Author Archives: Mrs Ahmed

Year 5 Homework (Due 12th May)

Hello Year 5!Below is your homework for this week. Pick two tasks of your choice. English Starter: Handwriting Practice- How many words can you think of with these joins? Write as many as you can in your best handwriting. (ee, gh, ll, ra, ay, op, um.) Main task: Create a character profile for a character […]

Five Blue’s Blooming Gallery

“Learning blooms within Five Blue!”Children are working really hard in class and this is showcased below.Please share a HIGHLIGHT of your week! General reminders for parents and children- we work as a team at BH and everyone has a role to play in creating success! Monday-P.E. Kits Tuesday: No swimming Spelling test- as voted by […]

5B Macbeth’s Soliloquy

Act 2, Scene 1After hours of worrying Macbeth finally speaks his mind- we explored this today through his soliloquy.Please watch the video sharing his feelings and emotions. Which lines suggest Macbeth is hesitant and not ready to kill King Duncan? Which lines affirm his desire to kill King Duncan?

5B’s Blooming Gallery thus far…

What an ace start to the Summer term! Children are working really hard in class and this is showcased below.Please share a HIGHLIGHT of your week! General reminders for parents and children- we work as a team at BH and everyone has a role to play in creating success! Bank Holiday Monday Tuesday: Swimming (Full […]

English: Drama in 5B

This half term we are studying the elaborate literature of William Shakespeare. We are studying the great tragedy of ‘Macbeth’ Who is William Shakespeare? What do we know about Macbeth so far? Below are pictures and videos from our drama lesson today, where we portrayed rival soldiers on the battlefield. Describe the moors during the […]

5B’s David Attenborough Inspired Documentaries

This half term we have been learning about ‘Living things and their habitats’ in science. Gallery of our learning this half term! To finish our unit of learning children have produced documentaries about the Life Cycle of Mammals. What have you gained during this unit of learning? A new word I have learnt is…..

Year 5’s Geography visit to our local area

On Wednesday 31st March from 9.00am till Midday year 5 children will be taking a stroll around our local canal to conduct a Geography investigation linked to our Rivers learning. Children must wear appropriate shoes and a warm coat. All children would benefit from bringing a healthy snack as a walk tends to build up […]

Year 5 English Homework

This week you have planned your Fantasy Story using the model below.Your homework this week is to WRITE your FIRST DRAFT! Please upload completed work via the sharepoint. Please only comment below to say when you have uploaded your work OR if you have a question.

Comprehending and performing poetry

One of our favourite group of characters in the Hobbit are most definitely the Dwarves. Today we explored the very meaningful yet dark lyrics. We began the day comprehending the poem. What features did we identify? Performing ‘Far over the Misty Mountain Cold’ as a class choir.

Y5- Week 4 Homework: English- The Hobbit

We have had the most epic start to our Hobbit unit of writing this week! Your homework is to apply the knowledge from the past three days to complete ONE of the following tasks. For those who would like to read the book and use examples from the book follow the link: The Hobbit PDF […]

5 Blue’s First Week Back!

What a brilliant first week back! All the staff in 5 Blue have been delighted to welcome you back to school. We were pleasantly surprised to see how you represented our school values such as resilience, teamwork and kindness upon returning to school. ReadingWe were very extremely happy to see a majority of reading journals […]

5 Blues Artificial propagation

Today we carried out an experiment. We investigated how plants who do not have male or female parts reproduce asexually. Below is a video sharing out experiment. The word of a science lesson: what is a gymnosperm? And how does it reproduce without bees pollinating? Prediction: How tall do you think the ivy will grow […]

The Hobbit Themed Day-Wednesday 17th March

To introduce our fantasy genre of reading and writing this half term we are going to have a dress-up day immersing ourselves in the shire from the story ‘The Hobbit, By J.R.R Tolkien’ We encourage all the children to begin reading the story (And parents to read to their children) as this will support everyone […]

Y5-World Book Day-Reading activity

Thursday 4th March 2021WBD: To make sensible predictions about an action scene from ‘The Hobbit‘ First taskPREDICTIONS… PREDICTIONS…PREDICTIONS(What do you think happens to the hobbit and the dwarves) Second TaskListen to the next part of the story to hear if your prediction was correct. Choose a learning task from below and upload via sharepoint. **GD […]

02.03.21-English (Fantasy Genre)-Y5 Home learning

How exciting, today we will be looking at the fantasy story of ‘How to train your dragon.’ (Complete ALL THREE tasks below) SPAG(Unscramble the fantasy vocabulary below) Listening/ ComprehensionWatch and listen to the video below (a short clip from the animated film ‘How to train your dragon’) Answer the questions in full sentences. 1) How […]

01.03.21-English (Fantasy Genre Week)- Y5 Home Learning

Monday 1st March 2021To understand ‘Harry Potter’ as a fantasy genre. SPAGHere you need to use a dictionary to find the meaning of words and sort into the personality traits of the four Harry Potter houses. READINGBelow is an extract from, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone’ by J.K. Rowling (Published in 1997)Read the extract […]

5 Blue’s Blooming Gallery (Sp2, Wk1)

Week One Brick Wall What should a year 5 piece of work include?-Date & Title-Correct spellings, grammar and punctuation-Correct stationary, black pen, pencil, ruler and crayons-Subheadings for tasks-Colours, creative presentationEveryday begin with English, Maths, BS and the 4th creative blog. MATHS-Fractions ENGLISH(Adventure Stories, based on ‘The Hobbit’ by J.R. Tolkien) More Fantastic Work(This half term […]

5 Blue’s Zoom Blogs (Sp2-Wk1)

Hello Five Blue!This week we be speaking with you EVERY morning!Every child must join zoom at 9.15 to 9.30 to be a part of our class register.We will begin the day sharing expectations and helping you to organise yourself. Zoom Conduct:*Password: Lower case/ Colour of our class Giraffe (_ _ _ _).*Microphone and camera ON […]

Welcoming our newest member of 5 Blue!

I am sure all of you would agree with me, Miss Holland sounds awesome and she will definitely ‘bloom in our room!’ Please share a lovely welcome message as well as an introduction to yourself below.(E.g. Name, What you like to do? What you consider your role to be in 5B- fun, creative, team player, […]

22.02.21-English (Information Text)- Y5-Home Learning

Monday 22nd February 2021 SPaG Starter: To understand and identify formal and informal language.Firstly, neatly write the sentences below and identify which are formal and informal. Then underline the words which are formal. 1. Climatologists argue that the UK climate is changing as a result of global warming with the possibility of more frequent floods. […]

11.02.21-Y5-Theatrical Thursday Art

I am sure you are super excited after seeing our very successful year 5 rock n roll music video! As tribute to our music video pick one of the following creative tasks to celebrate the video but also the effort of all the parents, children and staff who made the video happen! Option 1Create an […]

10/02/21-Y5- Music Week Art (Home learning)

To sequence a routine stimulated by our year groups rock music. Above & below are short clips from your fun-loving year 5 teachers taking part in the ‘Can’t Stop Y5 Music Video’Use these as inspiration for your videos- please send recordings via the sharepoint link. Here are some clips and photographs taken from Can’t Stop’s […]

5B Zoom Time Table (Week 6)

Hello Five Blue!This week we be speaking with you EVERY morning!Every child must join zoom at 9.15 to 9.30 to be a part of our class register.We will begin the day sharing expectations and helping you to organise yourself. Zoom Conduct:*Password: Lower case/ Colour of our class Giraffe (_ _ _ _).*Microphone and camera ON […]

09/02/21-Y5- Music Week Art (Home learning)

BH Value: Knowledge/ Imagination & Brilliance Today your task is to use all of the recycling material and junk you were asked to save over the last three weeks to create instruments for our year 5 rock band! All the videos below have been taken from the fabulous Junk Orchestra Website. The Junk Orchestra modelling […]

3) 08/02/21-Y5- Music Week Art (Home learning)

BH Value: Knowledge/ Imagination & Brilliance You must complete ALL the challenges First ChallengeDesign a rocker outfit on purple mash.(Carefully think about prints and colours) Second ChallengePlan an outfit for your music week video.(Share your ideas on the comments box below) Third Challenge Design a large album cover for Year 5 Broad Heathers!-Use paint, colours, […]