Year 5

Warm greetings to families and students of Y5, 2025.

Room 14 have been writing some poems 'If I were...'

Have a look to see what we would do if we were something or someone else!

The Year 5 Inquiry Topic for Term 4 is Bridges! 

Room 14 had a very messy, loud and competitive bridge building competition! They were allowed time to plan in groups and the equipment each group could use was; 1 hot glue gun stick, 15 popsicle sticks, 4 pieces of string, a chunk of clay and 5 pieces of tape.

Below are the results from our competition! 

Each group passed with their bridge holding 20 counters.

We recently had the Year 5 & 6 Cross Country. All the classes dressed up in a colour and it was great to see the support for one another! Congrats to all the children for participating!

The Year 5's were lucky enough to visit the Auckland Museum. We had an interesting session with a Museum expert about Volcanoes and also explored all around the Museum!

Our inquiry topic for Term 3 has been Volcanoes! We had a wonderful science rotation learning about Volcanic Rocks, Tectonic Plates, the Structure of the Earth, Viscosity and an Experiment!

A team of Year 5 and 6 students went to the Hockey Zone Day!

They started the day with a skills rotation and then played 3 games!

It was a great day!

Room 16 with their buddy class Room 21!

Our Year 5's have been participating in a sports rotation where they have tried, Basketball, Rippa Rugby, Hockey and Football.

Below are some pictures from the Basketball rotation.

Our fabulous Year 5 Netball team!

Room 16 and 17 had some instructors come in to teach them Basketball and Rippa Rugby. Here are some photos!

Room 17 have made some fabulous poems about our trip to Tahuna Torea Reserve!

Water care

Our inquiry topic for Term One was 'The Water Cycle'.

We were lucky enough to have an expert from Water Care come in and teach us about water use, waste water, the treatment process of drinking water, water filtration and fresh water Invertebrates.

We also did some experiments and had a trip to the creek to test water.

Here are some pictures of our learning!

Our trip to investigate New Zealand Freshwater Invertebrates!

E.O.T.C

Year 5 students participated in Education Outside The Classroom (E.O.T.C) for week 7.

We had a great, busy week where the children participated in a range of activities.

These included; Rock Climbing, Orienteering, Archery, Cooking, First Aid, Biking, Shelter Building, Stretcher Building. We also had a school trip to Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve!

Below are some photos from the week!

Rock Climbing

Some children even made it to the top of all four walls!

Orienteering

Archery

Cooking

First Aid

Biking

Shelter Building and Stretcher Building

Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve Trip

Sandcastle Building Competition

Biking

All Year 5 students have had the opportunity to take part in the Puketāpapa Cycling Haven Initiative. They have learned about bike safety and been able to ride bikes. It had been great to see the children supporting and encouraging one another! 

Here are some photos of Room 16.