The Witches' Spell

Today we began learning The Witches' spell by Macbeth. We are aiming to know it all by heart! It was hard for year 5 to learn it off by heart but we learned it. Then we did story maps in groups and performed it to the rest of the class. 

By Tommy-Lee

Intruder alarms!

Today we were set the challenge of creating a circuit to spot any burglars (especially the Vikings!) entering and stealing any gold. We has to use ou rknowledge of how a circuit works, to select the right equipment and construct the circuit. 

Our visit from Barnardo's

 This afternoon we were lucky enough to have a visit  from Barnardo's. This is part of our Young Leader's project. We learnt lots of facts about the founder  of Barnardo's called Thomas Barnardo. Barnardo's was  founded in 1866 and told us how they helped other  children in London where it first ever started. We were  told a story about a girl called Sophie who has been  helped by Barnardo's she was a young carer and had  no hot water she ate cold meals such as beans from a  tin. She had no friends and smelled bad before  Barnardo's helped her. We learnt about what an inspirational leader Thomas Barnardo was and what a difference he is still making today.
By Eriks and Joe

Our own manifestos!

This week in guided reading we have been learning all about the general election. This afternoon with Mrs Hough we created our own manifestos for the 2015 election. 

Here is how we got on...

Making circuits!

In science today we learned how to make 

circuits. This group have successfully light up a bulb. We had to connect wires to a battery pack filled with batteries  to a bulb holder.

Joe and Lydia, Blog Leaders

We also investigated whether the number of batteries changes the brightness of a bulb.  We used data loggers to measure the amount of the light from the bulbs. Light is measured in lux. 

Fitness!

Today, using team work, we created our own stations for a circuit.

We then had to present to the class instructions on how to complete our station.

Miss Palfreeman then timed us as we worked our way round each station!

Let the force be with you!

In Year 5 this half term we have been learning all about forces!
Here we began exploring if gravity is everywhere on Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then we began exploring the force friction and how it works.

We were given the challenge of being designers and designing a race track that would give the least amount of friction. We then used our measurement skills to see which material had the least amount of friction and therefore allowed the car to travel the furthest.

 What material do you think would be the best for a race track?

 

 

 

Finally, today we had to help Humpty Dumpty! We were learning all about air resistance and were designers for a new parachute that Humpty Dumpty could use to safely land from a high distance.