Year 5 Macaws
We’re the Macaws!
Welcome to our class
We’re lively and positive, brilliant and bright.
We fly high and make the most of every day!
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
Peter Pan - JM Barrie
Welcome back! We hope that you have all had a lovely summer holiday.
We have had a very busy first week in Macaws. As well as getting to know each other better, we have made locker labels, reading recommendations, written information letters and much more. It has been a fantastic start to the year!
Class Information
We have PE on Thursday and swimming on Monday so please wear your full PE kit to school on those days with long hair tied back and earrings removed.
Please remember to record reading and sign homework diaries. Thank you for your cooperation.
Enterprise Fundraiser 2021
It has been an amazing day so far - lots of dancing in the hall and bouncing around the running track! Also a huge well done to Ruby for winning the Harry Potter Sorting Hat, guessing the weight of the bag to the nearest amount!
Special Mention Winners - WB 24th May 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our SUPER STARS are:
* Ben Kennedy-Bruyneels and Ava Mellis *
Oatlands Points Winners
*Sadie Mellis, Lauren Moore and Federico Bronzini*
Enterprise Week 2021
What a busy time we have had! Enterprise Week has been full of activity and has been an incredibly enjoyable week, learning more about our theme of 'Valuing Ourselves and Others'. Our key aim has been developing skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work. The children have had the opportunity to consider the role money plays in all our lives, how to manage their money effectively, and have how to make money through an enterprise. Key skills of teamwork, communication, resilience, flexibility, delegation and patience have all been practiced this week. Today, we took part in a Hula workshop to help us learn new skills and have FUN!!!
The rest of the week will be spent planning ideas for a fundraising event to raise money for Just B! I can't wait to hear the persuasive speeches and vote for the winning idea!
Anglo-Saxon handling day
Macaws enjoyed their Anglo-Saxon and Viking handling day. What fun was had trying to make sparks with flint, using a butter churner and spotting the designs on an Anglo Saxon helmet. Remember to ask your child what they learned today!
NSPCC Number Day 2021
We are having a fantastic NSPCC Number Day in Year 5! We have all taken on the challenge of dressing up in a number or something maths related. We have learnt about the importance of the NSPCC Charity and thought about how we can help each other. We have also completed a maths challenge - building 3D shapes from spaghetti and marshmallows! Our final activity, was linked to our class number...we had to write a story, rap, poem with the exact number of words!!! It was a challenge!!! Here are some photos of our day!
Be Internet Legends!
At Oatlands Junior School we promote using the internet safely at home and at school. We had a go at building a 'Be Internet Legend' trophy kit, as part of Google’s e-safety programme. Inside the tube, the children found a set of instructions and pieces of the trophy. They had to scan the QR code to activate the online safety quiz. Each correctly answered question is awarded with an instruction, which the children followed to build their trophy successfully! Here are some of our completed trophies!
Bikeability 2021
This week, the last two groups of Year 5 children have been taking part in the Bikeability programme led by NYCC. On the first day, they met their instructors and spent time learning about how to check if their bikes were safe. They then practised stopping safely and signalling - it can be quite tricky! On the second day, they spent time cycling around the local area, testing all the skills they had learned. It was a great two days and the children really enjoyed it, especially as they battled all weathers - including hailstones!
Special Mentions - Spring 2
Well done to Lexi and Owen who are the Macaws Special Mentions winners. You should both be really proud of everything you have achieved this half term.
Look at our Egg-cellent Egg Designs!
The Macaws have spent a lot of time designing some incredible Easter Eggs for our competition this year! Well done to everyone who has taken part, you are all egg-ceptional!! Take a look at our photos to see!
Achievement Winners - WB 15th March 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our SUPER STARS are:
* Finlay Barry and Ava Mellis *
TT Rock Stars Winner - WB 8th March 2021
*Henry Littlejohn *
Achievement Winners - WB 8th March 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our SUPER STARS are:
* Lexi Gilbert and Shona Colvin *
TT Rock Stars Winner - WB 8th March 2021
*Harvey Clarke *
Achievement Winners - WB 1st March 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our SUPER STARS are:
* Lucy Brannan, Tom Peat, Maia Oosthuizen, Amelia Holden and Luke Proudlove.*
TT Rock Stars Winner - WB 1st March 2021
*Nathan Emovan *
Art Award WB 1st March 2021
Special Mentions - WB 22nd February 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our SUPER STARS are:
* Sula Stanhope, Delphi Stanhope, Archie Fountain, Jacob Stockton and Preeti Chandrashekar.*
TT Rock Stars Winner - WB 22nd February 2021
* Tom Peat *
Art Award WB 22nd February 2021
Special Mentions - WB 8th February 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our SUPER STARS are:
* Lucy Brannan, Gwilym Harper, Chariss McQuade, Federico Bronzini, Ella Marsh and Henry Littlejohn.*
Oatlands Points Winners - WB 8th February 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this half term :)
Our Oatlands Points Winners are:
* Sula Stanhope, Luke Fitt, Ewan Rhodes, Owen Flatley-Skaife, Jenna Whittingham, Milo Spearing, Jessie Thomas, Tilly Fox and Will Orr. *
TT Rock Stars Winner - WB 8th February 2021
*Freddie Moss-Blundell *
Art Award - WB 8th February 2021
The Award goes to....Shreya Raghunam
Shreya’s final piece, a colourful drawing of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle has captured the movement of this magnificent creature. She has used the skills learnt over the last few weeks to draw what she can see and to use line and tone to create a 3d effect on a 2d drawing. Shreya, your drawing is sensational, well done.
Mrs Alderson.
Stars of the Week - WB 1st February 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this week :)
Our SUPER STARS this week are:
* Liv Leeming, Jemima Dickie, Isabella Bolton, Joseph Watts and Sadie Mellis *
Art Award - WB 1st February 2021
The Award goes to....Milo Spearing
Milo has achieved a superb observational study this week, experimenting how drawings differ when the same object is drawn from memory and then observation. His observational drawing of a camera is incredible. Such care is shown in his drawings and his line and tone creates depth. A great piece of work, Milo. Well done.
Mrs Alderson.
Stars of the Week - WB 25th January 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this week :)
Our SUPER STARS this week are:
* Isla Bramley, William Sewell, Billy Simpson, Alfie Quibell and Finlay MacLennan *
Art Award - WB 25th January 2021
Year 5 Award goes to......Maia Pardo
Maia, your straight line portrait is sensational! I was so impressed with your attention to detail, the sharpness of the lines to the contrasting softness that you have created by adding colour is wonderful. Well done, Maia.
Mrs Alderson.
Stars of the Week - WB 18th January 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this week :)
Our SUPER STARS this week are:
* Ewan Rhodes, Henry Littlejohn, Shreya Raghunan, Harvey Clarke and Jenna Whittingham *
Art Award - WB 18th January 2021
Stars of the Week - WB 11th January 2021
A huge well done to everyone for their hard work this week :)
Our SUPER STARS this week are:
* Owen Flatley-Skaife and Ellie Simpson *
Art Award - WB 11th January 2021
This week the Art Award goes to Henry Littlejohn. Henry has created 3 intricate blind contour drawings and it is clear that he has taken great care to look at his objects in great detail without looking at the paper until the very end. The end products are wonderful, what an impressive set of drawings, you should be very proud Henry. Well done! Mrs Alderson.
Class Novel - Spring 2021
The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. Rauf
'The boy's an absolute menace.'
'He's a bully. A lost cause!'
'Why can't he be more like his sister?'
I've been getting into trouble for as long I can remember. Usually I don't mind 'cos some of my best, most brilliant ideas have come from sitting in detention.
But recently it feels like no one believes me about anything - even when I'm telling the truth! And it's only gotten worse since I played a prank on the old man who lives in the park.
Everyone thinks I'm just a bully. They don't believe I could be a hero.
But I'm going to prove them all wrong...
Special Mentions - Autumn 2
Well done Sami and Jenna! You should be really proud of all your hard work this half term.
Christmas in the Macaws Class
We've been getting into the Christmas spirit this week by creating some fabulous crafts. We've made calendars, cards and decorated festive tea light holders and sun catchers! Just look at our brilliant work!
Y5 Science Week
A huge well done to all of the Macaws this week. We have had a fantastic week learning all about science. All of the children have enjoyed planning their experiments linked to our Science Superheroes:
- Comparative and fair testing
- Observing over time
- Pattern seeking
- Identifying, classifying and grouping
- Researching using secondary sources
Children In Need
Today we have been raising money for Children in Need, taking part in the last 20 minutes of Joe Wick's 24 hour PE challenge. All the children looked fantastic in the pyjamas and onesies! We have spent the week looking at the ‘Five to Thrive’ activities which have included -
- Connecting with people.
- Take notice of feelings.
- Get Active.
- Be Curious.
- Give – acts of kindness.
Remembrance Day 2020
On Wednesday 11th November, the Macaws class learnt about the Harrogate born RAF pilot, Brain Lane, who went missing in action in December 1942. Brian Lane has a small memorial in London and the children designed their own memorials that could be placed in Harrogate to celebrate the local war veteran.
Special Mentions - Autumn 1
Congratulations to our special mentions winner, Ellie and Finlay. You should be incredibly proud of all your hard work from this half term.
Harvest Festival
Whilst we have not been able to celebrate Harvest Festival in the usual way at school, in our RE lesson this week we have learnt lots about the traditions of the festival and when it first started. We researched our own facts and created some very informative fact files. Here are some examples of our work.
Class Novel - Autumn 1
Charlotte's Web by E.B White
Wilbur didn’t want food, he wanted love. He wanted a friend – someone who would play with him.
One morning a little girl called Fern rescues a runt and names him Wilbur. But then Wilbur is sent to live on a farm where he meets Charlotte, a beautiful large grey spider. They become best friends and, when Wilbur is faced with a dreadful fate, Charlotte must find a very clever way to save him.
