Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School
Year 5 2024-25
Welcome to our Headline of the week. This will give you a small taster of some of the learning taking place in your child’s class.
We hope you enjoy reading our Headlines each week.
23/05/25
In History, the children compared gaming from the 20th century to now-they even got to play some!
16/05/25
In English, the children read out their narrative stories based on our class text Street Child.
09/05/25
In DT, Year 5 designed and made their own cams and followers to make a mechanism.
02/05/25
In JS, Year 5 participated in a discussion about this week’s parasha from Rabbi Akiva.
25/04/25
In DT, the children researched different endangered/vulnerable animals, noting how they move, their appearance and habitat.
04/04/25
In maths, the children learned how to use a protractor to accurately measure and draw angles.
28/03/25
In Ivrit, Year 5 wrote different sentences in Ivrit about an Israeli shook.
21/03/25
In art, the children made plant sculptures using wire!
14/03/25
In English, Year 5 wrote creative stories including direct speech.
07/03/25
In art, the children learned about the artist Henri Rousseau and drew from one of his paintings from observation.
28/02/25
In geography, the children located and labelled different mountain ranges in different areas of the world.
14/02/25
In maths, the children played a place value game involving numbers up to 3 decimal places!
07/02/25
In science, the children tested out different materials to find out whether they were soluble or insoluble
31/01/25
In DT the children were testing different seasonal foods, rating them on their appearance, smell and taste!
24/01/25
In SPAG, children looked up the meaning of certain words and phrases and learned about Active and Passive voice.
17/01/25
In science, the children learned how to describe the properties of different materials. As you can see, they played a game where they needed to describe material to the class.
10/01/25
In English, the children used their inference skills to answer questions about a character from a new text entitled ‘Children of the Benin Kingdom’ by Dina Orji
20/12/24
For Chanukah week, Year 5 created a class collage depicting Chanukah customs around the world.
13/12/24
In science, the children took part in shadow investigations where they made predictions, wrote methods and conclusions.
06/12/24
In art, the children began to draw out their own Greek Pottery designs using oil pastels and black pens.
29/11/24
In English and history, the children created an information poster based on gathering research of Greek themes such as Greek: art, entertainment, gods/goddesses, festivals, music etc .
22/11/24
In PSHE, we have been learning how to make meaningful connections towards one another.
11/10/24
In DT, the pupils developed their own marble runs using each of the techniques they learned over the past few weeks. The results were amazing!
27/09/24
In DT, Year 5 developed a range of practical skills to support them with making bends in their marble run test models.
20/09/24
In English, Year 5 planned and wrote diary entries from the perspective of Varjak Paw. They incorporated similes and metaphors in their writing to give the reader a sense of the character’s emotions as well as the surroundings.
13/09/24
In Geography, Year 5 used atlases to find different cities and rivers in Europe. They learned how to search for places using an index page.
23/05/25
In Ivrit, Year 5 wrote about themselves.
16/05/25
In DT, Year 5 began to design their automata animals.
09/05/25
In maths, the children learned about reflection and practised drawing shapes and reflecting these in both a horizontal and vertical mirror line.
02/05/25
In History, the children learned about the 60s and even had a go at learning different dances from that time.
25/04/25
In maths, Year 5 were solving a puzzle linked with regular and irregular polygons.
04/04/25
In science, Year 5 learned about different mechanisms: pulleys levers and gears. Here they were making and testing out their own lever mechanisms.
28/03/25
In science, the children investigated water resistance by molding different shapes from plasticine before dropping them in water, testing their buoyancy.
21/03/25
In maths , the children were reading and interpreting data from different tables.
14/03/25
In maths , the children were estimating the area of different shapes, including their own hands!
07/03/25
In English, the children have begun to proofread and edit their work when writing diary entries from the perspective of Varmints.
28/02/25
In music, the children learnt some exciting new songs for a purim performance.
14/02/25
In computing, Year 5 have been uplevelling their maze games on Scratch.
07/02/25
In English, Year 5 drew a key scene from the book we have been reading in the classroom- The children of the Benin kingdom.
31/01/25
As a result of a child earning a new dojo reward, the pupils were taught basketball skills such as dribbling and shooting.
24/01/25
In English, the pupils spent the week editing and redrafting their survival guides- they turned out amazing!
17/01/25
In PSHE, the pupils participated in a workshop about Growth Mindset. This workshop explained how to set and reach goals, calm your feelings and share aspirations for the future.
10/01/25
In ICT, the pupils were introduced to FLOWOL and practised how to create an algorithm.
20/12/24
To revise our spellings, Year 5 played Hangman and Noughts and Crosses, using our words from previous spelling lists.
13/12/24
In art, the children finished making their Greek Vases using orange card and oil pastels.
06/12/24
In JS, the children learned how to write their own D’var Torah by using QR codes to research the Parasha for this week.
29/11/24
The children sang bensching with Miss Zairi, where they participated and followed along really well!
22/11/24
In maths, the children have learned how to make squared and cubed numbers using counters and unifix
11/10/24
As we are in Black History Month, the children created posters encapsulating phrases used in a spoken word poem by J Chambers entitled ‘Letter to Self’, and decorated these with images to represent them.
27/09/24
In maths, the children developed their understanding of rounding using number lines.
20/09/24
In computing, the children continued their understanding of refined searches as well as trusted websites.
13/09/24
The children looked at what shapes are used to reinforce freestanding structures. Here you can see them building the tallest towers using playing cards.
