Welcome to Southtown Primary School Nurturing shoots - growing minds
Year 5 - Poplar
Welcome to Poplar Class
Mrs Kruber, Mr Lack and Ms Rowland welcome you to Poplar Class web page.
Important information
Class timetable:
Mornings focus on Literacy and Mathematics, afternoons are as follows:
Monday: Humanities
Tuesday: RE / PSHE / Computing
Wednesday: Science
Thursday: French / P.E.
Friday: PE / Library
PE kits should be brought into school on a Monday and taken home to be washed on a Friday, children will be expected to wear the school PE uniform during PE lessons.
Jewellery must be removed and long hair should be tied back for safety.
Library time for Poplar class is on Friday afternoons. Children will need to bring their library books to school to change on a regular basis.
We will be able to change children's Accelerated Reading Books during afternoon sessions. Children are expected to go to the school library independently to change their book once quizzed.
Homework
The expectation is that children should be reading at home on a daily basis. The children will have a 'Reading record' book, this should be signed by an adult at home each time the child reads. Children will also read with adults in class. It is very important to encourage children's reading as this supports their literacy development, writing style and use of interesting vocabulary in writing.
Reading with your child and listening to your child read are possibly the best things you can do to help your child’s education.
Take time to discuss the text your child is reading, ask about the book, what do they like about it? Can they tell you about the main characters? What do they think is going to happen next?
Share reading at home - you can be a good role model by reading too!
In Poplar class we will seek to encourage independent thinking, learning and decision making. We will be encouraging children to take more responsibility for their learning and the success of the class as a whole.
There are seven topics we will be focusing on this year:
Autumn 1: Traders and Raiders
Autumn 2: Scream Machine / Peasants, Princes and Pestilence
Spring 1: Stargazers
Spring 2: Alchemy Island
Summer 1: Allotment
Summer 2: Beast Creator
Norfolk Lakes - The Location
Norfolk Lakes - Obstacle Course
Norfolk Lakes - Obstacle Course
Norfolk Lakes - Climbing
The Bouldering Wall
Norfolk Lakes - SUP
Norfolk Lakes - The Southtown Rifles
Norfolk Lakes - Blind Trail
Getting to the Blind Trail
Mummy Bear!
Getting down in the dirt...
I very much enjoyed this activity...
Norfolk Lakes - Fencing
The Final Point
I think I was the best though...
Norfolk Lakes - Video Studies... (don't ask)
Norfolk Lakes - Archery
Norfolk Lakes - Archery
History Week - A visit to the Row at Time and Tide
The Van der Graaf generator.
The following videos show thorough scientific investigation...
More fun with the van der Graaf generator...
Investigating electron imbalance.
Poplar Class visit to the Science Fair.
How do the Sun, Earth and Moon interact?
The distances are not to scale. Also, the conversation may not be representative of likely conversations between celestial bodies.
Planets and Planetariums.
Phases of the Moon
How do we know the Earth is round? Testing Aristotle's theory.
Pestilence - How dirty are our hands? (very)
Forces - Investigating air resistance.
Marble Rollercoasters - Can you 'loop the loop'?
Creating a scene for a 'Rollercoaster Narrative' - What are the people saying?
Creating Anglo-Saxon Buildings
Creating Anglo-Saxon Jewellery - Messy work!
Decorating our Anglo-Saxon Jewellery
How do we know the Earth is round?
How did Anglo-Saxons colour their clothes?
Making our Anglo-Saxon village come alive!
