Visit to Toyota

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Today, we had an exciting trip across the other side of the A50 to visit the Toyota factory.  Although we were not able to go onto the production line, we made our own production line when we made our own Lego cars.  We also designed and made our own individual dream cars out of Lego which could be powered by anything which we liked!  The class got to have lunch in the staff canteen, and then we had loads of fun in the afternoon when we had to take lots of physical challenges which included using hammers to knock dents out of doors and we even got to build electric circuits to power indicators in a dashboard.  We had such a fantastic time.  Many thanks to Toyota for organising such a fantastic trip!

This entry was posted on May 17, 2016. 3 Comments

Ambiguity

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Today, we have been learning about ambiguity.  We looked at sentences which have double meanings – e.g. ‘I saw her duck’ (Did you see her pet duck, or did she see her bow down?)  Do you know any ambiguous sentences?  When Mr R went home after school and watched the news (after watching Topsy and Tim!) he saw the news headline ‘Bath Bomb’.  (Was there an article about a world war two bomb that had been found in Bath or was there an article about something which is put into the bath to make bubbles?)  Do you know any other ones?  Add these below by typing a comment here.  Two team points will be given to the person with the most ambiguous statements.

Year 5 Trip to Blithfield Education Centre

DSC00060Today, Year 5 went on a class trip to Blithfield Education Centre near to Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire.  We had a fantastic day and the weather stayed sunny all day!  In the morning, we split into three groups to carry out activities outdoors.  We went pond dipping, went bug hunting and bird watching which was really fun.  We managed to have our lunch outside and then spent the afternoon taking part in an engineering challenge of making a model water supply system.  A great day was had by all, and Mr R even allowed us to practice our singing on the coach on the way home.

Making Model Mountains

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This week, we have been learning all about parts of a mountain.  Instead of Mr R simply telling us, or us researching the information, we began to make our own mountains out of newspaper and modroc.  We then were able to see the following features of  the model mountains:  Cols, tarns, summits, crags, U-shaped and V-shaped valleys, waterfalls and cairns.  Here are some photos of our models whilst we were building them, before we painted them.

New Topics – Magnificent Mountains and Living Things

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Our new topic this half term is called ‘Magnificent Mountains’.  We will be learning all about how mountains are formed, where they are located and famous mountains around the world.  We will be working a lot with atlases and Ordnance Survey maps to locate mountains and will also be making our own mountain ranges in groups – this might get a little messy so we will have to work outside to build these!  Do you have any questions about mountains or anything which you would like to ask or learn about mountains?  Add a comment below so that this can be linked into the lessons which we carry out over the next few weeks.

We will also be learning about plants and why different plants have different coloured flowers.  Add a comment below if you would like a question about flowering plants to be investigated during the topic.

I hope you are enjoying your holidays and have not had too many chocolate eggs!  Keep sending the answers to the reversible and irreversible changes – there are some great ‘pointless’ answers so far so I will give team points to those people who send them into the blog.  Keep going with this!

This entry was posted on April 5, 2016. 7 Comments

The Year 5 Hoola Hoop Challenge

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This afternoon, we carried out our sponsored hoola hoop challenge.  We all hoola hooped for two minutes and in pairs, counted each other’s totals.  We then calculated the mean average of the number of hoola hoops which we did.  Overall as a class, in two minutes we managed a total of 5555 hoola hoops in two minutes.  This means that, individually, the mean average amount of hoola hooping each person carried out was 194.5 rotations.  The highest number of hoola hooping in two minutes was 354 though!  Even Mr R managed to hoola-hoop (in his own way – it was hilarious to watch!)

Well done to everyone who took part.  We raised a grand total of £196.25.  Many thanks to everyone who donated money and took part.  Well done Year 5!

This entry was posted on March 24, 2016. 3 Comments

Reversible and Irreversible Changes Homework

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As part of our homework over Easter, Mr R has asked us to collect 10 reversible and 10 irreversible changes.  Once these have been collected, post them onto the blog by adding a comment below.  Mr R will publish these on the last weekend of the holidays.  The 10 people who give an obscure answer (eg examples which nobody else have given – eg ‘Pointless’ answers) will each receive a team point.  Good luck!

This entry was posted on March 22, 2016. 7 Comments

Hoola-Hoop Challenge

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Just a quick reminder to all Year Five pupils that we shall be having our sponsored hoola-hoop challenge on Thursday afternoon.  Keep working on your hoola-hooping skills and collecting as much sponsorship money as you can!  Mr R can’t wait to hoola-hoop once again and show you all his amazing hoola-hooping skills!

Woolton Pie – Cookery in WW2

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Today, we have been making the World War Two recipe of Woolton Pie.  After watching a demonstration from Mr R last week, we wrote our own recipes for making the pie during Extended Writing.  Today, we tested the recipes out to see if they worked.  As a class, we made a total of three Woolton Pies and then tasted them once they were cooked.  2/3 of our class enjoyed the pie and would like to have it at home.  We have all decided that we would like to make the recipe at home.  (Here is a copy of the Woolton Pie recipe.)  Respond to this post if you do make it at home and let us know what other people think of the pie which you make!

Garden Designing

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Last week in Maths, instead of a test, Mr R gave us a Maths Rich Task to challenge us to apply our Mathematics understanding on area, perimeter and all four rules.  We were asked to design a new garden and patio area in school.  We were given a budget and, depending on the DIY shop we were asked to shop at, given different prices of items.  Using these prices and understanding of area and perimeter, we had to make sure that our garden designs stayed within budget.  We all really enjoyed the task and found it a fun way to apply our Maths skills and check whether we understood area, perimeter and all four calculation rules.Patio three