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Tudor Day

Year 5 celebrated Tudor Day to finish their Tudor topic. There were lots of activities to take part in … here are some of them. They made a simple fruit compote, using fruit that the Tudors would have eaten: apples, pears and rhubarb. They designed a Tudor chequered board game, inspired by the game, ‘Fox and Hounds’. They found good techniques to be the winner. Next they completed some Tudor maths which was about finding the value of the portraits of Tudor monarchs by using the information they had been given and finding the missing amounts. Finally, they learnt a Tudor dance called a Pavane. The children said it was quite ‘posh’ and was danced by wealthy Tudors. They had to step in a repeating sequence to perform the dance. They made a big circle and followed one another around the hall. Parents were invited to come and watch the performance at the end of the day. The children loved Tudor day. Look at the gallery to see more photos. 

Space Factfiles

As part of the Year 5 Space topic in Science, the children researched either a planet, the sun or moon and then presented their research in a factfile. Once finished, they shared them with the Year 4 children - they all enjoyed exploring them together. Look at the photo gallery for more photos. 

Visit from a rocket scientist!

To introduce our space topic, the Year 5 children were visited by a real live rocket scientist! Dr James Beck has worked in the space industry for 20 years, first trying to land a probe on Mars (it crashed) and then trying to help with the space debris problem. Currently, he works on burning bits of spacecraft in big wind tunnels to help people design things to burn up in re-entry rather than survive and become a risk to the people on the ground.  

The children loved listening to James and learning more about what he does, how heat shields work and how he is trying to help to solve the space debris problem. They were fascinated by the small example of the material used on the outside of spacecrafts - it was really light! Some of the children are now thinking about a career in this industry. 

Visit from Yorkshire Building Society

The children of Year 5 had a visit from two ladies from Yorkshire Building Society. They took part in an activity where they had to plan a party for a certain number of people and had to think about the fixed and variable costs involved. 

The children learnt a lot and had some fascinating things to say about the workshop, including Sophie, who said that she was going to think twice before asking for a specific type of party because she had never thought about how much it cost before. Aviraj said that when planning a party, yo have to know when to stop spending money. Jess really enjoyed designing the posters to advertise their party. 

DT Day - Making Litter Pickers

As part of the Year 5's topic about who are responsible for looking after our National Parks, the children made litter pickers and have started to adapt them to meet their needs. Here are some photos of the process. 

 

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