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Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson class have been working really hard on their learning over the last few weeks. We have already looked at our first line of inquiry 'How nature is representing in art',  where they explored observational drawing, paint mixing, natural resources and creating their final piece of Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'. 

They have also written a diary entry in the role of Katie, from the story 'Katie and the Sunflowers'. For our second line of inquiry we have begun looking at 'What conditions do plants need to thrive'. We have explored real plants, identifying, grouping and undertaking close up observations using digital microscope. Outside of our inquiry learning, we have learned about money and we have even started practising for sports day! The children have loved the healthy competition! 

Emmeline Pankhurst

So far this term, Year 5 have been working extremely hard on their learning. We have inquired into the Victorian era and used our research skills to find out about Victorian Inventions and how they have changed over time and how we still use them today. We conducted science investigations looking at the force of friction. We tested how oils and lubricants can reduce friction by having two jelly cubes on our tables and adding oil to one of them. We tried to pick up each jelly cube with pencils (acting as chopsticks) and found that the jelly cube without oil was easier to grip, due to there being more friction between the objects. We also tested different shoes to see which had the most/least friction when pulled along a rough surface using a newton metre.  

Year 5 were able to identify that the lines on the bottom of shoes support the grip which in turn means there is more friction. We have also been practising for Sports Day by running relay races in PE. In Art, we have been looking at the Bayeux Tapestry and have practised creating lines with stitches, which will build up over the module to then create our own piece of tapestry.