Year 5: Blog items
Year 5 Home Learning Challenges Week 5, by Mrs Bale
Date: 2nd May 2020 @ 10:29pm
Hi Year 5,
Hope you're well and keeping safe.
We're still missing you lots and hope we can be together again very soon!
Here is another challenge from us that we hope you enjoy completing.
Take care,
The Year 5 team xx
Year 5 Home Learning Challenges Week 4, by Mrs Bale
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 2:40pm
Hi Year 5,
We hope you're all well and enjoying the sunshine!
We're missing you all and so hope that we can all be together again soon. In the meantime, here are a few more challenges to keep you busy over the next week!
Take care!
Year 5 Team
x
Year 5 Home Learning Challenges Week 3, by Mrs Bale
Date: 13th Apr 2020 @ 2:26pm
Create a Time Capsule
Why not create a time capsule that you can look back on with your family and friends in 10-20 years time. I’m sure they’ll be a few laughs, as well as some ‘wow, do you remember when’ moments to share!
Things you can include
- Photographs of your house, bedroom, garden, street, family
- Write a letter to your future self, tell yourself about what is happening in the world at the moment
- Include today’s newspaper/front page of the newspaper
- Trace around your hand on a blank page and date it
- Draw yourself or use a photograph and write your name, age, height, friends, favourite things, hobbies, hopes and dreams etc.
Making your time capsule
- Gather all you want to include and assemble your time capsule.
- If burying outside chose a material that won’t degrade e.g. air tight plastic or stainless steel box. If keeping inside use a shoe box or cardboard box.
- Label your box with your name and a date when the box can be opened.
- Now hide it away, and try not peek in it until the chosen date/year!
We would love to see your finished time capsules so please upload any photographs to the school Twitter or Facebook page.
Keep up those chess skills!
We have been so impressed with the chess skills we have seen from year 5 this year!
Can you create your own board and pieces and challenge (or teach) a family member?
Why not create a ‘beginners guide to chess’ booklet to teach your family how to play.
You could create a board using cardboard, cereal boxes or paper and you could create the pieces by drawing them on to paper, cutting them out of felt of fabric, using stones or why not get messy and have a go at making them out of salt dough (recipe linked here - https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-make-salt-dough-recipe).
To make your chess set unique, you could design your own pieces using inspired by the work we have been doing about Ancient Greece. Perhaps the knights could be Pegasus, the rooks could be columns and the pawns could be warriors.
Don’t forget to take some photographs and upload your games to the school Twitter or Facebook page.
Good luck!
Greek Island Hopping
It might be a while before we can think about travelling the world, but we can dream!
We’d like you to create an enticing brochure about travelling to Greece.
Firstly, think about how best to present your work, have a look at the images below for some inspiration, will you create a series of posters, a leaflet or a booklet?
Next, plan your trip:
- Chose 3 or 4 places to focus on starting with Athens and then moving to a few of the Greek Islands.
Information to include:
- Map of destination
- How to get there (is there more than one option?)
- How much it will cost
- Best landmarks to visit
- Food and drinks to enjoy
- Drawings or images
- Interesting facts about the place
As some of you may know, Greece is Mrs Bale’s favourite holiday destination, so she can’t wait to see the photographs of your finished brochures!
Keep fit and happy like Stavros Flatley!
Sticking with the Greek theme, watch this iconic and hilarious video of Stavros Flatley performing on Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=-_ou2tKKA3U.
Can you recreate the routine or come up with one of your own?
If you’re feeling brave, ask a family member to record you and upload it to our Twitter or Facebook page to keep us all smiling!
Year 5 Home Learning Challenges Week 2, by Miss Welsh
Date: 9th Apr 2020 @ 6:46pm
Hello Year Five,
We hope you are enjoying your learning at home and staying safe.
Its challenge time and this week the Olympics are here! We would like you to hold your own mini Olympics at home, think about what different events can all your family be involved with, what team will you be? Can you make a team banner? What about the prize?
Keep reading lovely stories with your family, practicing your times tables and keeping smiling, having fun with your family.
Don’t forget to share any work you create on the school twitter or Facebook page. Have a fantastic Easter and stay safe.
The year 5 team x
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/z36j7ty
https://www.theeverydaymomlife.com/craft-projects/go-gold-make-olympic-medals/
https://www.dltk-kids.com/sports/mleaf-crown.htm
https://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/olympicscraftsideasactivitieskids.html
Year 5 Home learning challenges week 1, by Miss Welsh
Date: 3rd Apr 2020 @ 1:51pm
Hello Year Five,
We hope you and your families are all well. We miss you all and we hope you are continuing your learning adventures at home. We hope you’re reading lots of lovely stories and enjoying using your home learning packs whenever you can. You have all learned so much this year, take this time to show everyone at home just how much you know.
Enjoy playing games and making new things with your families. Have lots of fun and spend some time each day thinking about what has made you laugh.
We can’t wait to see you all back at school, but until then we’ll keep in touch. Don’t forget to share any work you create on the school twitter or Facebook page.
The year 5 team x
World Book Day 2020, by Miss Welsh
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 3:19pm
Year 5 had an exciting World Book Day! We spent part of the morning with author David Webb. After being inspired we created our own story books. We also enjoyed reading and many other activities including a catwalk, to show off all of the fabulous costumes!
Elf Day - Year 5, by Miss Hogan
Date: 10th Dec 2019 @ 10:00am
Year 5 enjoyed celebrating National Elf Day in support of Alzheimer’s.
London Chess Classic, by Mrs Harris
Date: 6th Dec 2019 @ 8:37pm
Year 5 have had a fantastic time at the London Chess Classic today, winning 2 medals.
They have been to Buckingham Palace, Hamleys toy store, Nando’s for dinner and are currently on their way back in first class!!!
Wildlife Connections Year 5 Come and Share , by Miss Hogan
Date: 22nd Nov 2019 @ 9:34am
The future of our wildlife is in your hands...
This half term, the whole school is working with Chester Zoo on the Wildlife Connections Project.
To support this Year 5 have made hedgehog houses as part of their come and share to help the endangered species.
Have a look at our photographs....
Extreme Regions Homework Project , by Miss Hogan
Date: 5th Nov 2019 @ 11:38am
This term, Year 5 have been studying: Extreme Regions.
As part of their homework the children have designed and made models of an extreme region, as well creating some lovely written work.
Have a look at some of the photographs!
Coding , by Miss Hogan
Date: 8th Oct 2019 @ 2:00pm
Year 5 have started their coding topic and have been busy creating their own games using Scratch.
Features of an Information Text, by Miss Hogan
Date: 8th Oct 2019 @ 9:40am
This week, Year 5 will be writing an information text on Antarctica. Today, they have been investigating the features of an information text.
Perimeter , by Miss Hogan
Date: 4th Oct 2019 @ 11:49am
Year 5 have been learning all about finding the perimeter this week. Today, they enjoyed creating different figures on the iPads and finding the perimeter of each one.
The Tudor Family Tree , by Miss Hogan
Date: 11th Sep 2019 @ 1:56pm
Year 5 have enjoyed expanding their historical knowledge today learning all about Henry VIII's family tree.
We are Cryptographers , by Miss Hogan
Date: 17th Jun 2019 @ 2:45pm
This week, Year 5 have been working on their cryptography topic. They have been looking at different ways to communicate including: semaphore and morse code and have practised cracking codes.
The children have also looked at password security and the Ceasar Cipher - making their own cipher wheels and encrypting information.
The Empower Girls’ Chess Tournament 2019, by Miss Hogan
Date: 12th Jun 2019 @ 10:10am
Fifty girls from eight schools around Merseyside enjoyed the first Empower Girls Chess Tournament staged at Our Lady and St Edward’s on 10th June, organised by the school and the charity Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC).
The day was designed to inspire girls to play chess, a game usually dominated by boys, but less so on Merseyside where CSC teaches the game in the classroom, in over 20 schools, ensuring equal participation. The girls heard from Maria Eagle MP a former top junior chess player and other female chess players from Liverpool; talking about how playing chess at a young age helped them at school and in later life.
All of the girls participated in a tournament and faced an International Chess Master in a simultaneous display given by the CSC Chief Executive Malcolm Pein, a former British Junior champion, who played with Maria and her sister Angela for Merseyside.
All of the girls received a chess set and the book Checkmate by Garry Kasparov the greatest player in the history of the game.
Girls attended from:
Our Lady and St Edwards R C Primary School
St Bridget’s Primary School
William of York Primary School
New Brighton Primary School
Monksdown Primary School
Our Lady of Pity RC Primary School
Dawpoo Primary School
Greasby Junior School
Holy Trinity Primary School
Elaine Mc Gunigall (Head Teacher) commented:
As part of our new venture, Our Lady and Saint Edwards (Year 5) have been working with Chess in Schools and Communities for the past year.
The impact of learning how to play chess on the children's' confidence and their attitude to learning has been far beyond our expectations and resulted in the Governors agreeing to roll out chess, next year, across the whole of Key Stage 2.
Not only have the children embraced learning the skills required to play chess, but also a range of life-skills including: resilience, logical thinking, the consequences of their choices and the tools for reflecting on their actions.
We are absolutely delighted to be hosting the UK Girls Empower Tournament and continuing to inspire young girls.
Malcolm Pein commented:
Liverpool has a fine chess tradition. We hope we can produce another British Women’s Champion like Woman Grandmaster Sheila Jackson who attended Broad Square Primary School. We are delighted to hold this, the first event of its kind in the UK in Liverpool and look forward to seeing many girls amongst the prize winners at St Georges Hall later this month.
About Chess in Schools and Communities:
Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC) is a UK charity whose mission is to improve children’s educational outcomes and social development by introducing them to the game of chess. Founded in 2009, CSC now runs over 1,000 projects across the UK in schools, libraries and prisons including weekly lessons at 22 schools in Merseyside. CSC also organises an annual tournament every June at St Georges Hall and a world-class tournament, the London Chess Classic each December.
For more information visit: Chessinschools.co.uk.
We Are Bloggers, by Miss Hogan
Date: 12th Jun 2019 @ 9:47am
This week, Year 5 have been creating their own blogs. They started by researching existing blogs and looking at the features of the blog. The children are very excited to be writing their own blogs on the laptops based on what they did during the themed voting and Parliament week.
Voting and Parliament , by Miss Hogan
Date: 7th Jun 2019 @ 3:05pm
This week, Year 5 have even learning about parliament and voting as part of their thematic.
The children have created information sheets on Parliament and the 4 main political parties as well as creating their own manifesto for why they should become the Year 5 MP.
We had a special visit from Frank Field who shared with the children what life was like as an MP and he answered all of children's questions.
The Big Splash, by Miss Hogan
Date: 4th Jun 2019 @ 11:40am
Year 5 have been learning about the great artist: David Hockney.
This has included making inferences and researching facts about Hockney. The children have also annotated his art work with what they notice, wonder and can opine.
Year 5 are looking forward to recreating The Big Splash...
The Pond, by Miss Hogan
Date: 23rd May 2019 @ 11:59am
Following Year 5’s pond dipping trip to Wirral Country Park, they created pond related art work. Have a look at some examples above.
Year 5 Grammar, by Miss Hogan
Date: 23rd May 2019 @ 11:55am
Today, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about relative pronouns and relative clauses in a practical way based on our class read: The Sword in the Stone.
Under the Sea Year 5 and Year 1 Shared Learning, by Miss Hogan
Date: 20th May 2019 @ 3:19pm
This afternoon, Year 5 have been teaching Year 1 about animals that live in the different oceans using the PowerPoints that they made.
We started the session by dancing along with super movers under the sea.
Jumbulance Leaves for Lourdes, by Miss Hogan
Date: 15th May 2019 @ 1:48pm
Jumbulance!
The Jumbulance Trust exists to make accessible travel possible for adults and children who are disabled or have a serious or complex health condition. They offer groups and individuals the opportunity to take holidays, short breaks or a day out in the UK or Europe by providing special part coach / part ambulances called Jumbulances.
Our Lady and Saint Edwards have the privilege of waving off the Jumbulance and its VIPs as they embark on their pilgrimage to Lourdes.
We are honoured to have been chosen to participate in this great event. Year 5 have made cakes for the VIPs to take on their journey to Lourdes, decorating them with hope and love. We have also made prayer cards for the VIPs to take to the grotto in Lourdes and we hope our prayers bring them strength whilst on their pilgrimage. We wish the VIPs well on their journey, and can’t wait to make contact with them whilst they are travelling. We all wish we have the chance one day to visit Lourdes. Good luck, stay strong and we can’t wait to welcome you back on your return. Au Revoir.
The jumbulance will leave school at 11am on Thursday.
Marvellous Maths , by Miss Hogan
Date: 15th May 2019 @ 12:16pm
Year 5 have been enjoying using the new iPads during their maths lesson.
They can access the website at home by using the following link:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/429
Storytelling Workshop Creeping Toad , by Miss Hogan
Date: 29th Mar 2019 @ 2:49pm
Creeping Toad Visits Our Lady and Saint Edwards
The children have been working with storyteller and artist Gordon MacLellan (better known as Creeping Toad) to explore our topic Trip of a Lifetime.
The day has included listening to stories about people, animals and natural features – from around the world and the children have made their own pop-up story.
