Year 5
Welcome to Year 5!
Hello and Welcome to Year 5!
Congratulations on graduating to Upper Key Stage Two. The class teachers in Year 5 are Miss Skerrett and Mrs Clifford.
We are so excited about the next academic year, and we have lots of fascinating topics that we cannot wait to share with you. We are also here to guide you as you enter this new chapter and continue to cultivate our St Brigid's virtues.
We look forward to being with you every step of the way and helping you along your spiritual journey. Please take a look at the curriculum overviews to see what we will be learning this year.
Curriculum Overview 2024-2025
Black Country Living Museum
Christmas 2024
Anti-Bullying Week - Odd Socks Day
Operation Christmas Child donations.
Multi Sports Event at STACS
Creating Abstract Art in 5FC
5FC - Working together in RE.
Culture Day
STWA - Water Street Workshop
Celebrating the feast of Pentecost during Collective Worship.
5FC - Designing and making marble runs.
5SS - Designing and making marble runs.
Go-Ape trip.
RHE - 5FC learning the basics in FIrst Aid.
Black Country Living Museum
5FC World Book Day
5SS Science - dissecting flowers
5FC - Science - dissecting flowers
5FC Pyjama Day and Golden Time
5FC - Lumen Christi Day
African Art Relief Models
5FC - Painting abstract art designs on Jolly Jumper Day
Advent - Stay and Pray
5SS - Steam Day
Anti-Bullying Week - Odd Socks Day
5FC - STEAM Day
Fire Service visit
Prayer and Liturgy - Praying the Rosary in October
Art - Making geometric tiles with clay
5FC STEM event at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Creatively Exploring God's Planet
Thank you for all the beans!
Collective Worship
5SS Harry Potter World
5FC Harry Potter World
5FC - Sports Day
5FC World Music Day
Refugee Week
Year 5 Inspire Workshop
Science and DT Club - Visit to the University of Birmingham
Science and DT Club
HSBC visit
RHE Lesson - Learning Basic First Aid
Culture Day in Year 5
Art - Intaglio Printing
National Numeracy Day
5SS Science - Investigating Water Resistance
5FC Science - Investigating Water Resistance.
5SS - Coronation celebrations
Coronation celebrations in 5FC
5SS Science - Forces - Investigating Air Resistance
Science - Forces - Investigating Air Resistance
Fun in the snow!
Visit to the Black Country Living Museum
African Art - Making cardboard relief models.
World Book Day
Lumen Christi Prayer Day
Science - Investigating Plants
St Brigid's Day
Dissecting Flowers
Christmas Jumper Day for the QE Hospital
Islamic Art
STEM Workshop - Sea Cadets
Christmas is coming!
Nursery and Year 5 Faith Friends Craft Afternoon
Ready to Support England!
STEAM Day
Anti-Bullying Week
The Rosary
Prayer And Liturgy
STEM Day at STACS
Fill The Skies With Hope Day
CAFOD Workshop
2021 - 2022
Harry Potter World
Music Day
French Lesson
Mrs Davies from St Thomas Aquinas School has been visiting year 5 to teach them French. The children have really improved on their pronunciation and enjoyed learning new words and phrases during these sessions.
St Brigid's Local Area
As part of our Geography unit, we went on a walk of our local area to identify human and physical features. We ended with some fun in our local park.
A hot day like today calls for one thing...Ice Lollies!
Preparation For The Queen's Jubilee
MAC Sports Competition
A fantastic athletics event at St Thomas Aquinas School. The pupils really did us proud!
Chinese Art
Science Week
New Zealand - Geography Topic
Children had great fun learning about New Zealand's culture this week. Performing the Haka was certainly a highlight for them!
World Book Day
Knowledge Organisers Spring 2
Jessica in 5SS designed and made her own Wolf costume. AMAZING!!
Year 5 learnt about Hinduism during Places of Worship day
5SS Bowling Representatives - 2nd Place!
BGT Auditions
Thinktank Museum
Year 5 had a great time at Thinktank. We attended a Friction workshop, and we were impressed by the Smethwick Engine.
Knowledge Organisers - Spring 1
Ready for the Carol Concert
D and T Christmas Card Project
Year 5 PCSO's
'We practice our times tables every day in year 5 and are currently on our 6's. Our favourite part is when we play our times table game and we all become very competitive!'
Countdown to CHRISTMAS begins! We had a visit from some elves overnight, who left the children a treat! I think they were very pleased.
Chrome Book Research
Year 5 love using the Chrome Books for extra research in Geography lessons!
'Science Investigation: Solubility'
The children wrote code for the Micro:bit so that it made sounds when the guitar was shaken / 'strummed'.
Maisie, 5BL Member of Parliament, designed a poster (graphic design) promoting the toy sale.
Collective Worship
Knowledge Organisers - Autumn 2
Bastille Day
The children enjoying our 'Euros 2020 Day'
Coding
Victorian Bridges
Outdoor Learning Week
Vocations Day
Vocations Day
Sunday 25th April was Vocations Sunday. We marked the occasion by dressing up as what we want to be when we are older as a way of thinking about what God is calling us to be.
Summer Term News
D T Christmas Cards
Christmas in 5SS!
When the children in 5SS arrived this morning, there were a few new additions. Can you tell we are looking forward to Christmas?
Advent Craft Afternoon
5SS had a lovely afternoon learning all about the tradition of the Jesse Tree. We created our own ornaments, which depict stories from the Bible up until the birth of Christ. We also created an Advent calendar to help us count down the days until Christmas.
Welcome Powerpoint for year 5 parents 2020 /20211 - useful information
Important Information Regarding Current Year 5 Applying For Secondary School Places
Knowledge Organisers - Summer Term
School Closure Resources
World Book Day
Benchball Tournament
Reading Advice For Parents
Knowledge Organisers Spring 1
Advent Craft Afternoon
Knowledge Organisers Autumn 2
Hello Yellow Mental Health Awareness
Inspire Workshop
Knowledge Organisers
YEAR FIVE Enterprise Week
Outdoor Art
Allotment visit
Safeside Visit
Lent Craft Afternoon
World Book Day
Year 5 Prayer Service
Diwali
Selly Manor Trip
Mental Health Week
As part of Mental Health week, 5SS wrote anonymous kind messages and compliments on hearts for each other. Children really enjoyed this activity and can look back at their hearts when they are feeling sad.
Inspire Workshop
Year 5 had a fantastic time investigating reversible and irreversible changes during their Inspire Workshop. Thank you to all parents for taking part – We hope you had as much fun as the children did!
5FC Egyptian Workshop
5FC Egyptian Workshop
We had a great day exploring Ancient Egypt through role play, investigating original objects and making things.
5SS Egyptian Workshop
5SS thoroughly enjoyed their Egyptian workshop today. They have learnt so many new things and participated in lots of fun activities. It was a great introduction to their topic!
Collective Worship
This week in class 5SS, some of the children volunteered to lead our Collective Worship. We also prayed to our Guardian Angels.
Collective Worship
Thursday 27th September 2018 – Class Collective Worship
Today we thanked God for the gift of water.
Sports Day
STACS - Science
Art
Sikh Temple Visit
Friday 25th May 2018
Year 5 visit the Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick, in preperation for their Culture Week studies of Sikhism.
Allotment Visit
Forces - Science
Playing rugby for St David's Day
Selly Manor Trip
Christmas Party
Advent Craft Afternoon
Egyptians
Anti-Bullying Week
Year 5 – Anti-Bullying Week
The children in Year 5 really enjoyed the theatre production and workshop and have a full understanding of this year’s theme, “We are all different, all equal”.
Inspire Workshop
Year 5 Inspire Workshop – Tuesday 7th November 2017
Thank you to all those parents who were able to take part in this event to support your children’s learning.
English
The children have been learning about biographies and finding out about the life of Barack Obama.
Today they planned prepared and delivered performances of news broadcasts identifying significant events in his life, based on the text they have been reading in class.
Science - Materials
5FC and 5SS investigating irreversible changes when materials are mixed.
PE - Handball
5FC taking part in a class handball tournament led by Newman University students.
1017 AND ALL THAT!
The children and staff have had a marvellous time this week learning all about King Knut and the Vikings, Edmund Ironside the son of Aethelred the Unready, Alfred the Great and the life and times of people when England became one country 1000 years ago, concluding with a special birthday party today. Thank you to Chip Colquhoun from Snail Tales and to Mrs Joy for organising the week.