Year 5 Class News

Living and Learning: New school charity

Every year, we vote for a new school charity to support.

Our new charity will replace our current school charity The Children’s Heart Fund. Thank you for all the donations and support given to this great, local cause, including £180 for our recent Rob Burrow Connect Challenge.

As part of our Me and my community themed week, children will be considering the following shortlist of charities. Children should start thinking about these charities and be ready to share their views.

Each class will vote for one charity which will be brought to the Junior Leadership Team who will have the final vote on Thursday 07 November.

Maths: 10, 100, 1000

Recently, in Maths, Year 5 have been learning how to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000. The children have picked up this concept incredibly quickly and have shown a great attitude to learning.

Science: Our Solar System

In Science, Year 5 talked about how models can help our understanding of the Solar System.

Scientists often use models to help people understand an idea, especially one that cannot be seen easily. As our Solar System is so big and we cannot see the extent of it, a scaled-down model is the best method to help us understand our world.

Year 5 ventured outside to create their own scaled-down version of space. Each child became the planets (or our moon) and orbited the Sun.

Help at home: Can you work out with person is which planet (an

Leeds School Sports Association cross country race 1

On Saturday, some of our key stage 2 children took part in the first of the Leeds Schools Sports Association Saturday morning cross country races. Over 100 children, from Leeds primary schools, compete in each of the Year 3-Year 6 girls and boys races.

A special mention to Ewan (Year 4) who finished in 5th place and Isla (Year 3) who finished in 13th place.

Thank you to the parents who supported and took their children to this event.

There are three more races coming up this year (see below) and details will be sent out for each race nearer the time if your child would like to get involved.

It’s nearly time to elect our new junior leaders

We have recently launched this year’s Junior Leadership Team election process. Our Junior Leadership Team is one of the ways that children are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.

The election process allows children to develop an understanding of one of the British Values, democracy, with two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers.

Here are some of the qualities our junior leaders think are needed to be an effective JLT member.

• use the 8Rs for learning
• be respectful and polite
• help others
• be a good speaker and listener (to members of your class and in the meetings)
• share and be confident with your ideas
• let others speak
• accept the views of others even if you don’t agree
• be friendly and approachable
• follow our school rules and make good choices in class and around school

This weeks’ whole school homework is all about the election and democracy, ready for the elections on Thursday 24 October. For children who want to stand in the election, they will have the chance to share their speeches in class on Wednesday or Thursday this week.

Well done to all our current junior leaders who have represented their class so well this year. Remember, you can stand again in the election.

After-school clubs

Our autumn term clubs continue after half term and there is an opportunity to join the below after school clubs which currently have available places: 

Monday

Hama Bead Club – Y4, Y5, Y6

Mindfulness & Yoga – Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6

Tuesday

Skipping – Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6

Sewing & weaving – Y4, Y5, Y6

Wednesday

Skipping – Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4

Girls Football – Y4, Y5, Y6

Thursday

Dazl Dance – Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4

Basketball – KS1 

Basketball – KS2

Clubs run straight after school and finish at 4.15pm.

All clubs will run until w/c 9 December, which would give your child 6 sessions if they’d like to join. 

If your child is interested in joining any of the above clubs, please reply to the email sent and an individual payment request will be set up. 

Rugby ticket offer

Headingley Stadium has the honour of hosting the England men’s and women’s national team against Samoa and Wales respectively on Saturday 02 November 2024.

As a partner school of the Rhinos, we are pleased to offer children and families 20% off tickets. These are purchased directly from the Rugby Football League using the discount code shown below.

Reading: Performing Poetry

This week in Reading, Year 5 have been reading a poem written by Hilaire Belloc. Belloc was a French-born poet who became a versatile English writer. He was also an avid historian, writing numerous historical texts. In addition, he wrote cautionary tales for children and Year 5 have looked at one called ‘Matilda who told lies and was burned to death’.

Year 5 put everything they had into this performance. They used intonation, tone, volume and action to act out the poem. Their outcomes were fantastic!

MATILDA told such Dreadful Lies,

It made one Gasp and Stretch one’s Eyes;

Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,

Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,

Attempted to Believe Matilda:

The effort very nearly killed her,

And would have done so, had not She

Discovered this Infirmity.

For once, towards the Close of Day,

Matilda, growing tired of play,

And finding she was left alone,

Went tiptoe to the Telephone

And summoned the Immediate Aid

Of London’s Noble Fire-Brigade.

Within an hour the Gallant Band

Were pouring in on every hand,

From Putney, Hackney Downs, and Bow.

With Courage high and Hearts a-glow,

They galloped, roaring through the Town,

‘Matilda’s House is Burning Down!’

Inspired by British Cheers and Loud

Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd,

They ran their ladders through a score

Of windows on the Ball Room Floor;

And took Peculiar Pains to Souse

The Pictures up and down the House,

Until Matilda’s Aunt succeeded

In showing them they were not needed;

And even then she had to pay

To get the Men to go away!

It happened that a few Weeks later

Her Aunt was off to the Theatre

To see that Interesting Play

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.

She had refused to take her Niece

To hear this Entertaining Piece:

A Deprivation Just and Wise

To Punish her for Telling Lies.

That Night a Fire did break out–

You should have heard Matilda Shout!

You should have heard her Scream and Bawl,

And throw the window up and call

To People passing in the Street–

(The rapidly increasing Heat

Encouraging her to obtain

Their confidence) — but all in vain!

For every time she shouted ‘Fire!’

They only answered ‘Little Liar!’

And therefore when her Aunt returned,

Matilda, and the House, were Burned.

Help at home: Can you spot the rhyming pattern? Does this poem remind you of anything you’ve previously read, heard, watched, seen?

Science: Space

Year 5 have now started their second science unit: Space! This week, we have learnt about our Solar System.

Here are some key facts we learnt:

• The Solar System is made up of the Sun, celestial bodies, eight planets and their moons.
• The Sun, Earth, Moon and other planets are approximately spherical bodies.
• The Sun is a star which releases heat and light and is at the centre of the Solar System.
• All of the planets in our Solar System orbit the Sun.
• The first four planets have solid surfaces whilst the last four planets have gas surfaces.
  • Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars all have solid surfaces.
  • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have gas surfaces.
• Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.

Then, we carried out research using secondary sources (a form of scientific enquiry). We used this information to create posters about the order of the planets and wrote down more key facts about each one.

Finally, we made mnemonics to remember  the order in which the planets orbit the sun.

Help at home: Come up with a new mnemonic to remember the order of our solar system. Here is an example:

Mercury          My

Venus              Very

Earth               Epic

Mars               Marvellous

Jupiter            Jumper

Saturn            Suits

Uranus          Unique

Neptune        Neil

Or why not watch the ‘we are planets’ song.

Live Author Event

Yesterday, Year 5 watched a live author event.