Year 5 21/22
A huge THANK YOU from all of the Year 5 team for your generous gifts and kind words. We have had the most amazing year with your lovely children and can't wait to hear about all their achievements and successes in the future. They are an absolute credit to you! Have a wonderful summer!
Dear Parents/Carers & Children,
Welcome to Year 5!
Please keep checking this page, as we will continue to update the site with key information and photos. Please email us on year5@springfieldprimary.net if you have questions.
All our very best,
Miss Torrance, Miss Beddow, Mrs Bonser and Mrs Cutteridge
PE Days
These are the UPDATED PE days for Summer 2:
Newton and Hubble: Thursday & Friday
Hawking: Thursday and Friday (Friday is still swimming)
We will advise when this changes as there will be various sporting sessions and events throughout the term.
What a fabulous mini concert to showcase the Ukulele talents in Year 5 (and Hugo in Year 4)! What a fabulous effort from everyone involved! A big thank you to Mr Braye!
Year 5 had such a super sports day! Thank you to all parents who were able to come and cheer us all on.
We all had such a fantastic day at SPRINGFEST! Huge thanks to the wonderful PTA for such a fun day.
5Newton really CHALLENGED themselves to do well and worked well as a TEAM in gymnastics, using the new equipment.
As part of our Design and Technology, we have been using K-Nex to experiment with and learn more about gears, pulleys and levers!
Big Science Share! Year 5 and 6 had a great time talking to each other about working scientifically. Prior to the share, both year groups had carried out the same experiments so were able to discuss findings and discuss successes and difficulties together. Year 6 had created some fabulous informative posters to show to the Year 5s! Together we are a team!
Jubilee Day!
Science - During our 'properties of materials' topic, the children have enjoyed investigating which substances are soluble or insoluble and investigating the most effective ways of separating mixtures using filtering or sieving. They have used the science enquiry strands of 'observing over time' and 'comparative and fair testing'.
In science today, Hubble have been working together to create information posters about the life cycles of a variety of different mammals. They used research skills and were awarded 2 blue tokens for demonstrating the school value 'together we are a team'
Year 5 had a BRILLIANT SUPER FANTASTIC week in Langdale. Well done each and every one of you for your OUTSTANDING achievements and exemplary behaviour. Enjoy the memories...
Year 5 had a BRILLIANT time on the sponsored walk. Well to each and every on of you for a fantastic effort and fundraising achievements. And a HUGE thank you to our parent helpers too.
In preparation for our sponsored walk, we have been using Digimaps to map out our route and think about some of the human features and physical features that we will spot on our journey.
This week, Year 5 began their Climate Change project with Tom (from CCAC). The children produced their own sustainable towns and cities for the future in collaboration with their peers and came up with some amazing ideas. They then managed to get outside and appreciate and evaluate others' work like real landscape designers!!
During Science week, we tried to think of ways to reduce our food miles using a light meter app to answer the question, 'Do the number of layers of plastic affect how much light can travel through?'
Today, Mr Maloney from MGL taught Hubble how to design and edit 3D Space models using the Purple Mash '2Design and Create' feature and programme a model of the Solar System using Scratch.
Year 5 had a brilliant day creating their own unique self-portraits for the annual Stockport Grammar School Art Competition.
World Book Day - the children have had a fun filled afternoon of activities sorting anagrams, competing in a book related quiz and creating book marks to celebrate World Book Day.
Europe projects - what an INCREDIBLE effort all of the children (and families!) have put in to their Europe projects. The children have loved sharing information about their chosen countries and have learnt lots from one another!
Hawking and Hubble absolutely LOVED using the brand new gymnastics equipment in the hall this week!
Five Newton LOVED their extra 22mins play for collecting over £22.22 (actually £24.24) on 22.2.22. Well done and a big thanks to those at home who helped out!
Today, Mr Maloney from MGL taught Hawking how to design and edit 3D Space models and programme the Solar System using scratch.
Art - in Hubble we have been looking at the artist Bridget Riley and have created some of our own optical illusions inspired by her!
In science, we have started our learning about space. This week we started learning about the solar system and the children had to find out information from one another by asking scientific questions.
Well done Maia for this wonderful poem, which you were inspired to write after seeing the smoke billowing from Manchester factories. Inspiration for us all to act!
Year 5 have been creating sculptures using clay today in their art lesson. They thoroughly enjoyed creating chess pieces inspired by Lewis Chessmen from Viking times!
Five Newton are REALLY enjoying their Friday swimming sessions. Keep up the fantastic strokes Y5!
Year 5 are lucky enough to have a fabulous specialist dance teacher on Monday's this half term and they thoroughly enjoyed their first session!
Year 5 have worked hard and had great fun creating some fabulous Christmas crafts today! Excellent teamwork was shown as the children helped each other to complete their Christmas hat decorations!
What a fabulous Christmas party - filled with fun, laughter, dancing and treats!
Christmas Fair Fun. We had a blast! A HUGE thank you to all helpers and our wonderful PTA for organising.
Y5 met Olympian and 3rd most capped England rugby star, Katy Daley-McClean today!
In computing lessons this week, Year 5 are using '2Calculate' on Purple Mash to learn all about spreadsheets. They have practiced inputting data and creating formulas to help them plan an imaginary party for their friends!
Who was the best Anglo Saxon King? Year 5 had great fun deciding who they believed was the best king, made a poster explaining why and used their excellent speaking and listening skills during a class debate! Some children were so persuasive, they changed others' opinions before a final vote!
Author/book recommendations - the children had a discussion about some of their favourite authors and why they like them. I thought this may be useful to share as it may inspire other children to try out some new authors!
Welcome to the SPS History Channel! Here are Hubble's short documentaries about the Viking invasion. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
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Year 5 have been having an amazing time becoming historians! They have been using iPads and books to carry out research in order to create a short document based around an enquiry question to do with the Viking invasion!
The enquiry questions include:
-Why did the Vikings want to invade Britain?
-How much fear did the Viking raids cause?
-Were the Vikings all bad?
They have been building the skills of carrying out historical enquiry and using sources as evidence.
DRIP Film about Climate change starring voices by Springfield Year 5 Children!
Awe. That's what Dr Kathryn Adamson felt when she heard the drip, drip, drip of melting arctic glaciers. The Drip project has used this experience to bring climate change science to young people in Greater Manchester through science-and-art sessions in which Year @Springfield had a leading role! Do you recognise the voices?
Click on this link to watch this amazing film, and emotional plea.
Hubble absolutely LOVED heading out to Sale High School to participate in the Trafford Sports Hall Athletics competition! They showed incredible teamwork and I was so proud to see them representing Springfield so fantastically! Together we are a team!
A great effort making Autumnal cups for the PTA raffle Year 5!
Science - Hubble were using the science enquiry strand 'Comparative and Fair Testing' by designing and creating a range of boats using foil. We tested different shapes to see which boats travelled through the water more quickly - this showed that there was less water resistance acting on the boat. We found out that the most streamlined boats were the fastest! The children worked amazingly well in teams demonstrating our 'Together we are a team' school value!
Lots of fun learning how to play rugby with the professionals - Sale Sharks!
Five Newton had a brilliant few days preparing and delivering debates - you are all experts in debating and was wonderful to hear you tackle some very important motions (with some surprising voting results).
AMAZING Anglo-Saxon Projects! What a superb effort Year 5.
Science - We were using the science enquiry strand 'Comparative and Fair Testing' by using newton meters to test the friction of different surfaces in our classroom! The children worked together to plan and carry out their investigations in teams.
Science - We were using the science enquiry strand 'Comparative and Fair Testing' to test the effect of air resistance on different parachute designs. With our groups we chose a focus (eg. shape of parachute, size of parachute, material of parachute). We made sure we only changed one thing in order to keep our test as fair as possible!
The Results - which company would you choose to make your parachute (and stay as safe in the air as possible)?
Using Editing Stations to Edit our First Year Five Story (Norse Myth)
Thoroughly enjoying our Pop Art graffiti pages! Being experimental is so important in art - we love to explore and develop our ideas!
History - Developing the skill of 'Using Sources as Evidence'
Hmmmmm, I wonder what the Anglo-Saxons used these for? We had a really good look at these artefacts and discussed their possible uses and origins.
Some table tennis fun in Hubble!
Last year we took part in a fantastic project linking art and geography/climate change. We were so lucky to have Fiona (Artist) and Gail (Human Geographer) come back in to discuss the project with us
Science - testing gravity! The children discovered a correlation between the mass (g) and the weight (N).
Enjoying the New Playground Equipment - Amazing Street Art Daniel!
Daily Mile - an active body means a healthy body and mind.
Exploring Maps for Anglo-Saxon Place Names in Geography
English - We had great fun developing our reading Gem 'Summarising' by using emojis to summarise the Norse myth 'Thor Regains His Hammer'.
PE fun with Toby! We love to develop our cricket skills alongside our classmates!
Learning all about place value in Miss Beddow's maths class!
Welcome to Year 5, 5 Newton, 5 Hubble and 5 Hawking!
First few days of fun learning in Year 5
