Year 5

Year 5 enjoyed paying a visit to Yarm library and Waterstones on Tuesday morning in celebration of the upcoming World Book Day 2020 and to further promote that all-important love of reading we treasure at Yarm Primary. 

The children were treated to a talk by the library manager about their…

Year 5 were treated to a morning in a visiting, inflatable planetarium to round off their fascinating Earth and Space topic, 'Is there Life on Mars?' They had the opportunity to 'visit' the planets of the solar system, view real footage of the sun's surface, and gaze at constellations of stars…

The children in Year 5 have produced some amazing homework! After carefully planning and choosing their planet, the children  presented spectacular presentations to the class and  produced some amazing art to accompany. Each child was extremely excited to present their work and were equally as…

Inspired by the abstract 'space art' of celebrated American artist, Peter Thorpe, children in Year 5 tried their hand at creating their own spectacular pieces of art inspired by space themes such as planets, rockets and galaxies.

After carefully planning and considering their designs, children…

Year 5 have been engrossed in their new science topic "Is there life on Mars?" This week the children have been looking at Geocentric vs Heliocentric. They thoroughly enjoyed matching theories to the pictures and they then used those explanations to put together their own planetary…

Calling all budding astronauts in Year 5! Do you have what it takes to find out if there really is life on Mars? Are you intrigued to know what causes day and night on Earth? Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered why the Moon changes its shape? Well then, our Spring 1 topic - Is…

The last French lesson of the year this week in Year 5 had a decidedly Christmassy theme as children found out all about Christmas and New Year traditions in France. Whilst the thought of gifts from Saint Nicolas on the 6th December and a traditional bûche de Nöel (chocolate log) at the Christmas…

What a fabulous afternoon of art Year 5 had this Thursday! As part of our topic this half term - 'Every Picture Tells a Story' - children in Mr Jefferies' and Miss Mowbray's classes brought in a picture of the local area and recreated this as a piece of art. Family members were also invited in to…

Dr Craig - a physics teacher from Yarm Grammar School - paid a visit to Year 5 today and demonstrated some very cool phenomena linked to particles. Children discovered that there are billions and billions of atoms making up each and every object, they had the chance to see the effects of pressure…

Welcome back to another exciting half term in Year 5! We have posted this half term's homework grid below and we're sure that there is something for everyone to get their teeth stuck into! Last half term's homework returns were EXCELLENT so let's keep it up this half term and aim for 100% from…

OUR VINDOLANDA TRIP

WEDNESDAY 19^th SEPTEMBER 2019

We got to the ancient Roman Vindolanda Museum.

As we entered the Museum we had a look at ancient artefacts, ready to start a wonderful day. 

The best part about it was when we got to watch a 3D movie with 3D glasses.

By…

Our amazing trip to the Roman Army Museum!

It was Wednesday the 18^th of September and we were all in the Roman Army museum for our school trip. It was absolutely fantastic. We had a super interesting Latin lesson. Also, we got to watch a Roman 3D film with 3D glasses. After, we…