Year 5 had a fantastic art focus day on sculpture. We looked at and analysed the work of 3 artists who use clay to create beautiful sculptures. We then looked at a range of example Greek pots before designing our own (to be made out of clay coils). The teachers modelled clay sculpting techniques and the children then made their own pots (based on their design). The children (and teachers) were thrilled with the pots made. We even had a class gallery at the end of the day to showcase and evaluate the work with our peers. 

The children in year 5 had a fantastic time creating paper sunflowers for their parents to thank them for their support this year. The children worked diligently to design and fold the paper to created flower-like structures. It was lovely to see the smiles on the adults’ faces when they were handed out.

Today, year 5 took part in a HSBC workshop for Maths week where we learnt about spending when gaming and how to apply our maths skills to ensure we are using money effectively. The children learnt the value of the gaming industry and how to ensure they don’t overspend when gaming.

We also had a fantastic afternoon working through a maths problem based on saving. This really helped our financial understanding and allowed us to apply our maths skills.

5M spent this week researching about Hong Kong and made a lovely scrap book about some interesting facts. It was great to learn about the physical and human geography of Hong Kong. Also, some children from Hong Kong brought in some artifacts and taught us how to speak Cantonese. We finished off One world week by writing a postcard to our families about our experience of Hong Kong.

Over this half term, Year 5 have been learning about different Art skills to create a detailed drawing. Last week, we looked at Pablo Picasso’s paintings and focused how to shade with sketching pencils to using continuous lines . We are really enjoying this topic.

We had a wonderful morning visiting Stirchley library. 5M read a range of books from fiction to non- fiction and comic books too.  We would love to visit again and maybe convince our parents to get a Library card too!