A massive well done to all Year 5 children for making their evacuation satchels this past week. They are going to look fantastic on our WW2 Deep learning day after half term! We have some incredibly talented sewers in Year 5!

A huge thank you to all of the parents who were able to help – you made it a true success!

Have a chat with your child about what experiment they conducted?

What did they find out? (Conclusion)

What do they wonder?

Welcome to Year 5!

The last two weeks have whizzed by with the children settling so well into the new routines and expectations of Year 5. In English, the children have been enjoying reading Letters from the Lighthouse and writing about Little Freak using figurative language. In maths, the children have been fantastic at demonstrating their place value knowledge and rounding skills. In RE, the children have been reflecting on our school’s Mission Statement and what it means to them. In Science, we have really enjoyed experimenting to discover soluble materials. We have also enjoyed learning to play a ukulele in music, symmetric and asymmetric balances in gymnastics and finding out the cause of WW1 and what countries were involved. It has been a very busy few weeks of very successful learning!

Please remember that Home learning is due on Fridays.

Enjoy your weekend!

Year 5 team

What a fantastic day of tennis we had at our school’s inter-house competition! The sun was shining brightly, casting a warm glow over the courts as four houses – Oscar Romero, Mother Theresa, St Mary, and St John Paul- battled it out for the top spot.

The competition was fierce, with each house showing excellent sportsmanship and teamwork. The standard of play was extremely high, with all players demonstrating exceptional accuracy and control of their tennis racquets. We were particularly impressed with the number of precise shots and clever volleys that were executed throughout the day.

In the end, it was St Mary House that emerged victorious, taking home the top prize. John Paul House came in second place, with Oscar Romero House claiming third position. Mother Theresa House put up a great fight but unfortunately finished in fourth place.

Despite the competitive nature of the competition, there were only a couple of balls that went over the fence – but even those were quickly retrieved by our enthusiastic ball boy – Mr Mack!

The Year 6 students did an outstanding job as umpires, ensuring that the matches ran smoothly and fairly. Their enthusiasm and knowledge of the game were impressive, and they did a great job of keeping the players focused and on track.

We are thrilled to have had such a fantastic afternoon and to see everyone having so much fun while showcasing their tennis skills. It left everyone feeling tired but proud. Well done to all participants and congratulations to Red House on their winning performance!

Today we had a very important visit from Lee Haywood to tell us all about keeping ourselves healthy and safe on the internet. We learnt all about the damaging effects of excessive use of devices and how popular apps damage our mental health and how they do this. The children were in absolute shock with the new knowledge that they have learnt and they are looking for to educating you at home with their new expert knowledge about how to keep safe online! Thank you for your visit Lee!

Today in assembly, we recognised the amazing effort that Year 5 put in to our swimming lessons and sponsored swim with a presentation of the money collected from all of Year 5. A representative from the charity ‘Simon Says’ came into school for the presentation. A huge congratulations to all of year 5 for an amazing sense of stewardship in helping others! You are amazing!

When entering the classroom this week, the pupils found a mysterious note. In brown marker it read ‘Now you have got what you deserve! ha ha ha’ The pupils put on their detective hats to find out who was the culprit! The children had to think of a way to fairly test the different brown markers in the classroom and who they belonged to. That way we could find the person who wrote the suspicious note.

They came up with an enquiry which used their discplinary skills and recalling their year 5 learning on mixtures and substances. They decided to use chromotography paper to seperate the soluble. They added a solvent onto the paper and watched the ink seperate. We could see which pigments where more attracted to the solvent as they followed up with the water unlike the reddish pigment that was more attracted to the paper.

The young detectives could then see the patterns, similarities and differences between the brown markers. They recorded their observations, hypothesised over their results and came up with a conclusion. Using their built evidence they presented their information to a judge who convicted the criminal.

Fantastic work guys!

A few polite reminders for next week –

• Year 5 will be taking part in Mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Waterlooville on Tuesday 30th April. If you would like to join mass and/or walk to the church with us, please drop the school office an email.
• Homework is due on Tuesday 30th April. Also keep up with the reading passports!
• PE is on Wednesday. Please ensure pupils are wearing the correct pe kits.

Have a fantastic rest of your week!

Year 5 Team

Well done year 5 on your creative space home learning over the half term! You were all able to discover some fantastic facts about the eight planets in our solar system. You have all learned so much! 5D thoroughly enjoyed watching some children’s PowerPoints. See photos below.

We were lucky enough to be visited by Gary who gave us a chance to visit space through a VR headset. It was wonderful experience as we got to explore Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and then got a quick summary of Neptune, Uranus and the 5 dwarf planets. An AI came with us on our journey through Space teaching us everything a scientist knows, we also learnt how many moons each individual planet has. It was a spectacular adventure and we are so grateful that we got to do it.

By Amelia and Molly

Carl and Gemma the PCSO’s visited us on the 5^th February and talked about how on the 29^th February we will be doing a speed operation. They taught us different road signs and what they all mean to drivers, they then asked us a series of questions like “who’s parents drives them to school. They showed us a roleplay which helped us to understand it a bit more. We will be using a speed gun to examine driver’s speeds and if they go over 30mph they shall be pulled over and asked a survey of questions. We then got to ask the PCSO’s any questions we had to reassure ourselves.

Take care of your speed!

By Amelia and Molly