2024/25 Our Learning
Autumn 1 Week 2
Year 5 have had very busy week. We continued our learning all about Africa and read the first two chapters of our book, A Long Walk to Water. We thought about how the main character might be feelings as he had to leave his family home. We also compared Salva’s life to our own.
In Geography, we looked at some of human features of Europe. We looked at some famous landmarks, transport links and trade. The children then looked at items they own, and realised we own things from all over the world that are shipped to Europe.
In music, we added to our African beats and used ukuleles and glockenspiels to create some of our own. The children copied some of Mr Richard’s rhythms to give them some inspiration.
In PE, we introduced the basics of racket sports. The children learned the basic grip and how to contact the ball to direct it around the court. We finished with a game and it was nice to see their competitive side!
Autumn 1 Week 1
We have had a super start to Year 5! The class have hit the ground running in English looking at the Amazing continent of Africa. This is the setting of our novel ‘A Long Walk to Water’. The children have been predicting what the story is about using the front cover and the blurb, and they have come up with some super ideas.
We also created our own class contract. The children came up with what their dream classroom looked like, sounded like and felt like. Using the children’s idea, Mr Edgar has created a contract that the class will sign on Monday if they agree!
In Geography we are moving around the globe to the continent of Europe. We have been exploring which countries makeup Europe, and what their capital cities are.
In music, we listened to some African beats and used ukuleles and glockenspiels to create some of our own. We then played together in the sun, using a 4 note sequence.
