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Headteacher: Liz Heymoz
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Merry Christmas
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceOur 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 […]
Autumn 2 Week 6
/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceAnother 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 […]
Autumn 2 Week 5
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWe 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 […]
Autumn 2 Week 4
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceAnother 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. […]
Autumn 1 Week 3
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceIt 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 […]
Autumn 1 Week 2
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis 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 […]
Autumn 2 Week 1
/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWelcome 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 […]
Autumn 1 Week 8
/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceIt 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 […]
Autumn 1 Week 7
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceAnother 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 […]
Autumn 1 Week 6
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceIn 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 […]