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    Year 5 Blog

    Merry Christmas

    December 18, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    Our final week was filled with festive fun. On Wednesday, the children tucked into their Christmas lunches and enjoyed our class party afterwards. I hope to share some photos soon, once I have sorted out the technical difficulties! Thank you for your kind and generous gifts. I have loved working with your children this term […]

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    Autumn 2 Week 6

    December 11, 2020/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    Another week has flown by in Year 5.It’s hard to believe it’s Friday again! Today was very exciting and it was wonderful to see the children in their festive jumpers! They really looked the part for meeting Santa! Also this week, we made angels of hope from clay. We will paint them next week and […]

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    Autumn 2 Week 5

    December 4, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    We were green fingered in Year 5 this week as we weeded our class flower bed and planted bulbs. We are looking forward to seeing them bloom in the spring. We completed our learning on mental strategies to multiply and divided this week. To finish off, Year 5 sorted a variety of calculations into piles […]

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    Autumn 2 Week 4

    November 27, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    Another week has flown by in Year 5. Our maths learning has focused on mental multiplication strategies and the children have been able to use their facts well. Remember to keep practising those times tables at home- fast recall of these will support the children enormously. Next week we will look at some division strategies. […]

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    Autumn 1 Week 3

    November 20, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    It was anti bullying week this week and this year’s theme is ‘United Against Bullying’. Year 5 had great ideas about how they can play their part to stop bullying and make a change for good. We also spent time looking at why people bully and their feelings of everyone involved, from the victim and […]

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    Autumn 1 Week 2

    November 13, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    This week, Year 5 continued to remember those we have lost and participated beautifully in the 2 minute silence on Wednesday. We also took time to pray at our remembrance area of the playground that had been decorated with poppies made by KS1. We have kept active this week with karate, hockey and today we […]

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    Autumn 2 Week 1

    November 6, 2020/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful half term. This week we have begun our new English unit on Ernest Shackleton’s  expedition on the Endurance. The children have been captivated by this survival story and even wrote letters of application, explaining why they would be an asset the the voyage. In maths we […]

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    Autumn 1 Week 8

    October 23, 2020/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    It was a busy final week of our first half term in Year 5. It’s hard to believe it has been over 7 weeks since we first came back to school! This week, we completed our river stories, and I was really impressed with the result. Year 5 were able to create fantastic descriptions and […]

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    Autumn 1 Week 7

    October 16, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    Another week has flown by in Year 5. It was wonderful to speak to so many of you during Parent Consultations and talk about how the children are settling back into school. If you did not manage to get an appointment, please contact the school office so that we can arrange a telephone consultation. We […]

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    Autumn 1 Week 6

    October 9, 2020/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

    In maths this week, we have begun learning about negative numbers. The children have been counting forwards and backwards across 0 and reading a range of negative number scales. In English, Year 5 have been improving their grammar and punctuation skills by using modal verbs, punctuating dialogue and varying sentence starters. These will be put […]

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    Pope Paul News

    • Friday 18th December 2020December 18, 2020 - 9:57 am
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    • Music concerts 2020December 17, 2020 - 5:52 pm
    • KS2 Advent Reflection 2020December 11, 2020 - 4:21 pm
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    • 13th November 2020November 13, 2020 - 5:43 pm
    • Year 3 Assembly 6th November 2020November 6, 2020 - 1:33 pm
    • One World Week Learning Celebration 2020October 23, 2020 - 4:09 pm
    • Year 4 Assembly 9th October 2020October 9, 2020 - 12:28 pm
    • Year 5 Assembly 2nd October 2020October 2, 2020 - 1:43 pm
    • Assembly 25th September 2020September 25, 2020 - 4:52 pm
    • Assembly 18th September 2020September 18, 2020 - 9:32 am
    • 11th September Whole School AssemblySeptember 11, 2020 - 3:02 pm
    • Summer 2020 Support For LearningJuly 23, 2020 - 8:30 am
    • Happy HolidaysJuly 16, 2020 - 8:40 am

    Pope Paul News

    • Friday 18th December 2020December 18, 2020 - 9:57 am
    • Christmas Raffle 2020December 17, 2020 - 5:57 pm
    • Music concerts 2020December 17, 2020 - 5:52 pm
    • KS2 Advent Reflection 2020December 11, 2020 - 4:21 pm

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