First day back was RAP day!

We kick started our Solar System unit of learning with a space rap.

Here we are learning the rap and performing in small groups.

Look out for our own compositions, which we hope will be performance ready for the learning outcome at the end of the unit.

Year 5 have raided the music trolleys to compose, rehearse and perform rain forest themed music.

In science this week we have been exploring how light is reflected and refracted. Who knew why a straw never looks straight when looking at it through a glass filled with water? Well we now understand it is not our eyes playing a trick on us, but the light refracting!

This week in science we have kicked off our electricity learning by making predictions, testing and then explaining our knowledge.

We used lots of electrical components to build our circuits and test them out, giving reasons for them working and not working. We then were set the challenge to see who could design and build the ‘trickiest’ electrical circuit!

We have all sorts from Year 3 this week:

We have been enjoying using maths resources to add and subtract numbers; acting out our diary of a crayon before writing them out; we have been enjoying challenging ourselves to explain how we have worked out our maths problems; and we have been learning about prepositions by playing musical prepositions.