Welcome to Year 5 Narwhals!
My name is Mr Grocott, I am the class teacher. I hope you enjoy looking through our class page at the learning our fantastic children have been creating.
Hello! My name is Mr Grocott. I am 27 and have been working at Waterside for 5 years. I have taught across KS2 in Y3, Y4 and Y5. I have a dog called Lucky who I enjoy spending time with and at the weekend I can be found out and about with my friends or gaming online. Over half terms, I enjoy going away, usually to the Isle of Wight to visit friends.
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Life cycle of a bird!
We have had a great time in Science this afternoon as we have created a model to represent the life cycle of a bird. We then presented them to the class using key vocabulary!
3-D Shapes
Today Y5 have had a hands on lesson examining 3-D shapes and their properties. We have reminded ourselves of their names and also examined the number of vertices, edges and faces they have. The children have then created fact files of these on their tablets that they can look back at later on.
Using a protractor to measure angles
Today in maths we have learnt how to use our protractors to measure angles up to 180 degrees, the children have been using vocabulary such as the origin on a protractor and the vertex which is where two lines meet. We also had to classify whether the angles we measured were acute, obtuse or right…