Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School

Year 5 2024-25

 

Welcome to our Headline of the week. This will give you a small taster of some of the learning taking place in your child’s class.

We hope you enjoy reading our Headlines each week.

28/02/25 

In geography, the children located and labelled different mountain ranges in different areas of the world.

14/02/25  

In maths, the children played a place value game involving numbers up to 3 decimal places!

07/02/25

In science, the children tested out different materials to find out whether they were soluble or insoluble

31/01/25 

In DT the children were testing different seasonal foods, rating them on their appearance, smell and taste!

24/01/25 

In SPAG, children looked up the meaning of certain words and phrases and learned about  Active and Passive voice.

17/01/25 

In science, the children learned how to describe the properties of different materials. As you can see, they played a game where they needed to describe material to the class.

10/01/25 

In English, the children used their inference skills to answer questions about a character from a new text entitled ‘Children of the Benin Kingdom’ by Dina Orji

20/12/24 

For Chanukah week, Year 5 created a class collage depicting Chanukah customs around the world.

13/12/24 

In science, the children took part in shadow investigations where they made predictions, wrote methods and conclusions.

06/12/24 

In art, the children began to draw out their own Greek Pottery designs using oil pastels and black pens.

29/11/24  

In English and history, the children created an information poster based on gathering research of Greek themes such as Greek: art, entertainment, gods/goddesses, festivals, music etc .

22/11/24  

In PSHE, we have been learning how to make meaningful connections towards one another.

11/10/24 

In DT, the pupils developed their own marble runs using each of the techniques they learned over the past few weeks. The results were amazing!

27/09/24 

In DT, Year 5 developed a range of practical skills to support them with making bends in their marble run test models.

20/09/24 

In English, Year 5 planned and wrote diary entries from the perspective of Varjak Paw. They incorporated similes and metaphors in their writing to give the reader a sense of the character’s emotions as well as the surroundings.

 

13/09/24 

In Geography, Year 5 used atlases to find different cities and rivers in Europe. They learned how to search for places using an index page.

28/02/25 

In music, the children learnt some exciting new songs for a purim performance.

14/02/25 

In computing, Year 5 have been uplevelling their maze games on Scratch.

07/02/25 

In English, Year 5 drew a key scene from the book we have been reading in the classroom- The children of the Benin kingdom.

31/01/25 

As a result of a child earning a new dojo reward, the pupils were taught basketball skills such as dribbling and shooting.

24/01/25 

In English, the pupils spent the week editing and redrafting their survival guides- they turned out amazing!

17/01/25 

In PSHE, the pupils participated in a workshop about Growth Mindset. This workshop explained how to set and reach goals, calm your feelings and share aspirations for the future.

10/01/25 

In ICT, the pupils were introduced to FLOWOL and practised how to create an algorithm.

20/12/24 

To revise our spellings, Year 5 played Hangman and Noughts and Crosses, using our words from previous spelling lists.

13/12/24  

In art, the children finished making their Greek Vases using orange card and oil pastels.

06/12/24 

In JS, the children learned how to write their own D’var Torah by using QR codes to research the Parasha for this week.

29/11/24 

The children sang bensching with Miss Zairi, where they participated and followed along really well!

22/11/24 

In maths, the children have learned how to make squared and cubed numbers using counters and unifix

 

11/10/24 

As we are in Black History Month, the children created posters encapsulating phrases used in a spoken word poem by J Chambers entitled ‘Letter to Self’, and decorated these with images to represent them.

27/09/24 

In maths, the children developed their understanding of rounding using number lines.

20/09/24 

In computing, the children continued their understanding of refined searches as well as trusted websites.

13/09/24 

The children looked at what shapes are used to reinforce freestanding structures. Here you can see them building the tallest towers using playing cards.