Year 5 Chatter
5M – Important Reminder!
We’ve temporarily moved classrooms for the week!
New Location: KS2 intervention room
Date: 24/01/25
Thank you for your understanding and flexibility!
Miss Martin
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5H Big Friday Quiz!
5H enjoyed the BFQ today, with over 30 dojos to win! Well done!
Investigating materials
5M were exploring properties of different materials this afternoon, examining how their features make them suitable for various uses.
Retrieval
5M loved starting the day with a big Friday retrieval quiz to get everyone energised and excited!
Musical talent in 5M!
This afternoon, we were able to read and play music to go with the song that we learnt last week.
5H Heat insulation experiment
We enjoyed experimenting with different materials to see which was the best insulator. Tin foil and felt where great insulators!
Cross-curricular learning!
Today, 5M used an atlas to locate the place that the Muslim faith was founded.
Sharing knowledge in RE!
One of our pupils gave a fantastic first-hand insight into the Muslim faith during a Q & A session today.
Such a valuable way for children to learn from each other and celebrate diversity!
Life savers big question 3!
What can we use our money for?
We discussed how often we consider our life saver values when we make a financial decision and shared ideas of how to be generous, thankful and wise with money.
Many of our children said that they believe they should save for the things they want but only after spending on the things they need. Some said that they would like to give more to charity too.
Poetry performances
Today we performed poems that we have explored this week in our Ready Steady Comprehension sessions. We tried to use a range of expressive strategies to enhance our performance.
Cross curricular writing!
This week, 5M have been developing their writing skills in French.
Dogs Trust
KS2 had a lovely visit from Angela at the Dogs Trust this morning. We discussed how to be safe and kind to dogs out and about.
Year 5 – Concrete resources
5M used concrete resources in Maths today to help us add mixed numbers.
Year 5 – Computing
5M are making their own interactive pets this morning in Computing. Mr Moffat is very impressed with their coding skills!
Year 5 – Global partnership
5M are creating newsletters for children in Year 5 at United School International in Doha. They are sharing information about life at Stockton Wood and life in Liverpool. We can’t wait to find out about life in Qatar.
5H Ready Steady Comprehension
5H enjoyed finding and discussing the writers knowledge in our example text. We are writing a report based on the Hound of the Baskervilles.
Fun with Kapla in 5H
5H have enjoyed building and designing creations using KAPLA blocks. There were some wonderful structures!
CO (Carbon Monoxide) safety assembly!
We learnt an important message today about Carbon Monoxide (otherwise known as CO) safety.
You can’t see it, hear it, smell it, taste it or touch it!
Homework task:
- Check if you have a CO alarm in your home!
- Make a note of the signs and symptoms to look out for and also the number to call if you suspect any CO in your home.
5H Designing Buzzer Game
5H have designed their hand steady buzzer game, which they will be making tomorrow.
Practising our French in 5H
“Dans mon trousse j’ai…” Practising saying what he have in our pencil cases in French.
Analysing the text!
This morning, 5M discussed the writers knowledge, the structure and the language features of our example text in English.
Year 5 CPA Maths!
5M consolidated their learning in Maths today, when they replaced the concrete resources with pictorial representations. This helped them to understand the mathematical concept further.
Hard work pays off!
Out-of-school success for a proud member of 5M.
If you believe, you can achieve!
Collaboration and communication in action!
5M helped each other to improve their writing by sharing ideas and giving feedback. Some used a dictionary to check difficult spellings.
Design and Technology
Beginning to put our designs together.
Can you guess what we are making?
5M Design and Technology
We had great fun designing these steady hand games and are looking forward to trying out each other’s to help evaluate them.
We love that we got to create an electrical circuit to test them out!
Investigating thermal insulation!
5M have used independent, dependent and controlled variables to investigate thermal insulation.
Firstly, we needed to learn how to read a thermometer correctly.
School Council meeting
Our school council were busy this morning, thinking of ideas for special rewards for reading at home and also for charities to donate to as part of our Social Impact Schools Award.
Year 5 Stay and Learn
Wonderful stay and learn today. Solving maths problems in teams to win prizes! Well done everyone, we have some great mathematicians.
Safer internet Day!
Year 5 discussed online safety and how to be careful to avoid scams and fake news online. Some of our lucky children went to Anfield to represent our school in further discussions.
Year 5 Parent Stay and Learn session
5M thoroughly enjoyed a bit of competition when solving two step word problems in our parent stay and learn session. Everyone was successful and seemed to have lots of fun. It is also evident that we have some great Mathematicians in our class!
Welcome back Year 5!
We hope you have had a fabulous half term and are feeling refocused and ready to learn!
Please remember to bring your reading books and your signed reading record with you to school!
See you in school, Miss Martin and Mrs Holland
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Everton in the Community
Laura came to remind us about the football sessions that they offer at Austin Rawlinson on Mondays, free of charge.
5pm – 6 pm mixed gender.
6pm -7pm girls only.
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Year 5 P.E
Year 5 will now have P.E on Tuesday afternoons. Please bring your kits tomorrow. We will no longer have swimming on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Lean on Me 5H
5H have been enjoying learning Lean on Me by Bill Withers during our singing lessons.
Fun at Hockey with year 5
5H have enjoyed hockey in P.E today. We’ve got some great defenders and attacker coming up. Remember P.E kits every Tuesday.
Reading Cafe
Year 5 and 6 had a wonderful time at our reading cafe yesterday, as part of the National Literacy event. We enjoyed finding new books, having a biscuit and a drink and even being able to take that book home!
5H Geography
5H enjoyed starting our topic on North America this week. We used the atlas’ to find major countries and cities and ipads to research facts.
Celebrations in 5M this week!
We love cheering each other on at Stockton Wood!
Our school community will RISE together!
Maths teamwork 5H
5H have been working hard this week to master long multiplication. Today we worked together on our reasoning and problem solving question.
5M PE!
This week we practised our hockey skills with Mr Moran. We have some talented athletes.
Next week we will begin our gymnastics unit of learning.
Boccia
These week we had a group of Key Stage 2 children take part in a Boccia competition.
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3D Design 5H
5H have been using Sketch up to design objects in 3D during computing.
Year 5 World Book Day -Reading Buddies
We have loved sharing stories with the younger children this afternoon. Some of the stories were really funny too!
Year One & Year Five Reading Buddy Time
We have thoroughly enjoyed sharing and reading a range of books to celebrate World Book Day.
British Science Week 2025 – Change and adapt!
A great start to our science week in year 5 today!
Assembly got us hyped up for a fun week of investigations, followed by a fabulous chat with members of the Knowsley Safari Park team about how to be a Planet Protector!
Later on we investigated camouflage by adapting our moth to blend into its environment for survival.
Parents Get Involved in Neurodiversity Week.
Below is a list of workshops available to parents during Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Simply click on the workshop your would like to attend to register. You will be able to access the workshops via your mobile phone, tablet or computer. If you need help speak to Mrs Kent (SENCo)
https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/_files/ugd/46eb70_e3ce426f85ca411ebf75ef1d9ce61b10.pdf
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Sharing news
We love celebrating positive news. Look at all these horse riding trophies! Well done!
science Week in year 5
5H has had fun this week during Science Week. We have explored different scientists, attempted to make bouncy eggs (unfortunately they were still very raw) and even designed our own inventions! What fun!
5M LifeSavers Big Question 4: How does our money help others?
We had some really interesting conversations about how your money can go a long way and can help a lot of people, when we choose to spend or donate it!
Year 5 Art week – Sculpture
We started our Art week with a drawing from memory warm up and then drawing with shade and detail.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
A huge thank you to Mr Boyd for hanging our neurodiversity umbrellas! Neurodiversity is an umbrella term used to refer to all of the different ways of thinking. This week the children are learning about Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Ask your child if they know any famous people who are neurodivergant!
Art Week 5H
This week we have been making Totem Poles in Art, linked to our North America topic in Geography.
5M ‘Wear your PJs to school’ day!
Today we raised money for Alder Hey children’s hospital and also celebrated our Attendance achievement with a pizza party and a movie, all whilst wearing our pyjamas!
5M are leading the way…
1st class to celebrate great attendance!
Art week – clay sculptures
5M have made cross-curricular links between Art and Geography this week – learning about Totem Poles and then designing and sculpting our own.
We haven’t quite finished our sculptures yet, so watch this space for the end results.
Neurodiversity week!
5M have really enjoyed learning about different types of neurodiversity during this week. It has helped us to understand and appreciate how everyone’s brain works in unique and amazing ways.
Look out for our wonderful umbrellas displayed around the school, celebrating and showing that we embrace Neurodiversity.
5M Reading for pleasure
We took a little time this morning to refocus our minds with some quiet reading time in our fabulous school library.
Year 5 Maths CPA
Even when not in our classroom, we will always find time to use concrete, pictorial and abstract resources to support our maths learning.
Year 5 Art
5M are working hard to use primary colours to paint the totem poles we made last week. We’re really happy with the finished product.
Rights and Duties 5H
5H have been discussing rights and duties to their school, home and environment, during PSHE. Many of the children highlighted our school values of Respect, Inclusion, Succeed and Encourage.
Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday to all our lovely Mums, Aunties, Grandmas and Carers. Thank you for all you do!
Hockey Tournament
Year 5 enjoyed putting their new hockey skills to the test with a mini tournament in PE.
Year 5 Parent stay and learn – Science 🤩
We had a great morning confusing our brain with the ‘Stroop Effect’ test.
Some were difficult and some were easy. It made us laugh out loud and we’d like to thank our parents for joining us!
Have a fun Easter Break!
5M had a lovely afternoon after working so hard all morning 🥳🤩
Year 5 – Exploring and responding to clues from the text
We began our new narrative in English today by immersing ourselves into the narrative, identifying what the clues told us and forming links between the objects and images. Then we made a prediction.
Fire Champions at LFC
Yesterday year 5 had a wonderful time at LFC taking part in the fire champions programme. We learned a lot of valuable skills on how to stay state in our and community and at home.
Fire Champions Fun at Anfield
Year 5 learnt so much about staying safe in our community through fun activities, with the emergency services at Anfield! How exciting!
We are now officially Fire Champions ambassadors!
Froggy Fever
Year 5 have been learning about life cycles of amphibians, insects and birds this afternoon. One of our pupils had a book all about frogs, from our reading cafe last term. We had time at the end of our day to find out some more interesting facts!
Year 5 star readers
We loved our recent National literacy book event and sadly forgot to post about it…
We also have some star readers of our own in 5M!
Year 5 D&T week
This week in D&T, Year 5 designed and made a kite!
Testing them was great fun!
Maths games
One of 5M’s favourite maths games is the ‘Place value’ game!
We particularly like it when we try to beat the teacher 🤩
Athletics
In preparation for next week’s sports day, we enjoyed stretching our legs.
Remember that Year 5’s next ‘Parent stay and learn’ session is on Thursday 22nd May at 9am.
We hope that both you and the sunshine can make it!
If you were an engineer, what would you do – competition!
These children have celebrated their engineering success, having received a certificate from Primary Engineer for their amazing invention entries.
They received a grading of Pass, Merit or Distinction and those that received Distinction Shortlisted, were in the final to become an overall winner!
Well done Children!
Year 5 – Sports day
The rain didn’t dampen our spirits in year 5 and we enjoyed our ‘Parent stay and learn’ session yesterday. Sports day was great fun!
Thank you to those that came to support us and a huge well done to the parents that took part in our basketball shoot off!
Summer 1 fun!
5H have had so much fun learning this half term! There’s been DT week, well-being and sports day! We also celebrated the Science week engineering projects, who won certificates. Well done for all your hard work! Have a lovely half term. See you on the 3rd June for the final half term of the year!!
End of year trip!
Year 5 had the best day out at Gulliver’s World!
So many smiles and fun had by all!
Fire champions
Our Year 5 children are continuing to work hard with the fire service and last week they had a chance to explore the equipment!
KS2 Author visit – Luke Temple
Luke shared his fantastic adventure stories with us this morning. The main character is called Felix Dashwood and Luke helped us to bring the characters to life and explore the problems that they come across.
We had a chance to ask Luke some great questions and see how the illustrator brings his characters to life too!
Signed books about Felix’s adventures and the characters she meets on her way, will be on sale in school tomorrow!
Magic at Stockton Wood
We have our very own magician at Stockton Wood! He’s been showing off all of his tricks and blowing our socks off here in 5H!
Meeting an author!
Some of us met the author Luke Temple and got our book signed.
We were also excited to find his stories in our library for us to choose for reading for pleasure.
Tricky Maths in Year 5
This week we challenged ourselves to use a protractor to measure and draw angles. Those of us that were confident helped others.
Aspirations in year 5!
Today we got to try out a new role as a firefighter. This was great fun and encouraged some of us to consider this as a future job!
Cricket Day!
5M had an excellent session of cricket this morning! There was an opportunity for us to practice our resilience skills too!
Watch out for information on how to join free cricket sessions at Austin Rawlinson.
Tuesday – girls and boys after school and Sunday – girls only!
Aspirations Week!
In assembly, we discussed what it means to have aspirations.
We had the chance to dress up in the role that we aspire to be when we are older.
More talent in 5M!
One of our talented musicians treated us to a few tunes on her guitar this afternoon 👏🤩
Refugee week
Our assembly today was about raising awareness of what it means to be a refugee – Community is a superpower!
Many countries have many people that are forced to flee for their safety.
One of our children ended assembly with her own thoughts on being a community – “People are getting used to being around different types of people and the world is a colourful place!”
A fabulous effort in 5M this week!
A great effort with our end of year assessments this week. Positive vibes seem to be creating positive results 👏 Well done 5M!
Aspirations week – Travel agent!
Year 5 would really like to thank our lovely visitor for coming in to talk to us about his chosen career.
We learnt that as a travel agent, as well as enjoying travelling, you need to be good at listening, researching and managing money. You will also need to be good at interacting with other people, building trust and problem solving.
O said it was a very interesting presentation!
R said she would like to become a travel agent when she is older because he inspired her!
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Aspirations Week – A Life in Football
Years 3, 4 and 5 really enjoyed hearing Mr Jones talking about a range of different careers there are in Football. It was really interesting to hear about how hard he worked to be a professional footballer!
Enjoying P.E in the sun
5H have had a lovely afternoon enjoying P.E in the sunshine, starting athletics with Mr H.
Aspirations Week
Big thank you to Harry for coming in and telling us all about his life as a fire fighter and at the prison service. We learnt so much about these fantastic jobs and his life.
Aspirations week – Lawyer
Year 5 had a wonderful session this morning with a lawyer named Collette.
Some fantastic questions were asked and answered, resulting in many of our children now liking the idea of becoming a lawyer.
Aspirations week – Biomedical scientist
We ended our aspirations week with a chat from a lovely Biomedical scientist!
She told us all about the interesting journey of a blood sample and once again, many of us asked some great questions about blood.
Quidditch day!
Year 5 had so much fun with Quidditch. From the start, where the hat decided our team name according to our qualities, to the celebrations after the games. Well done Ravenclaw!
Aspirations – Lifesavers!
5M are proud to share the news that these children have worked extremely hard in the application process of becoming our future ‘school banking’ team. During the interview stage, they were successful in securing a role.
Well done children!
Art week – Painting!
This week we have been painting in year 5.
We have studied the artist Frida Kahlo and painted portraits that incorporate her vibrant style, taking influence from Frida to create a colour contrast.
Y5/6 Cricket Tournament
A huge well done to all those children who represented Stockton Wood at the cricket tournament this afternoon. They demonstrated a positive and resilient attitude and came 2nd place.
Art week
5H enjoyed art week last week. Painting self portraits of Frida Kahlo. It was great to see the focus and attention to detail on the children’s faces.
National Literacy Event
Years 5 and 6 enjoyed a visit from a storyteller and poet. It was fantastic to see the children engaged for over an hour, listening to his wonderful tales.
Art week – painting results
Our watercolour paintings in the style of Frida Kahlo, have turned out beautifully!
English – A balanced argument
Our new writing focus is to write a balanced argument, where two sides of a debate are discussed in detail.
This morning, we researched gorillas and the positives and negatives of keeping them in captivity or the wild.
Then we attempted our first debate to gather ideas for our writing.
Year 5 Rounders
Year 5 enjoyed the sunshine this afternoon with a game of rounders during P.E.
Bastille Day
5H researched Bastille Day on the computers and made some PowerPoints with interesting facts and information.
Bastille Day
Today we learnt about Bastille day and used our prior learning in French to create the ideal pencil case, ready for year 6.
Ready Steady Read Together!
5M enjoyed performing some of their favourite Stanzas in this week’s poems.
PSHE – changes
Year 5 discussed how our body changes when we go through puberty. Children were able to ask some relevant questions and respond to others with advice.
Welcome to 5H
It’s been a week since the start of the new school year and year 5 have settled in well. We’ve already delved straight into our curriculum and are having lots of fun learning.
Bikeability Year 5
Bikeability starts next week for some children. Letters have been given out to children that will be doing it next week, with their specific day. If your child is doing Bikeability they can wear their P.E Kit that day. Please don’t forget helmets and bikes. Any questions please let us know.
Music in 5H
Today we started to develop our improvising skills in music, ready to use notation and compose next week.
Kapla Day
5H enjoyed adding to the amazing Kapla structure in the hall yesterday. We created the train on the bridge.
Democracy at Stockton Wood
Today we heard speeches and voted for our next school councillors. Well done to all the children that gave a speech. The results will be revealed on Monday!
School Council
Stockton Wood School Council were announced this morning in assembly. Congratulations to these children (the rest are to follow tomorrow).
Also, we like to say a huge well done to those that prepared a speech and put themselves forward for the role this year – the number of votes were very close.
Watch this space for your successful year group school councillors.
Air Resistance in Year 5
5H created parachutes today, taking part in an experiment to test air resistance. We learnt that the greater the surface area, the more air resistance.
Budding Composers
In 5H we went to the computing room this afternoon, exploring software to compose music. The children are beginning to develop their musical knowledge and notation skills.
School Council – Competition
School council met yesterday to launch a competition to design a logo for the Cradle to Career Project in Speke.
The Cradle to Career Project would appreciate your involvement and there will be a £40 Cineworld voucher for the winning entry (other local schools are also taking part).
Your child will need to hand in their entries to their teacher, by Friday 10th October.
School Council – Community space
Our school council have been busy helping to shape a local woodland space. One of the many things we suggested were animal carvings to make it a welcoming and creative place for the whole community to enjoy!
Remember to look out for them around All Saints Church, as the area is further developed.
Editing buddies in year 5
5H have been developing their editing skills today, working towards writing a formal English. They read their work to a partner and supported each other to improve their writing.
Writing music
5H have been writing music for their instrumentals on manuscript paper this week. We recapped their knowledge on note names and rhythms.
Black History Month
Year 5 have learnt about Benjamin Zephaniah this week, a famous poet from Birmingham with Jamaican decent, as part of Black History Month. They also wrote some passionate dub poetry in his style.
Maths Party day 5H
Today was maths party day. We dressed up in numbers and patterns and had a zoom with an artist that uses Rubik’s cubes. We also did some work on fractions linked to Rubik’s cubes.
Aspirations Day at Trafford Hall
Year 5 have taken part in an aspirations day today. Learning about different careers within the energy industry, as well as learning about how to be sustainable and taking part in a scavenger hunt to learn essential survival skills. It was a great day and happily the rain held off.
