hands in our line and get a hoop from one end to the other without letting go; we were impressed with how easily some groups found this! Then we played the good-old 'over/under' game with a basketball. Finally, we put all these games together in an obstacle course and raced against each other. There was a lot of excitement and it was a very close race at the end!

Year 5 PE Games