Buzzards' Class Story
9.6.23
We have had a fantastic STEM week in Y5. We started the week with visiting Paignton Zoo and seeing different species, sadly lots of the species are endangered.
Back at school, we continued to look at the impact of climate change on animals. We learnt about this by listening to a talk from the WWF, going on the internet and by using VR sets. We also looked at the size of creatures by using the book, 'Actual Size' and drawing their sizes on our school playground. On Friday, we completed the week by using our research to make these triaramas about endangered animals.
24.5.23
To celebrate a fantastic unit of work, we put on an exhibition for parents and friends. If you were unable to make it, please enjoy seeing our display.
28.4.23
Sir Ernest Shackleton
The children are fast becoming experts on Shackleton and wrote some wonderful biographies from their in depth research.
31.3.23
To end this half term, Buzzards made bean bag chickens just in time for Easter! We used recycled materials to fit in with our 'What a Waste' unit and we have to say we are pretty proud of the end result!
Have a wonderful Easter break everyone!
17.3.23
Buzzards enjoyed making special Mothering Sunday cards for important people in their lives.
6.3.23
We had a brilliant day celebrating World Book Day in our pyjamas. In the school, every year group was given one of the characters illustrated in our school Heart Space as a focus. In Y5, we had James and the Giant Peach. Work surrounded this quote from the book, 'There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet'. Activities included writing and performed music for the James and Giant Peach soundtrack; redesigning a front cover for the book; in the afternoon, working together to perform a poem from the book. Along with this, we visited the hall to look at Usborne Books, Dropped Everything and Read at a set time throughout the school and had another teacher visit our classroom to read a bedtime story. What a day!
3.3.23
In today's CLL lesson, we pretended that a new Anaerobic Digestion Plant was being built in Monkton Heathfield. Children took on being in the role of different groups of people:
- Local Home Owners
- Local Farmers
- Local Sustainability Group
- Local Council
- Local Wildlife Group
- Parish Council
They thought about the situation from their characters point of view. We then staged a debate to share the range of views.
28.2.23
Year 5s had an amazing workshop run by Gary from Carymoor Environmental Centre. Gary reminded pupils, in a whole school assembly, of reducing, reusing and recycling. He was impressed by their knowledge on what waste goes in which container.
Year 5s then had a separate workshop where they played a 'rubbish relay', learnt songs and how we can all make a difference to the planet by cutting down on our waste.
Gary's visit was very inspiring and the children are looking forward to continuing with their learning around this theme.
24.2.23
Welcome to the new half-term. Buzzards have made an excellent start on our topic. They've been looking at the problem of waste in our environment, particularly the issue of food waste. Over the week, they have been shocked by:
- An estimated 45% of lettuce in the UK is thrown away.
- Around 24 million slices of bread are thrown away in UK households every day.
Pupils have been busy predicting what our class text, 'What a Waste!' could be about and learning how to make notes which we will be using for future work.
Next Tuesday, we have got a workshop from Carymoor Environmental Centre titled, 'Slim my Waste!' which we are all looking forward to.
30.1.23
Year 5 had a brilliant trip to the Brick and Tile Museum in Bridgwater last Monday. They enjoyed exploring Aztec replica artefacts, creating Day of the Dead masks and also found delving into Bridgwater's history of tiles fascinating.
Day of the Dead Workshop
2.12.22
Buzzards had their first 2 weeks of forest school with Mr Benbow this half term. Children tried an Anglo-Saxon skill of whittling wood. We were very relieved that no Buzzards lost any fingers in the process. Well done Buzzards :)
Christmas has arrived!
5.12.22
We have been busy looking at the nativity story and the different roles involved. Children have had the extra challenge of interpreting the story from a different character's point of view. Please enjoy seeing a selection of their work.
24.11.22
Pupils have been busy finding out about village life in Anglo-Saxon times. They started looking at the style of house and learnt that some houses in the village are made from wood, some from wattle and daub and some from all three. The buildings were used for housing as well as workshops.
They also learnt why the Saxons weren't as interested with Roman settlements such as Cirencester, St. Albans and London.
We even attempted to make our own replica Anglo-Saxon houses out of paper...photographs to follow!
11.11.22
This week we have been busy finding out all about King Alfred the Great. Here's a sample of some of the work we've been completing:
2.11.22
Welcome back to a new half-term. For this half-term, we will studying the Anglo-Saxons and King Alfred.
On Tuesday, we had our stunning starter. Please enjoy looking at some of our work:
Break the Rules - Friday 21st October 2022
17.10.22
As we near the end of our first half term in Year 5, we can reflect and celebrate all the hard work that the children have achieved. Our writing focus has been 'diary writing' based on the Mars Rovers Curiosity and Perseverance. We have selected a few and hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did!
4.10.22
We have been busy recreating one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, 'Starry Night.' Inspired by our topic if 'Earth and Space,' we used our learning of the planets and created our own paintings 'Planet Night.' We hope you like them as much as we do!