This week we hosted Lee Hayward, a cyber-safety consultant. His presentation to us was about spotting the signs of fake social media content and the dangers that accompany this, and how to keep ourselves safe by not making friends/ communicating with unknown individuals.

We then spent time during a PDL lesson reinforcing the learning we gained in our Cyber Safety talk. We discussed how we could stay safe in scenarios set for us; we responded to ‘Poppy’s diary’ with words of wisdom and then created cyber safety posters giving our top tips for staying safe online.

Reminders:

5E will need their PE kits for Monday’s lesson.

Homework and Reading Journals are due in this Thursday (3rd February).

Enjoy the weekend,

The Year 5 Team

Our spring term continues with the start of our swimming lessons and with the children learning about space.

After a few nervous butterflies, the children are really loving our swimming lessons and we can really tell the difference in water confidence and technique in just three lessons. Being confident in and around water is one of the most important skills we can give to our children and Year 5 have been showing great courage, resilience and enthusiasm to become more skilled each week. It is always a joy to watch this progress. The photos are of our first swimming lesson and these will be compared to the photos from our last swimming lessons to show the children how much progress they have made.

Our new science topic learning about Space has really sparked curiosity and excitement from the children. This was enhanced by our Winchester Science trip last week. We have been learning about our solar system and how and why the planets orbit the sun. Lots of questions have been asked and like the universe, one question leads onto infinite other questions. I would encourage your child to explore the following website – a brilliant, interactive way of travelling around the entire universe exploring and learning about planets, stars, constellations, asteroids and much more.

https://www.solarsystemscope.com/

Reminders:

PE kits to be worn Wednesday 26th January for PE with CM Sports.

Thursday 27th January – Swimming for 5SC.

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 5 Team

We visited Winchester Science Museum on Tuesday this week as part of our Space Topic and to support the curriculum work we are doing in Science. While there, we explored the space section downstairs and enjoyed trying out the exhibits upstairs. Our Rocket Workshop allowed us to create our own rockets, which we powered by a gas being lit. We had to see how far they could travel. Sitting in the Planetarium was out of this world! We learnt a huge number of facts and loved the feeling of travelling through space in order to see the other planets and beyond.

Have an enjoyable weekend,

The Year 5 Team