Farsley Farfield Primary School

Year 5 News

Photos and videos from Year 5

08/02/2026 · No comments yet

We have had such a fun and busy week in Year 5 this week. In Science we investigated non-newtonian liquids and made some Ooblek, using corn flour and water. We had so much fun passing it around the classroom, although I’m not sure our cleaning lady had as much fun at the end of Read More

Rainy end to January

30/01/2026 · No comments yet

English This week we have started to write our own version of the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The classes have been, or will be, split into small groups so that each child is in charge of their own scene. Editing will then take place as a collaborative effort. Once everyone is happy Read More

Revolting Rhymes, Multiplying Maths and Brilliant Bouldering

16/01/2026 · No comments yet

Good evening. The rain promised this week has failed to arrive during the day and so breaks have been outside. However, the grounds are wet and so there is plenty of mud around. Apologies if you have had extra washing but I’m sure you’ll agree its better than just having tarmac to play on. Read More

Happy New Year in Year 5

09/01/2026 · No comments yet

Good evening all and happy new year! The children have made an excellent return to school and have been working hard all week! I needed to post some pictures and videos of 5K from the end of last term when we made our moving mars rover vehicles. The children had lots of fun seeing Read More

What’s the Crime Mr. Wolf?

18/12/2025 · No comments yet

Year 5, supported by other KS2 classes, put on a great show with: What’s the Crime Mr Wolf? There were great songs, lots of fine acting and a huge amount of words to learn. The children did very, very well. We hope that you enjoyed the show! Did you vote guilty or not guilty? Read More

Polishing the performance

13/12/2025 · No comments yet

Year 5 performance This week we have focused on the Christmas performance by ensuring that we are adding expression and volume to our voices. Everyone has learned their lines and the dress rehearsal on Friday went well. Understandably, there are nerves, which makes lines become rushed. We have encouraged the actors to take breaths Read More

Building up

29/11/2025 · No comments yet

Maths Maths has continued with fractions and this week we have been adding and subtracting them. We first did this when the denominators were the same but then moved on to fractions with different denominators. In order to do this, we have had to use our learning of equivalent fractions, which took place a Read More

Bikes and parachutes

14/11/2025 · No comments yet

Science In Science this week, we have continued to look at forces. Following on from last week’s experiment and our findings about air resistance, we investigated the best design for a parachute. First we made one using a square of plastic (a cut up bin bag), string and maths multi-link cubes. We then changed Read More

Final Week of the First Half Term

24/10/2025 · No comments yet

The longest half term of the year is finally over and the children will have a well deserved rest. We have been working hard up to the final day, with English stories to complete and Maths work to finish. The time available has been so constricted that we haven’t had time to video the Read More

Ancient Greece, Farsley Style

10/10/2025 · No comments yet

One of the highlights of the year in Year 5 is Greek Day and this year was no exception. The question posed at the start of the day was, “Would you rather live in the city state of Athens or the city state of Sparta?” Athens was the most important city in the world Read More