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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It has been a busy week for Year 5! Along with the rest of the school, we took part in Healthy Eating Week. We learnt about drinking more, varying our veg, being mind kind, being active and eating more whole grains. For the latter, we made some muffins and substituted a portion of the flour […]
This week, we completed our end of unit writing for our ‘Who am I?’ English topic. The children wrote descriptions of themselves and thought deeply about who they are. I was really impressed with the final outcome. Our maths learning has continued to focus on place value. We have added and subtracted 10, 100, 1000 […]
We have made the most of the fantastic weather this week and got outside for some of our lessons. For Science, we went in search of wildlife on our school grounds and tried to determine what stage of its life cycle the creature was in. Our weekly mindfulness task gave us the opportunity to take […]
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 […]
Autumn 1 Week 5
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceIt has been a busy week for Year 5! Along with the rest of the school, we took part in Healthy Eating Week. We learnt about drinking more, varying our veg, being mind kind, being active and eating more whole grains. For the latter, we made some muffins and substituted a portion of the flour […]
Autumn 1 Week 4
/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis week, we completed our end of unit writing for our ‘Who am I?’ English topic. The children wrote descriptions of themselves and thought deeply about who they are. I was really impressed with the final outcome. Our maths learning has continued to focus on place value. We have added and subtracted 10, 100, 1000 […]
Autumn 1 Week 3
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWe have made the most of the fantastic weather this week and got outside for some of our lessons. For Science, we went in search of wildlife on our school grounds and tried to determine what stage of its life cycle the creature was in. Our weekly mindfulness task gave us the opportunity to take […]