Farsley Farfield Primary School

Year 5 News

WB 22.1.24

26/01/2024 · No comments yet

It is hard to believe that we are over half way through this half term! The children’s learning is moving forward well and we are really enjoying this half term’s topics. Attendance this week has been extremely low with lots of children suffering from a high temperature and nasty cough. We hope that those Read More

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“Give to me a fulcrum on which to plant my lever, and I will move the world.”

19/01/2024 · No comments yet

Science Our Science work this week was looking at levers and how they provide mechanical assistance. 5HB investigated what happens if you lengthen a lever, using newton meters to measure the effort required to move a bottle of fruit juice. I was very impressed with the methodical way the class worked, especially when some Read More

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Happy new year from Year 5

12/01/2024 · No comments yet

Hi all, We hope you have had a lovely holiday and that the children are all feeling well rested and ready for a new term. We have got stuck in to our new year learning straight away in Year five. Our Spring term topics are: Maths – Fractions then Multiplication and Division English – Read More

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Year 5 WB 18.12.23

22/12/2023 · 1 comment

Time has absolutely flown by in a very eventful and festive week! As we draw closer to the end of term, our children have been busy spreading joy and cheer, and the classrooms have been buzzing with excitement. Spectacular Show The highlight of the week was the performance of ‘Robin and The Sherwood Hoodies’. Read More

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A very practical week

15/12/2023 · No comments yet

The children have been very busy this week experimenting, making, practising and performing. Our science work continues to focus on forces and this week we investigated how water resistance affects boat bow design. Working in groups, the children used modelling clay to create various shapes, which they then dropped through bubble bath, recording the Read More

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