Class of 2014
SITE LAUNCH
Year 5 have begun their SITE focus on 'properties and changes of materials' with an experimental observation on thermal conductors and insulators. Year 5 thought the ice on the metal would stay a solid for longer as it feels cold, but they learnt that heat/energy always travels to a colder place.…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 6 January 2020
Category: Class of 2014
SITE parachutes
Today we made parachutes for our SITE project on forces! The children had to use their knowledge on forces to create the most suitable parachute to help their egg survive. Year 5, can you explain what properties a successful parachute should have and why?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 18 December 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Christmas jumper day
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 16 December 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Joyeux Noël
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During our last French lesson of 2019, we tried French sweets!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 12 December 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Christmas Tree Festival
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Year 5 at Bramham have been busy making Christmas decorations for our school's Christmas tree at the Bramham Christmas Tree Festival. The festival on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend - go and check them out!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 22 November 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Leeds Grand Mosque
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Bramham and Shadwell's Year 5s had a brilliant trip to Leeds Grand Mosque as part of our RE focus on Islam. It was very interesting, and they all asked very inquisitive questions.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 20 November 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Children in Need
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 15 November 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Forces Launch
Year 5 had an exciting and edible launch to our SITE focus on forces. We used maltesers to see who had the strongest 'force'. The children learnt about balanced and unbalanced forces.
In the following weeks they will learn about:
gravity,
upthrust and surface area,
friction,
…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 4 November 2019
Category: Class of 2014
SITE Space Buggies/Rovers
Today we made our space buggies using all the information we have learnt about the planets in our solar system. The children chose a planet to design a space buggy for and created a design which had a practical specification. For example some children's space buggies designed for Mars included…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 24 October 2019
Category: Class of 2014
African Residents
Year 5 have had two residents this half term. As part of our topic on Our World, had two African Snails come to stay.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 17 October 2019
Category: Class of 2014
Showing our maths
On Tuesday we began addition and subtraction. We used counters to show the place value columns and add on counters to create new 6 digit numbers. This helped the children add mentally in following lessons and understand the difference between numbers.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 10 October 2019
Category: Class of 2014
The distance between planets
To show a more realistic distance between planets, we took:
2 steps from the sun for Mercury
4 steps from the sun for Venus
5 steps from the sun for Earth
8 steps from the sun for Mars
26 steps from the sun for Jupiter
48 steps from the sun for Saturn
98 steps from the sun for…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 1 October 2019
Category: Class of 2014