Year 5 blog:

The children in Year 5 have recently been studying different forces and how they affect our everyday lives. They performed an experiment on air resistance where they tested 3 independent variables: size of the parachute, shape of the parachute and material of the parachute.They thought carefully about how to perform this test fairly and how to record and present their results. 

In English, the Year 5 children have been exploring technological language. Once they have built their vocabulary in this area, they will design their very own spy gadget to use in an action narrative! They will also be working on using speech in this genre of writing and moving the story forward with dialogue. In maths, the children are learning about different types of measure such as capacity, length, weight and time. They will be learning to fluently convert different measures and subtract and add mixed units. 

The pupils have moved onto summer sports in PE and are currently learning the different disciplines in athletics. They have been working closely on their sprinting technique to become more dynamic and powerful through their stride pattern. They have practised high knee drives, arm propulsion and reaction time in an attempt to become faster out of the blocks!