St Mary's Catholic Primary School
This is our school, let peace dwell here
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
This is our school, let peace dwell here
YEAR 5 - St Paul & St Theresa
Welcome to Year 5 - St Paul & St Theresa 
Brilliant Bridges! At the end of term 4, Year 5 completed their DT project of the term by constructing their own Truss bridges. The children learned about the different types of bridge structures and how to use tools such as a tenon saw, hacksaw, set square and bench hooks. At the start of term 5, we have been learning about the artist Marc Allante. We have used his silhouette paintings as inspiration for paintings to celebrate King Charles' Coronation and these will be displayed in Whiststable Tesco over the coronation weekend.
As part of their history learning about Anglo Saxons and Canterbury, Year 5 visited Canterbury Cathedral for the day. We were very excited to explore the history of Canterbury Cathedral and spent time looking at artefacts, including a mini sundial which monks wore so they knew when to pray. Also, we had the opportunity to use quills to write like monks, chisel stone like stone masons and design our own Canterbury Cross. After our activity session, we had time to explore the cathedral and dressed up in costumes to re-enact important events from the Cathedral's history.
To kick start our topic on Earth and Space, we visited the Royal Observatory and Planetarium, Greenwich. We took part in a planetarium show called ‘One Day on Mars’, where we not only travelled through space but landed on the red planet, studied its geology and considered the possibility of Martian life (either in the past or the future!) After considering features of existing Mars rovers and different famous landmarks on the planet, we had a go at designing our own rovers. In addition to this, we undertook a Space Watch workshop which helped us to draw links between our learning in ‘Forces’ and ‘Earth and Space’. See below for pictures of a homemade hoverboard and volcano! We also looked beyond our galaxy to the exoplanets on the search for another planet that could support life and stood on the Greenwich Meridian line.
As part of their history learning about Anglo Saxons and Canterbury, Year 5 visited Canterbury Cathedral for the day. We were very excited to explore the history of Canterbury Cathedral and spent time looking at artefacts, including a mini sundial which monks wore so they knew when to pray. Also, we had the opportunity to use quills to write like monks, chisel stone like stone masons and design our own Canterbury Cross. After our activity session, we had time to explore the cathedral and dressed up in costumes to re-enact important events from the Cathedral's history.
Come and see what Year 5 have been learning about!
In Year 5 today we celebrated 'Beowulf's Heroic Homecoming!' After being invited to a banquet by Hygelac the King himself, Beowulf and his warriors received the warmest welcome to the great mead-hall. We heard speeches from the King, Beowulf (the greatest warrior that ever lived) and treasures were presented to King Hygelac and his queen. We will be writing about our experiences tomorrow.
Excavating Beowulf’s Barrow. This morning Year 5 were archaeologists and ‘dug up’ some artefacts from an unknown tomb. We used the artefacts as clues to figure out that the owner was probably a wealthy warrior-king in Anglo-Saxon times. We thought about the main use of the objects as well as the materials they were made from.
