02 Feb What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 4
In history, Year 5 used the internet to research the Ancient Greeks and discover why we have seen soldiers and weapons in the primary sources we have been studying. We had a class discussion about which internet sites would contain accurate information and used these to find information about why the city-states went to war. We learned lots of interesting facts about the Peloponnesian War, the Trojan War and their war against the Persians.
In science, we tested the solubility of a range of kitchen items: sugar, flour, oil, instant coffee and tea leave. We discovered that sugar is soluble (which makes our cereal milk sweet), tea leaves are insoluble (which is why they are in a bag and are removed) and that brown sugar is soluble (so we now know the colour of the substance doesn’t affects whether it can dissolve).