Welcome to Year 5

Meet the new Year 5 pupils

WAU - Bridges Presentation

This afternoon we presented the bridges research that we have been working on this term. We have been using Google Slides to create PowerPoints, adding a range of features including images, videos, transitions and animations to make it more engaging for the listeners.

What a brilliant effort by everyone to present their work today!

World Around Us - STEM project 

We were busy on Friday building bridges using recycled materials as part of our topic work. Earlier in the week we looked at different designs, identified suitable materials and came up with our own designs. They turned out fantastically well and everyone demonstrated brilliant teamwork skills. 

Remembrance Day Art

This afternoon we completed a poppy using different colouring materials. We also had a lovely Remembrance service with P6, P7 and members of the Castlederg branch of the Royal British Legion. 

Halloween Crafts

Check out the Halloween lanterns we made using mason jars and tissue paper. 

Spellathon - 11th October

Below is the spelling list that will be used for our upcoming Spellathon. 

Getting started in ICT

 This afternoon we made a start with ICT and refreshed some the great skills we learnt last year as well as reminding ourselves how to stay safe online. Have a look at some of the work completed today.  

Important Information

Christmas Melody

Well done to all the super performers in Year 5!

What an exciting day, Santa Claus came to visit everyone today! 
Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas everyone.

Love for Life - ISmart

We were learning all about keeping safe online with Love for Life.  It was very interesting and good fun.

Year 5 Bird Watching...

Year 5 Fun....

Verse Speaking 2023

Well done everyone for taking part in Verse Speaking today, you all were SUPER!

Bird Beak Experiment.

Exploring and Building Bird Nests.

Animal food experiment.

We went out to the forest to find different coloured wool, it was very hard to find the back and brown. The red, green and white were easier to find.  We realised how hard it is for animals to find food, especially in the winter time. We had great fun.

World Book Day 2023

Charlotte’s Web Experiment

We set out to explore ‘Why do spiders not stick to their own webs?’, ‘How can a spider eat a fly when it has a really small mouth?’ And How does a spider know if it is a fly or a predator which has disturbed it’s web?’

We had lot’s of fun trying to find out and pretending we were spiders.

Dog’s Trust Visit
Today Cathy came to visit from the Dog’s trust, she told us all about keeping safe around dogs.  It was very interesting!

Year 5 Road Safety Walk

We went on a walk around Castlederg,                                               looking at all the various road safety crossings.  
We crossed the road carefully, using The Green Cross Code.

Birds of Prey

Our visit to Grove Dairy.

Today we went to Grove Dairy, we got to see where the milk is pasteurised and bottled. John Mitchell took us all around the farm and we got to see a cow being milked by a robot and then we got to go and see the calves.  At the end John gave us a carton of milk and we could also have milkshake.  We had a great time at Grove Dairy.

Easter Art and Egg Hunt

Year 5 Farm Projects

Year 5 Church Visit’s.

Today we visited 4 of the local churches along with St Patrick’s Primary School. We had a lovely morning learning all about the different churches.

Earth Day

Fire Safety Talk

Coronation celebrations.

Sport’s Day 2023

The Dairy Council

Today we had a visit from The Dairy Council, we heard all about how to keep fit and healthy.

Aviva 

Congratulations to everyone on completing our Aviva athletics Pentathlon!

Year 5 had a great end of year trip to Arena 7 in Letterkenny. There were lots of bowing pins knocked down....maybe even a strike or two! The laser quest was lots of fun...a great time was had by all.

Hungry work!!

Hilary from the Dairy Council demonstrated some tasty recipes for us. I think chilli beef pasta will be on the menu for tea tonight. Yum, Yum!

We entered Omagh Show and look ......some winners from Year 5! 

Congratulations to Bella and Robin who wrote a story entitled 'If I were invisible for a day' and Lexi and Charlie I got creative and designed some crowns. Well done! 

Finn Valley competition winners were Alex L, Jessica and James. They got certificates and cinema vouchers! Great job everyone! 

Huge congratulations to green fingered Masyn who won a design a poster competition about compost. He won gardening gloves and seeds as well as a prize for the school. We look forward to seeing our new planter full of thriving plants.