Nightingales - Year 5 | St Martin's C of E VA Primary School

Nightingales - Year 5

Welcome to Nightingales Year 5

Class teacher: Mrs Hamblin

Teaching assistant: Mrs Cooper

Heritage Craft Project

More on the heritage craft project

Growing butterflies

Nightingales have taken delivery of some caterpillars this week. They are looking forward to watching them eat and grow and then metamorphose into butterflies. How long will it take? Watch out for more photographs of their development via the link below.

Nightingales' Butterfly Garden

Watch our caterpillars grow into butterflies

Topic Web Term 4

topic web Nightingales yr5 T4 2018.pdf

Topic Web Autumn Term 2

topic web Nightingales yr5 T2 2017.pdf

Visit to St Edmunds

This term Nightingales were invited to a taster day at St Edmunds. Linked to our class topic on the Victorians, we made block print insects and baked apple pies.

Topic Web Autumn Term 1

topic web Nightingales yr5 T1 2017.pdf

Art and DT at St Edmunds - 11th November 2017

Doc2a.pdf

Dance Mat Typing Learn to type the fun way!

Ideas for good reads For those of you struggling when it comes to choosing a good book this website should help. With reviews of new books, age appropriate ratings and suggestions fro similiar authors it is a great help

Topic Web Autumn 1

topic web Nightingales yr5 T1 2016.pdf

Nightingales had an amazing day at the Cathedral (18th November 2016). They took part in a number of different activities, looking at the history of the local area and the impact of World War 1. Here are some pictures taken during the day.

World War 1 - at the Cathedral

An original sweet heart pin cushion from WW1

100 years after the end of the Battle of the Somme

Here are a selection of calendars Nightingales made following our visit to Salisbury Cathedral. These are based on the sweet heart pin cushions made by convalescing soldiers and sent home from the battlefield. It was amazing to see some of the original pin cushions on display. Some of the children were thrilled to be able to talk to a veteran from World War 2, who had come to look at the 100 hearts exhibition.

Calendars inspired by our visit to the Cathedral (World War 1 Day)

We have recently sent out passwords to enable children to access the Active Primary website at home. You may find that your child has been set maths homework that means they need to access this site. All passwords should have been written in their reading record. Please remember children are welcome to attend homework club if there are any problems.

Topic Web Spring 2017

topic web Nightingales yr5 T3.pdf

Letter to parents Spring 2017

Letter Spring 2017.docx

Martial Arts Taster Session

This week the children have had the opportunity to take part in a taster for Martial Arts Club, which runs on a Thursday after school. This is free for all KS 2 children, but places are limited, so please return forms promptly if you are interested. Thank you.

Photographs to follow.

3D Pictures

The children worked really hard last term creating pictures with the illusion of depth. We looked at how vanishing points are used to produce a 3D version of our own names and a room within a room. Some of examples of their finished work are posted below. The children should be bringing their finished art work home this week for you to see.

3D Watercolour pictures

X Table Links

In class this week we have been focusing on our 9 x table. Ensuring the children are secure in their times table knowledge will be invaluable in class. I have posted a link to an external site which may help with this. There are a number of different interactive games that the children can access from here. Of course they can also use Mathletics as well.

Knowing the division facts is also just as important.

Times Tables

Celebrating World Book Day - some amazing costumes!

Exciting news! This week linking to the science topic of life cycles we have been able to see the ducklings hatch. We currently have eight. They are the offspring from our adult ducks hatched last year.