Welcome to Year 5

I am looking forward to working with you all this year! Keep an eye on this page for updates about our learning and useful information about what is happening in school.  Pop back and visit often to see what we have been up to!

Please remember:

•  All uniform, PE kit, coats and wellies should be labelled.
• Coats, filled water bottles and book bags should be in school everyday.
• For morning playtime children may bring 25p to spend at the tuckshop or bring their own healthy snack - absolutely no nuts please.

*Dance on Friday will replace our indoor PE for Autumn 2.

Autumn 2:

Our visit to Stockport Air Raid Shelters:

We had a fantastic time visiting the air raid shelters in the centre of Stockport to support our learning focus: WW2.

While we were there, we got to experience what a night in the shelters would have been like. We explored the tunnels, visited the sick-bay and nurses station, and even saw the toilets... yuck! Later, we practised putting on our gas masks and visited the clothing exchange. Here, we learnt practised doing our househild chores. Shh, don't tell our grown-ups!

Autumn 1:

This half-term we have been diving into a range of topics.

History: investigating WW2 and the impact of this on Britain, as well as the hardships faced by others across Europe and further afield.

Computing: coding and programming MicroBits to complete different functions.

Art: exploring form through drawing and analysing the work of Henry Moore.

RE: discussing our Big Question: 'Why do some people believe in God?'

RE: 'Why do people believe in God?'

This term, we will be investigating our Big Question: 'Why do people believe in God?'

Part of our journey has been to look at arguments that a Theist may have to prove God's existence. We went outside to collect different things found in nature and examined them to see if we could find evidence of an 'intelligent designer'. 

We were amazed by the detail we could see up-close! Take a look:

Art: Henry Moore Sculptures

We have been exploring form through drawing this half-term - focusing on Henry Moore's WW2 shelter sketches.

We then progressed to making our very own Moore-inspired sculptures using wire and modroc. We concentrated on showing emotion through the form of the figures and kept the faces anonymous, just as Moore did.

They look quite haunting, sombre and really capture the feeling of war. Have a look at our works-in-progress: