Maths Mastery

 In maths we have been using the CPA (concrete, pictorial and abstract) approach to help us with our learning. We also took part in a workshop for Bradford College students where we used the CPA approach in a maths lesson.

Sports Fun

Year 5 & 6 worked together to develop their sending and receiving skills in preparation for their invasion games

School Council

Our new Year 5 school councilors look forward to making a difference through kindness, respect and equality. We look forward to seeing the changes that you decide to make!

Earth and Space

Some of the amazing homework projects for our Science unit on Earth and Space.

Fundraising for Pakistan floods

Well done to the Carlton pupils and staff for taking time out at the weekend to help raise funds for the Pakistan floods.

Ancient Greece

In Topic, we have been  learning about Ancient Greece. Here are some of the activities that we have done in class:

• Analysing a range of Greek artefacts and asking questions about them


• Designing and making pots out of clay


• Comparing Athens and Sparta

Forces

We are studying forces. For our homework we created our own ramps with different materials to test the friction and how the gradient of a ramp affects a vehicle's speed.

Claude Monet

In Art, we researched the impressionist artist Claude Monet. We then created our own paintings in the style of Monet. 

"I enjoyed painting Batley Park in the style of Monet."

Anti-Bullying

Year 5 have been focusing on how to stay safe and what to do if you are being bullied. They were visited by a community officer who spoke about the different types of bullying and how to deal with them.

Special Journeys and places

In RE, we have learnt some of the special journeys that people make as part of their religious pilgrimage. 

"I visited Makkah which is the holy land for Muslims."

"My special place is Tunisia because my parents were born there and I visit it regularly."

P4C 

We have been having lots of discussions in P4C. Some of the questions that we have discussed are:

• Is there more happiness or sadness in the world?


• Does the government help us or make life more difficult?


• What would happen if there was no religion?

Oxford December 2022!

As part of our enrichment and wider curriculum, we visited the University of Oxford. It was an amazing trip and we are truly inspired by our visit.

"My favorite part was the workshops where we discussed the power of stories"

"I loved meeting the Oxford University students and finding out how they got there and what they are studying. I aspire to be like them one day."

Spring 2023

Reading Month Competitions

Year 5 have been competing to design a new character and write a character description. We can’t wait to read about each others new characters!

World Book Day

Take a look at Year 5’s World Book Day costumes! We are looking forward to sharing our favourite stories this afternoon.

WWII Workshop

Thank you to Janan for teaching Year 5 all about WWII and bringing in artefacts for us to look at. did you know, there were around 2.5 million soldiers from India and Pakistan who fought for the allies!

Drumming practice

Year 5 were introduced to their new instrument for the term. We had so much fun playing games whilst learning about the different types of drums.

Mental Health Matters

Year 5 are raising awareness for #mentalhealthweek by sharing special acts of kindness around school. “The smallest acts of kindness can make the biggest impact.”

Manchester Imperial War Museum

We had an amazing time visiting the Imperial War Museum in Manchester. We began by looking round the museum at the interactive timeline. Our workshop involved making our own documentaries which was so fun. We used phones to record what we wanted to include in our shows. We then went to the poppy memorial before visiting the gift shop. Overall, we had a fantastic day.

Number Day - NSPCC

In year 5, we started number day  by thinking of questions linked to the numbers on our clothes. Children then used their knowledge of decimals to teach maths to their peers

Dancing away!

To raise awareness for #mentalhealthweek we used dance to portray our feelings and emotions. Thank you to our amazing dance coach for helping us to practice for our dance performances

Decimals

Year 5 have been using concrete representations to understand the concept of hundredths. Using Base Tens helped us to visualise what a tenth and a hundredth looks like. 

Chinese New Year Celebrations

In Year 5, we have been celebrating the year of the rabbit. We created fact files and poems based on why this is the year of the rabbit. In our showcase assembly, we were able to share facts and perform our poems for the school.

Dance!

Year 5 are on track to learning their class dance in PE. We look forward to watching the final performance during the Carlton Dance Off!

Maths Mastery

In Year 5 we are starting to explore decimals. We used place value grids to represent different numbers. We will be moving on to adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using fractions soon.

World War Two Trenches

In year 5 we are reading Goodnight Mr Tom and learning all about WWII. Here are some of the trenches that we created for homework. We have learnt about why the war began and the lives of both adults and children on the Homefront. We can't wait for our WWII trip in Manchester.

Summer 2023

Music: Ukulele

Year 5 have been enjoying their ukulele sessions. They are making excellent progress in their music lessons.

English: Drama

Today we used drama and role play to get a better feel for what explorers might experience as they journey through the rainforest. We even created props to use in our performances.

Topic: Maps

In Year 5, we have been using maps to locate Rainforests. We noticed that most rainforests are located between the Tropic of Cancer & the Tropic of Capricorn.

King's Coronation

Year 5 have worked hard to create art inspired by the watercolour paintings of King Charles. Did you know he became an avid painter once he decided that photography was not for him!

Art: Henri Rousseau 

Today in year 5, we went outside to build an awareness of colour and texture to inspire us when we create our art inspired by Henri Rousseau

Change Project

A huge thank you to our Year 5 parents for helping us to complete our Mosaics for the Change Project. We can’t wait to see the end result

Nurture Week:

Year 5 have spent Nurture Week at Carlton taking part in a range of reflective activities including emotional intelligence, a sense of one’s self, and team building activities.

Year 5 displayed excellent teamwork skills during their final activity of nurture week.

Science: Separating mixtures

In Year 5, we have been exploring different ways to separate mixtures including sieving, filtering, using magnets and evaporation. We can’t wait to see how long it takes for the water and sugar to separate using the sun’s heat to evaporate the water!