Burpham Primary School

Welcome to the Year 5 class page. Below you will find lots of photos showing what we have been up to in class. There are also links to the Year 5 curriculum and our termly newsletters. Towards the bottom of the page, you will find links to both the Kestrels and the Falcons Google Classroom pages. There are also suggestions below of books your child might like to read. If you would like to support your child further with their learning, you will also find some useful links to websites which can help you. Please contact your child's class teacher, using their e mail below, if you have any queries or concerns. We will reply as soon as possible.

News and Upcoming Events

Back to school
Tuesday 22nd April

Winchester Science Museum Trip
Tuesday 20th May

Photos

We were very excited to get a delivery of new books today! Each class had £100 to spend on books for our book corners thanks to the amount you spent at the book fair. Classes voted on settings, genres and characters to choose books we would enjoy. We can't wait to get back and start reading them after Easter!

Here are some photos of our learning so far this half term. We designed cartons for our soup in DT, explored the properties of materials in forest school, learnt how to regulate our emotions with our senses in PSHE and made numbers with sticks and stones using the ancient Maya system in History. We also had the opportunity to take part in a Make Believe performing arts workshop and talent show. The organisers were very impressed with how we supported and respected each other and how many people put themselves forward to share their wide ranging talents!

We have made soup! Chicken Noodle, Carrot and Coriander and Three Bean Chilli 

Our latest Design and Technology unit challenged us to make a healthy and seasonal soup for children at Burpham School. We also designed our own cartons to supply the soup in. But the best bit of the whole day was tasting what we had made. Delicious! 

What a great assembly on the Vikings from the Kestrels this morning. A few photos below. 

Here are a few more pictures of our learning in the first half of Spring term. 

Year 5 enjoyed a visit from Portals to the Past for our Viking Day. Many of the children dressed up and there were some fabulous costumes, shields and tools on display. Thank you for all your efforts in supporting the children in this! We learnt a lot as well as having a fun and exciting day. We played a Viking strategy game, fox and goose; handled Viking artefacts from ice skates and blankets to magic wands and jewellery; wrote and read Viking runes; researched answers to a quiz; handled weapons and armoury; played spear wrestling; trained in Viking warfare; and re-enacted the mythical end of the world, 'ragnarok'. The children asked questions showing their curiosity and showcased so much of the Viking History they have learnt so far when answering questions. 

Autumn 2 has been another action-packed half term. We have been making fire, baking Viking bread and working on our communication skills and resilience in the wildlife area. We have enjoyed learning about forces in Science including making boats and testing their buoyancy, easing loads with pulleys and experimenting with cogs and levers. We were lucky enough to learn to play cricket with a coach from Surrey County Cricket club. To celebrate Christmas, we made decorations for the school, watched the Robin Hood pantomime at the Yvonne Arnaud theatre, performed carols to open the school fair, and took part in a carol service at Burpham Church. 

We have had a busy half term in Falcons and Kestrels. Year 5 children represented Burpham School in two cross country events, a football and hockey tournament and a panathlon. We enjoyed had lacrosse lessons with visitors from Guildford High School. Harvest Festival was celebrated with a performance of "The Harvest Moon" to the rest of the school. You can also see some of our Science work on forces and Geography work on biomes in the photos. The children have been curious to learn and worked well together in teams, inside and outdoors. What a great start to the year! 

Recommended Reads

If you are stuck for a good read, follow the link below to search for some great ideas. The website has selected 50 top books from which we are sure you will find one to tempt you! 

 Follow this link - Recommended Top 50 Reads for Year 5

Useful Documents

Meet the Teacher Slides from Friday 20th September meeting. 

Useful Websites

Here are some links to useful learning websites. If your child has forgotten their login details for TT Rockstars or Spelling Shed, please contact your child's class teacher.

English:

• Pobble365 - https://pobble365.com/ 
• Spelling Shed - https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb 
• Reading - https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/year-5/ 

Maths:

• TT Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/
• White Rose - https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/
• NRICH - https://nrich.maths.org/    
• Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Computing:

• SCRATCH - https://scratch.mit.edu/
• Barefoot Computing - https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning 

Spanish/Languages:

• Language Angels - https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ 
• Duolingo - www.duolingo.com 

Supporting Learning at Home

• Homework is set weekly on Tuesdays, and collected in on Mondays. This consists of one piece of Maths homework and one piece of English homework. We suggest spending a maximum of 30 minutes on each piece. 
• Our weekly spelling lists can be found on Google Classroom. 

Here are some additional resources, which you may find useful when supporting learning at home:

If you would like to consolidate our Maths learning at home, please take a look at the booklets below:

In the event of school closure...

On rare occasions, it may be necessary to close the school. This may be due to adverse weather conditions or perhaps when essential school services cannot be provided –e.g. heating, plumbing or water.  

Please refer to the School’s Bad Weather Policy on our website for information regarding how we communicate a school closure. 

Class teachers will then initiate home school learning activities, and these will be available to children by 10am of the same morning.