Year 5: Blog items

Year 5 - Number Knowledge

Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 9:21am

This week, pupils in year 5 have been recalling, and building on their knowledge of place value and the number system. We have been working with numbers up to 1,000,000 - writing them in figures and words. Pupils have used Base 10, place value charts and whole - part models to represent numbers.

Year 5 - Solar System Science

Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 9:17am

As part of our science journey into space, we have learned about the different planets in our solar system and how they orbit the Sun. In this lesson, we went outside and made a scale model to represent the distances between the planets. 

Year 5 - Forest School

Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 3:01pm

This week, the children in year 5 have had the first of their three summer Forest School lessons. After exploring the wild area and picking all of the fruit from the trees, pupils worked together to build dens, clear the pond area and find small animals that have moved in over the summer. Pupils had a great time and can't wait until next week!

Year 5 - Typography Topic

Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 2:56pm

This week, the pupils in year 5 have begun their art journey which is all about typography and maps. Typography is the creation of aesthetically pleasing and legible letters. In this lesson, pupils learned about how printed letter fonts have evolved over the past 2000 years. We then created our own letters using a variety of shapes.

Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition

Date: 19th Jul 2023 @ 12:06pm

Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition

One of our year 5 pupils, Sophie W, has been chosen as a winner of the Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition. Her fantastic pencil drawing of Blackpool Tower will be used to make their new Children and Families Plan look and feel more exciting. Well done, Sophie!

Year 5 - Electrical circuits

Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 12:04pm

This week the pupils in year 5 have been busy creating a steady hand game. Pupils had to make a circuit by connecting wires, a 9v battery and a buzzer, then add this to a wire maze and wand. All of the groups successfully made a working game. We then evalutated and discussed how we could improve our products if we made them again.

Year 5 - PGL mixed photos

Date: 11th Jul 2023 @ 5:35pm

Year 5 - PGL day 3

Date: 11th Jul 2023 @ 5:12pm

Year 5 - PGL 2

Date: 11th Jul 2023 @ 5:09pm

Year 5 - PGL Day 1

Date: 11th Jul 2023 @ 7:23am

Year 5 - Author Visit

Date: 7th Jul 2023 @ 3:46pm

Today we were visited by children's author, James Harris. James entertained the whole school with a fantastic assembly and told us about himself and the books he has written. This afternoon, children in year 5 spend time with James and found out more about how he became a published author. We also used some of his methods to create interesting monsters, which we then made up stories about. 

Year 5 - Heritage Day

Date: 4th Jul 2023 @ 10:40am

For Boundary’s Heritage Day 2023, we were asked to answer the question, 'Why did Boundary become a popular tourist resort?' We discovered lots of interesting facts about our town's history, including that in the 1930s the town had over 10 million visitors per year! We presented our finding on a google slideshow and shared these with the rest of the school in an assembly. 

Year 5 - Wheelchair Rugby

Date: 30th Jun 2023 @ 4:58pm

Year 5 have had an exciting end to Health Week. This afternoon, pupils were given the opportunity to experience wheelchair rugby. Coaches from Wigan Warriors came to explain the rules and give us some tips. Moving the wheelchairs was hard at first but week soon got the hang of it. The sport is very fast, frantic and most of all fun!

YEAR 5 - School Nurse Visit

Date: 30th Jun 2023 @ 10:06am

Today, pupils in year 5 were visited by the school nurse. We learned about healthy eating and what different food groups provide for our bodies to use. Pupils then carried out an activity to investigate how much sugar was in some of their favourite snacks. 4g of sugar is equivalent to 1 tea spoon - the amount of sugar in some of the snacks was shocking. Pupils were surprised to find out how much sugar was in fruit juices and milkshakes... and even in flavoured water!

Year 5 - Sports Day 2023

Date: 30th Jun 2023 @ 9:59am

Year 5 had a great morning at Aspire Academy for their sports day. They took part in a range of events from sprinting to javelin. All of the children displayed great teamworking and sportsmanship skills and had a great time. A huge 'thank you' to Mrs Webster and Mr Perkins for organising the event, to the pupils from Aspire who helped to run each activity and to all the parents who came to support the pupils.

Year 4 - Takeover Day

Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 11:57am

What a great morning! Today was Year 5's Takeover Day. In Year 4, our teachers, Miss Shepherd, Miss Lewis and Miss Morrison, taught us lines of symmetry in Maths, how to back up our answers with evidence using the text in Guided Reading and figurative language in Reading into Writing. The teachers were helped out throughout the morning by Miss Roberts and Mr Butterfield. Well done Year 5! You did a great job and showed so many characteristics such as confidence and enthusiasm. 

Year 5 Takeover Day Success!

Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 11:48am

Year 5 Takeover Day Success!
 
Throughout the day Year 5 have been doing a wonderful job learning what it takes to have a real job. The reporters have been interviewing pupils and mini teaching staff; Mrs. Rose says that she wouldn't change anything about this Take Over Day. Children told us that they have had a great time, the Deputy Head Teacher's were invloved with lesson observations, the Admin Team were taking phonecalls and ensuring classes had the correct letters to take home (and that the lunches for next week were ordered!). Mr. Perkins our Sports Coach enjoyed having his Year 5 helpers, telling us "the Year 5 mini teachers were very organised and I would let them do it more often". Mrs. Farley, who had John from Year 5 as her mini teacher, has even given him a regular job that he will now perform on a daily basis, helping to set up the outdoor area in Reception!
Overall the day has been a great success - with feedback from the adults who have the real jobs saying that this has probably been the best Take Over Day yet!

Year 5 - Careers Fair

Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 10:50am

The children in Year 5 had the opportunity to talk about a variety of careers such as Tysons, Eric Wright, different roles throughout the NHS at Blackpool Teaching Hospital, a captain of a ship, Blackpool Business Project Manager and discussing sustainability with Inspired. Kirsty and Ida, from Inspired, kindly donated 100 flower bombs for Boundary to plant too. The children thoroughly enjoyed their morning learning about these different occupations and it has given them an insight into a future that they would like to have for themselves. Another huge thank you to everyone who was involved!

Year 5 - World Music Day 2023

Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 10:46am

To celebrate World Music Day 2023, Year 5 learned about music from mainland Europe. We located Spain, Italy and Ukraine on a world map and talked about their history and influences. We listened to and appraised music from these countries, and children discussed what they liked and disliked. Pupils then created a page in their art sketchbooks to show what they had learned and how they felt when they listened to the music.

Year 5 - Now Press Play: Pompeii

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:23pm

To support the learning in our geography unit : Volcanoes and Earthquakes, the pupils in year 5 completed an immersive experience using the Now Press Play resource. The children were dropped into a story set in Roman times, where they witnessed the deverstating eruption of the volcano which burried the city of Pompeii in 79AD. This also linked to learning about the Roman Empire, which children completed in year 4.

Year 5 - Sketching Practise

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:17pm

This afternoon we practised our observational drawing skills. We made careful observations of real life objects and used pencils to sketch items that were found on the beach. 

Year 5 - Farm Visit

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:10pm

Today are children were treated to a visit from Fishers Farm. The children met a variety of farm animals and learned lots about each one. We all had great fun spending time with the animals and stroking them. A lucky few managed to groom some of them too!!

Year 5 - Stormy Cinquains

Date: 18th May 2023 @ 3:43pm

This week year 5 have begun their poetry journey by looking at didactic cinquain poems. After reading several examples, pupils identified the features, layout and language of cinquain poems and discussed what they liked and disliked about them. In this lesson, pupils worked together to create a cinquain poem about a thunderstorm before working with a partner to create a beach-themed poem. 

Year 5 - Crazy Compositions

Date: 18th May 2023 @ 2:59pm

Building on our learning so far this term, pupils composed a tune to play over the top of a 'K pop' backing track, called 'Look into the Night'. The track has a 4:4 time signature and pupils were asked to use a 5 note scale in C. We had a great time creating and listening to our own 'K pop' songs!

Year 5 - Zoo Visit

Date: 15th May 2023 @ 4:53pm

What an amazing day at Blackpool Zoo! The pupils all had a fantastic time, their behaviour was a credit to the school and their families, and they walked there and back again without a moan. We saw many of the wonderful animals, including: ring-tailed lemurs, monkeys, giraffes and a close-up with the red panda, and we also had talks from the zoo's education team about sea lions, elephants and penguins. Khari the lion has been returned to Blackpool zoo into his new enclosure, and has been out exploring for the first time this week. It was great to see him back again!

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