Year 5: Blog items
Week 3 Home Learning - Monday 20th April, by Miss Horvath
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 11:44am
Good morning Year 5!
Below you will find a summary of the key points from the newest video. Unfortunately, we are having some issues uploading the video to the blog. However, you can find it on the school's new facebook page and it has also been uploaded to Google Classroom.
From TOMORROW an adult can go and pick up your new CGP English and Maths books between 1:00pm-3:30pm.
This week we would like you to:
- Complete 1 page in your new English and Maths book each day
- Go onto TTrockstars to practise and compete in the class battle!
- Go onto MyMaths and complete the 2 activties which have been set for you this week
- Revise for the Forces Kahoot! quiz and complete by Thursday lunchtime
- Post a picture, doc or slide of something creative you have completed this week to the Home Learning Assignment section on Google Classroom!
- Keep active, this could be by doing Joe Wicks each day, playing in your garden or going for a daily walk.
Keep up the hard work and take care,
Miss Horvath and Miss Jones X
Friday 27th March , by Miss Jones
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 8:45am
Good morning.. happy Friday!
I thought I would come on and post before Joe Wicks goes live at 9am.. even us grown ups have been getting in to a routine of doing Joe Wicks every morning.
I was so impressed with all of your beautiful creations from yesterday’s challenge.. I will post them on twitter later, if you didn’t get chance to yesterday have a go at the “natures art challenge” inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.
Following the success or yesterday’s challenge I have been thinking about one that I could set you for today. Today’s challenge is to design and make a boat that will float on water, you can choose any materials that you have at home. You could use paper, newspaper, twigs or sticks I don’t mind! Don’t forget to post a picture of your marvellous creation on google classroom for us all to see.
If you want to continue with daily creative challenges have a look at the ideas sheet that was in your pack to keep you busy over the holidays.
It was great to see some more of you on Google Classroom yesterday, I enjoyed chatting to you all and answering some of the riddles you have come up with. If you haven’t logged on yet try and have a go today, it’s your Chromebook username with
@mpjs-Trafford.co.uk
and your chrome book password. Have a look in the front of your homework book at the log in sheet we filled in last week if you can’t remember or get stuck.
We hope that you have all been getting on ok with your learning packs. I will be checking on MyMaths later today to give those of you that haven’t completed it a chance to do it and setting another one for you to compete today or over the holidays. I will also set a battle on TT rocks for over the holidays between 5J and 5H.. come on 5J (sorry 5H!!)
And finally, don’t forget to read and record it in your reading records, we still want to aim for 3 reads a week with a grown up at home.. I can’t wait to have a look through your reading records when we go back to school.. imagine how many raffle tickets you could build up over the next few weeks!! Remember it doesn’t have to be your school reading book, it can be any books, comics, magazines, newspapers, recipes, instructions or online articles that you might have around the house.
Miss Horvath and I hope that you have a relaxing Easter break with your family, fingers crossed this lovely sunshine stays with us so we can spend lots of time outside and we look forward to hearing all about it and speaking to you all again after the holidays.
Have fun and stay safe!!
Miss Jones and Miss Horvath x
Ps. Don’t forget to comment below if you have any questions or just want to say hi, I will reply to you all throughout the day :)
Thursday 26th March , by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Mar 2020 @ 8:59am
Good morning,
It looks like it's going to be another beautiful day! How many have you have been for a walk searching for rainbows in peoples windows? Why don't you go for a walk today and as your walking collect as many pieces of nature eg. Twigs, leaves and stones and when you return home create a piece of art work from all of these natural resources. Have a look at the artist Andy Goodsworthy for some inspiration! We would love to see your pieces of art, you can upload them to google classroom later today!!
Remember - when logging onto to google classroom it is your chrome book username but you MUST add @mpjs-Trafford.co.uk so it appears like an email address, then use your chrome book password and you will be all set to go!! I have been replying to some children on google classroom.. it would be great to see more of you on there later today :)
Don't forget to check your schedule to see which pieces of work need completing today.
Stay safe and have a lovely day in the sun!
Miss Jones and Miss Horvath x
Wednesday 25th March, by Miss Horvath
Date: 25th Mar 2020 @ 8:34am
Good Morning Year 5! 
Miss Jones and I have both really enjoyed reading some of your riddles that you have posted for one another on the classroom. We will post another for you to answer today!
Today you should be focusing on the third set of activities from your pack. Again, there has also been a MyMaths set, please check if you have not already completed. We have also set an assignment on the classroom for anyone who wants to share the work they have done at home so far! One of you asked whether this should be by docs or slides - you can choose!
Miss Higson has kindly reminded us all that you can send a comment to us via these blogposts - if there is something you're not sure about. Your message will come up to the teachers. Just scroll down a bit now to where it says 'Post your comment'. Why don't you see if it works and say hi!
Alongside your pack work, why don't some of you (if you can) get creative? Choose a challenge from the list below and go for it! (Check the challenge is okay with your adults first). You could also try out a Rube Goldberg machine - think back to our science lessons on them. I have attached some links to some good examples below. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aFVbjwA_y4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICv5owYrW4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpmit5YMcg
Thankfully the sun is shining again today, try to get some exercise and keep fit. Keep checking Joe Wicks' youtube for more videos you can follow at home or search for a JustDance!
Miss Horvath and Miss Jones 
Tuesday 24th March , by Miss Horvath
Date: 24th Mar 2020 @ 8:30am
Good Morning Year 5!
We hope that you all had a good day yesterday and that you managed to create an effective home learning time table. Remember that you need a good balance of work, play and exercise!
Joe Wicks will be posting exercise videos on youtube every morning from 9am (but you can play them whenever you find the time). You could also look at some just dance and get whoever is at home with you involved in the fun!
Look at your schedules for today's activities in your packs and complete those when you can. Remember to write the name of the task and today's date in your exercise books.
Today we have set MyMaths for you to complete as well. Try to complete it by Friday! We would also like you to try to access times table rockstars. We will be checking who is accessing My Maths and times table rockstars and we will be looking for those extra proactive home learners to reward when we return to school!
Miss Horvath and Miss Jones have been looking at riddles today! Who can answer our riddle? Post your answers on google classroom!
Remember: Don’t forget there are plenty of games on websites such as Top Marks, BBC Bitesize and purple mash for you to play and learn at the same time!
Take care and if you can, make the most of the sunshine.
Miss Horvath and Miss Jones
Good Morning Year 5! , by Miss Horvath
Date: 23rd Mar 2020 @ 9:09am
Good morning Year 5! 
We hope you have had a lovely weekend despite all the uncertainty at the moment. We are looking forward to seeing all of your wonderful work and speaking to you on google classroom.
Your first task today is to create a home learning timetable. Work with your adult at home to agree a daily timetable from Monday-Friday. Think about chunking the day up with set times for the following:
1. Wake up time
2. Breakfast/get ready
3. School work (2-3 hours)
4. Exercise (30 minutes)
5. Reading and adding to your reading record (2 separate 30 minute slots)
6. Creative activties such as drawing (1 hour)
7. Diary writing to reflect on the day (30 minutes)
8. Helping with chores at home (30 minutes)
9. Don't forget break times too!
Record your timetable in your exercise book. Todays date Monday 23rd March and title Home Learning Timetable. Try to organise a work space too (a table is best if you can).
You also have the work set in your home learning packs for today. Try to log this in your exercise books as much as possible with the name of the task as the title.
We would usually have rotation on a Monday morning, therefore, why don't you check out Joe Wicks' morning workout and complete at home? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Also, please have a look at the following:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zps4pbk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc/articles/zp6wfcw
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
Remember: Don’t forget there are plenty of games on websites such as Top Marks, BBC Bitesize and purple mash for you to play and learn at the same time!
We will continue to update the blog each morning with other tasks and ideas for the rest of the week.
We hope you enjoy your first home learning day. Keep safe and work hard! Don't forget to check google classroom where we will post activities and links to websites :)
Miss Horvath and Miss Jones
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PE Home Learning - The PE Passport, by Mr Tarry
Date: 20th Mar 2020 @ 12:00pm
During the time school is closed, PE Passport have put together a selection of videos, ideas and activities that, if you are looking for something to do, will hopefully give you some different ways to stay active.
The content is designed to provide fun and engaging challenges to be attempted at home and as families. They have added Dance, Yoga, Hand/Eye Coordination skills and Personal Challenges. PE Passport will be updating the content daily over the next week and we hope the resources available will help your school community stay active during the closure. They have also provided external links to other websites that might prove useful to parents and carers whilst at home.
https://homelearning.primarypepassport.co.uk/#/
Hope you enjoy!
Mr Tarry :)
Freddy fit , by Miss Jones
Date: 26th Feb 2020 @ 11:25am
Today, we had a Sports Science morning with Freddy Fit. We learnt all about the Eat Well plate, healthy eating and how to look after our bones and muscles. How many different facts can you remember?
5J Lostock - biscuits , by Miss Jones
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 3:21pm
5J went to Lostock high school to make biscuits... they tasted as good as they looked!
RE - using music in worship , by Miss Jones
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 2:09pm
Year 5 have been looking at places of worship. We had a listened to and compared how different religions use music to worship. We then had a go at making our own pieces of music combining elements from each of the different religions.
You’ve got mail!, by Miss Horvath
Date: 27th Jan 2020 @ 12:54pm
Year 5 received some special post this morning sent from our link school - Norbury Hall Primary. As part of our schools linking project, each school sends the other some work. Moss Park’s Year 5 posted our identity maps last week and today we received Norbury Hall’s personality explosions! The classes will be looking at their work this afternoon and discussing the different identities we think our link class have.
5J Lostock visit, by Miss Jones
Date: 24th Jan 2020 @ 2:13pm
5J visited Lostock to take part in a Food Technology session. We made a pasta salad and discussed the role of each ingredient. We the prepared and chopped the ingredients before cooking the pasta and mixing it all together. We had a great time!
Visit to Stretford library , by Miss Jones
Date: 24th Jan 2020 @ 2:09pm
5J and 5H suited Stretford library on Thursday. We took part in a quiz which related to lots of different books that we have read in the past! We then had some free time to pick some books to read and take home.
5H make pasta salad! , by Miss Horvath
Date: 24th Jan 2020 @ 2:06pm
Year 5 had a wonderful time making pasta salad at Lostock High.
Here are a few pictures.
Computing - STEAM spaghetti challenge , by Miss Jones
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 9:18am
Our new commputing topic is based around problem solving and team work. Each week we are given a challenge, this week our challenge was based around engineering and was to see who could build the tallest structure out of Spaghetti and Marshmallows.
Plants, by Miss Jones
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 8:22am
Today we looked at different parts of a plant and the roles of these parts, we matched the labelled diagrams with their part name and a definition of what this part is responsible for, this helped us to remember all of the different parts.
DT , by Miss Jones
Date: 5th Dec 2019 @ 1:14pm
Over the past few weeks we have spent a lot of time researching, designing and planning our Anglo Saxon style bread, today we got to make our bread! We weighed the ingredients and discussed the functions of the different ingredients.
Jodrell Bank, by Miss Horvath
Date: 4th Dec 2019 @ 4:15pm
Year 5 had a wonderful, crazy day at Jodrell Bank today. We worked in teams to complete challenges and explored the many pavilions they had to offer. We learnt a lot about space and the British astronaut Tim Peake. At the end of the day, we worked in groups again to create a mars rover landing shuttle. Some passed the test but not all were fortunate as some cracked on landing!
Take a look!
The big finish!, by Miss Jones
Date: 29th Nov 2019 @ 3:59pm
The big finish
Year 5 researched and debated whether ‘the Anglo-Saxon period should have been known as the dark ages’. We divided ourselves in to two teams, for and against. A lot of us surprisingly changed our mind!! We were able to think critically and question each other accordingly.
Did you agree or disagree with the statement?
Local area walk, by Miss Jones
Date: 8th Nov 2019 @ 2:06pm
As part of our enquiry topic in Geography - How is our local area changing?- we decided to go on a walk around the local area and have a look for ourselves. We discussed how change is continual and what sorts of things may indicate change within the local area. We looked out for human and physical features as we walked around too!
Year 5 Drama, by Miss Jones
Date: 5th Nov 2019 @ 5:23pm
We have started our new class novel - Oliver Twist. We have been looking at how authors convey different characters through dialogue and non verbal actions.
Materials, by Miss Horvath
Date: 1st Nov 2019 @ 3:53pm
This week Year 5 kickstarted their new science topic for this half-term: Material World.
We started by looking at different types of objects and recording what they were made of and why. We discussed some interesting items such as sponge, glue and plastic.
Did you know that plastic was originally created as a solution to the poaching of animals?
DT- bread, by Miss Jones
Date: 31st Oct 2019 @ 8:24am
Year 5's DT topic is bread, we began our topic by thinking about different types of bread, we then discussed our 5 senses and but together a 'wow' list of vocabulary which we could use to describe the bread when we tasted it. Our favourite part was our product analysis of bread where we got to taste 8 different types! We then created a line graph to analyse the ratings which we gave each bread type. We can't wait to make our own bread product which is going to be Anglo- Saxon style bread.
How does bread link to the Anglo- Saxons?
Year 5 Team Challenge , by Miss Horvath
Date: 18th Oct 2019 @ 1:36pm
For our enrichment afternoon, Year 5 worked in their team point groups to crack the challenge grid. The grid was filled with questions based on the learning across the whole half term. A team would score more if they could answer questions from the start of the half term! Which team won?
Our Assembly , by Miss Jones
Date: 17th Oct 2019 @ 10:35am
Our Anglo- Saxon Asssembly
Miss Jones and Miss Horvath are so proud of your fantastic acting skills!!
How many different facts did you learn from our assembly?
