Year 5: Blog items
Mayan Gods, by Miss Jones
Date: 24th Apr 2019 @ 3:08pm
Today we learnt all about Mayan Gods. We researched the different types and found out that there are over 600! We discussed the reasons why this may be. We then researched the Mayan creation story and re told the story using drama. We thought about how it is similar and different to the Christian creation story.
Litter Picking, by Mrs McEvoy
Date: 18th Apr 2019 @ 3:51pm
Today Year 5 went out into the local area to help our community. We picked litter and then as a reward enjoyed the park for a short time.
Sunflower Planting, by Mrs McEvoy
Date: 29th Mar 2019 @ 1:25pm
As part of our last Science topic we all planted a sunflower seed. We have worked together across the half term to keep them growing. Today we planted the ones which had grown successfully in one of our outdoor spaces. We had a lot of fun observing them growing over time.
Creating websites, by Mrs McEvoy
Date: 29th Mar 2019 @ 1:22pm
This half term our computing topic has been to learn how websites are created and to then design our own and make it. We had a lot of fun linking this to our topic all about the Alps. We were able to show how muhc we learnt from our Topic lessons in our website.
Poetry, by Miss Jones
Date: 22nd Mar 2019 @ 4:49pm
Year 5 have spent this week learning all about poetry which we linked to our Geography topic - The Alps. The children learnt about a different type of poem each day and they have chosen their favourite to publish on our blog.
Repeating Poem
The Alps are face chilling,
The Alps are bone chilling,
The Alps are sun blinding,
The Alps are softly snowing,
The Alps are wildly exciting,
The Alps are as cold as staying in an ice bath forever,
In the Alps Skiers can go skiing.
By Raphael
Limerick Poem
The snow is softer than a bow which is harder than a crow,
I can see a mountain bigger than a fountain,
I can feel a breeze, in my glowing knees, I think I might freeze in the shimmering trees.
By Iman
Kenning Poem
Snow-growing
Frost-chilling
Rock-stabbing
Sky-Freezing
Ice-toppings
Wind-whooshing
Avalanche-availing
Climber-climbing
By Noor
Haiku Poem
The ice cold snow falls,
On top of the massive Alps
It is shivering cold
By Amy
Limerick Poem
The Alps are very tall,
But from their the towers are small
If this makes you sick
I will improve my limerick
If you take a wrong step you will surely fall
By Harry
Repeating Poem
The Alps are high mountains with wild winds brushing across people faces.
The Alps are as cold as ice.
The Alps are so fun to ski in.
The Alps are so warm in the summer.
By Zoe
Limerick Poem
I can feel the breeze in my knees,
I believe I’m going to freeze,
I’ll jump of a tree,
If I can see,
The snow took over me.
Haiku Poem
The Alps are snowing,
In the Alps you built a snowman,
Then you can go home.
By Max
Limerick Poem
Family of Miss Jones,
Get back to you homes,
The Alps is gonna fall,
It is very tall,
Don’t worry I will bring you ice cream cones.
By Mia
Limerick Poem
Skiing through the trees,
I can feel the breeze,
Quite big to small,
Larger than the hall,
Now I just broke my knees.
By Busby
Kenning Poem
Giant-peak
Rocky-Wall
Opaque-glacier
Thick-snow
Freezing-feet
By Austin
Kenning Poem
Eye-catching-ice
Frosty-frights
Frozen-weather
Icicle -drooping
Glistening-sun
Piercing-peak
By MIlly
Limerick Poem
The mountains are tall
The opposite to small
The freezing cold snow
Made my self-esteem grow
If I was on a mountain I would probably fall.
By Maisy
Limerick Poem
The mountain was wide as a gong,
It was cold enough to freeze my tongue,
The cold made my self-esteem go,
I found something in the snow a little pink bow
I put it on my head It blew away oh no
By Caleb
Repeating poem
The Alps are a mountain range,
That have silky soft snow.
The Alps is a mountain range,
Where people like to ski.
The Alps is a mountain range,
Where I knocked my knee.
The Alps is a mountain range,
I will never forget.
The Alps is a mountain range,
With a windy winter and a sunny summer
By Ishaaq
Limerick Poem
My feet are going to freeze,
I think I might sneeze
The mountains are tall I think I might crawl so I don’t fall
I don’t want to yawn as I don’t want to lose concentration
Till I reach my destination
By Jackson
Limerick Poem
Snowy mountains that look like fountains,
Fluffy clouds that I call shroud,
And if locals look at me as bonkers,
I prove that I am not that.
By Saad
Repeating Poem
The amazing Alps are as cold as ice.
The amazing Alps are as tall as skyscrapers.
The amazing Alps are a snow machine.
The amazing Alps have sliding avalanches.
By Mahd
Repeating Poem
The wicked wild Alps,
are as cold as ice.
The wicked wild Alps,
have soft silky snow that are as white as snowflakes.
The wicked wild Alps,
are as fierce as the wild wind blazing through.
The wicked wild Alps,
are a severe blue ocean that gracefully glide through the paths.
Limerick poem
Right now, I am staring at a cloud,
Which seems to be singing aloud,
I see the mountain,
it looks like a fountain,
The chirping of the birds is so loud.
By Holly
Repetition poem
The Alps is a mountain range and you should know,
The Alps is a mountain range with tonnes of snow,
The Alps is a mountain range where people like to ski,
The Alps is a mountain range where I hurt me knee,
The Alps is a mountain range where the weather can change as quick as a click,
The Alps is a mountain range where the clocks tick whilst youre having fun,
BANG the avalanche is here, lets run!
By Joshy
Haiku poem
The Alps are freezing,
As cold as the arctic ice,
The snow starts to fall.
By Thomas
Repetition poem
The Alps are scary,
The Alps are rocky,
The Alps are towering,
The Alps are as chilly as the arctic,
The Alps have rocks as hearts,
The Alps are awesome.
By Alfie
Repetition poem
In the awesome Alps the silky soft snow soothes my lips,
In the awesome Alps the perishing breeze touchs my skin,
In the awesome Alps blizzard fall as fast as an avalanche,
In the awesome Alps what was once a seabed turned to heart of stone.
By Mahnoor
Repetition poem
The amazing Alps are located in Europe filled with heavy snow,
The amazing Alps have bright stars at night which can sometimes make you glow,
The amazing Alps like to wail out frost, so beware of the avalanche and don’t get lost!
The amazing Alps are as chilly as ice, so if you go there, don’t take it as a surprise.
By Abigail
Repetition poem
The amazing Alps is a cold place,
The amazing Alps has lots of dangerous avalanches,
The amazing Alps are as steep as a cliff,
The amazing Alps have about a thousand tourists visit a year,
The amazing Alps has snow as fluffy as a cloud,
The amazing Alps are known for skiing,
The amazing Alps are as tall as the sky,
The amazing Alps is home to Mount Blanc, the highest mountain,
The amazing Alps is a great destination.
By Rhea
Repetition poem
The Alps are chilly like spikes down my spine,
The Alps are chilly going in to my hot blooded heart,
The Alps are chilly like a breathing ice dragon,
The Alps are chilly as ice cream.
By Ajay
Repetition poem
The Alps are bone chilling,
The Alps are as cold as ice,
The Alps are a popular place,
The Alps are a skiers dream,
But most of all.. they will freeze you all!
By Ronny
Repeating poem
The wild windy Alps are always there,
The wild windy Alps were once a sea bed,
The wild windy Alps have been battered and deformed,
The wild windy Alps have snow as cold as ice,
The wild windy Alps have lots of different mountains,
The wild windy Alps can be the meanest of the mean!
By Eimear
Super similes
The dragon is as fast as a leopard,
The ice is as cold as the snow,
The sun is shining as bright as a diamond.
By Daniel
Comic Relief, by Mrs McEvoy
Date: 20th Mar 2019 @ 3:11pm
As part of our comic relief day we all enjoyed listening to the joke competition entries.
Our winning joke was from William
Have you heard about the lady who created the knock knock joke?...she won the Nobel Prize
Our runner up was Zohah
Do you want to hear a paper joke?....it's 'tear'able
Comic Relief Joke Winners, by Miss Jones
Date: 15th Mar 2019 @ 4:13pm
Our winners were:
There was a fight at the chippy yesterday.. two fish got battered!! (Zayn)
What day is it when you bump in to a lamp post? Red nose day! (Mahnoor)
Our runners up were:
Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut? He needed a bit of space (Austin)
What did I get for my birthday in 2010?.. Older (Busby)
What did one plate say to another plate? Dinner is on me! (Harry)
Well done to all of the children, who all had some fantastic jokes!!
Manchester Art Gallery and Halle Trip, by Miss Jones
Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 9:23am
Year 5 visited the Art gallery in Manchester to have a look at the work of Picasso. In the afternoon, we then went and watched the Halle youth concert at the Bridgewater Hall.
What was your favourite piece of art work and why?
World Book Day, by Miss Jones
Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 9:22am
Which character did you come as from world book day and why?
History Questionnaire, by Miss Higson
Date: 7th Mar 2019 @ 1:47pm
Hello everyone.
Here is the link for the History questionnaire. You must fill this in when your teacher has read you each question. Please help us make History even better at MPJS by giving us as much information as you can.
Thank you,
Miss Higson
Flashback narrative drama, by Miss Jones
Date: 25th Feb 2019 @ 4:51pm
Before starting our writing we used drama to help us get into character. We thought about the different parts of our story and how our character would feel during each part. We considered how they would feel during a flashback. We will use these ideas in our writing this week.
Can you think of a mnemonic to help you remember the features of a flashback story?
Countries and Continents , by Miss Jones
Date: 22nd Feb 2019 @ 4:06pm
Year 5 have been using an atlas and learning all about different continents, they tested their knowledge by doing a Kahoot quiz on the ipad.
How many different countries and capital cities can you remember?
Fractions , by Miss Jones
Date: 22nd Feb 2019 @ 3:48pm
Year 5 have been learning about comparing and ordering fractions with different denominators. The children were all given a fraction and had to order themselves in ascending order .. they even had to convert some fractions so that they all had a common denominator!!
Can you create a mnemonic to help you remember the steps to find a common denominator?
Geography Questionnaire , by Mr Tarry
Date: 20th Feb 2019 @ 1:54pm
Click on the link below to complete the questionnaire. We want to find out more about Geography in our school!
Places of worship, by Miss Jones
Date: 20th Feb 2019 @ 12:38pm
We have been learning about different places of worship in RE. Today we visited a Church to have a look at all of the different features, when we return to school we are going to write an Explanation text on a Church.
How many different features of a Church can you remember?
Chinese New Year, by Miss Jones
Date: 6th Feb 2019 @ 12:26pm
Year 5 celebrated Chinese New Year by producing some fantastic Art work after we had learnt all about the history of Chinese New Year.
What was your favourite fact that we found out?
Fun in the snow, by Miss Jones
Date: 30th Jan 2019 @ 11:16am
Year 5 had lots of fun building 2 huge snowmen!
Pupil Curriculum Questionnaire, by Miss Higson
Date: 28th Jan 2019 @ 11:16am
Myths and Legends Drama lesson, by Miss Jones
Date: 11th Jan 2019 @ 8:34am
Our new English topic 'Myths and Legends' got off to a great start in our Drama lesson. We looked at how we would represent different characters and made tableaux of different scenes from Theseus and the Minotaur.
Area and Perimeter, by Miss Jones
Date: 13th Dec 2018 @ 4:58pm
Year 5 have been working really hard on area and perimeter in Maths over the last few weeks. Today, we decided to apply our skills to real life and measure the area and perimeter of different sections of the playground.
Biscuits!, by Miss Jones
Date: 7th Dec 2018 @ 4:13pm
In DT, we have been working hard this half term learning all about biscuits. Today, after researching, designing and learning about the history of biscuits we finally got to create some of our own! We made sure that we accurately weighed out all of the ingredients and we followed the recipe and our design step by step. We also discussed why it was important to wash our hands and why food hygiene is so important.
Children in need , by Miss Jones
Date: 22nd Nov 2018 @ 5:43pm
Last Friday was Children in need, we participated in lots of activities to help raise money for charity. In DT, our current topic is Biscuits. Last week we were investigating and researching different types of biscuits and their properties, this will help us when it comes to designing and making our own. We linked our biscuit tasting and designing lesson to our current Geography topic 'Our Country', not only did we get to taste and design biscuits but we also decorated them by creating the UK's flag on the biscuit! We had a very fun afternoon.
Foamy Fun investigation, by Miss Jones
Date: 22nd Nov 2018 @ 5:38pm
The topic we are currently looking at in Science is Materials, toaday we investigated the properties of different materials, we thought carefully about our independent and dependent variable and then used our results to create a line graph.
DT - The history of Biscuits, by Miss Jones
Date: 13th Nov 2018 @ 4:06pm
Our topic this half term in DT is Biscuits. Last lesson, we researched the history of biscuits. To start our lesson we all wrote down everything we knew so far about biscuits, we then rotated around all of the tables in the classroom, reading other groups facts and adding our own in a different colour. We then used QR codes to research the history of biscuits, we made a timeline to display our findings. We also found out lots of fun facts during our research!
Materials Investigation, by Miss Jones
Date: 13th Nov 2018 @ 4:02pm
Today, we investigated different materials and their properties. Each group investigated a different property and then reported their findings back to the class. Some of the properties we looked at were:
- Elasticity
- Whether it was waterproof
- How tough, stretchy or hard the material was.
We thought carefully about our independent and dependent variable and how we were going to ensure that it was a fair test. We also made a prediction and then displayed our results in a graph.
