Welcome to the Year 5 Class Page

Mrs Grannon, Mr Ivers and Mrs Prestwich welcome you all to Year 5! We have got lots of exciting topics from the Islamic Civilisation to Shackleton's incredible story on Endurance. Have a look at our page to find out what we are learning about each half term. 

Here are some pictures of our classroom!

English - Reading (Autumn 1)

We loved reading our first book in Year 5 'There's a boy in the girls bathroom'.

We enjoyed it so much, we decided to read 'Holes' which was also written by Louis Sachar. We loved the mystery and how everything linked together at the end. 

Art

Year 5 created stunning space-themed artwork inspired by Alexei Leonov — the first person to walk in space and a talented artist. Their creations are truly out of this world! 

Maths

We like to learn lots of our maths with practical games. Here we were doing 'shuffle board' rounding!

PSHE

In PSHE, we often team up in groups to talk through scenarios and try out role-plays. Today we’re learning about what makes a good friend by spotting ‘green flags,’ as well as identifying ‘red flags’ and how to handle them.

English

We have loved exploring Shackleton’s incredible journey of survival in our English lessons. Each of us was assigned a crew member, allowing us to experience the expedition through their perspective as we read. We wrote diary entries based on our characters, letters to loved ones and even created motivational speeches, imagining ourselves as Shackleton as we watched the Endurance collapse under the ice. We are looking forward to writing a Newspaper report about the day we were rescued.

Geography

In our Geography lessons, we are exploring the Polar region of Antarctica through an enquiry based on Shackleton’s 1914–17 Endurance Expedition. We are planning our own expedition to Antarctica after we had mapped and plotted the route of the Endurance expedition. 

RE

We had a call from Miss Muqtadir, an Islamic teacher at a school in Dubai. She told us about the Umrah and her experiences of it. We also got to ask her lots of questions about different rituals people perform in the Hajj and Umrah.