BPSYearFive

We have been practicing performing our poetry inspired by Shackleton’s Journey to Antarctica

We are thinking about the most important qualities needed to be part of Shackleton’s crew! #billingshurstwriting #billingshurstoracy

We have been creating stop motion animations using our knowledge about the lifecycle of a ladybird #billingshurstcomputing #billingshurstscience

We have been investigating equivalent fractions with rice! #billingshurstmaths

We’ve been using numicon to explore equivalent fractions! #billingshurstmaths

We’ve been doing maths problem solving with our favourite treat - chocolate!

Happy World Book Day! Year 5 have had a great morning sharing books we love, finding out about new books and enjoying lots of opportunities to read! #billingshurstreading

In Geography, we have been considering different trade routes and their impact.

Earlier this week Year 5 took part in a Viking Raid led by Odin to inspire our writing. We rolled dice to see who won in battle! #billingshurstwriting

For Wellbeing Wednesday we’ve been thinking about positive thinking and remembering there is always a ‘blue sky’ out there!

Year 5 have been thinking about how to stay safe online with thinkuknow’s Band Runner game #billingshurstcomputing

Interviewing our eye witnesses for our writing this week! #billingshurstwriting

We have loved sharing our Space presentations with Year 6 today! @billingshurstwriting

Year 5 are finishing our learning about sculpture by creating our own mini sculptures inspired by Lisa Traxler #billingshurstart

Year 5 are enjoying using iMovie on the iPads to create their Space presentations! #billingshurstcomputing #billingshurstwriting

Enjoying developing and exploring the range of textures and patterns we can find in the classroom! #billingshurstart

Developing our understanding of line and tone #billingshurstart

Using Book Talk to perform a scene from The Jamie Drake Equation in preparation for our exciting next piece of writing on Space!

More photos of our orange ‘mummification’!

@BPSYearFive #billingshursthistory Year five have had a great time mummifying oranges this morning as part of their learning about Egypt. They included charms and spells from the book of the dead too!