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Headteacher: Liz Heymoz
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
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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
Maths Learning Friday 21st April
/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret JoyceFOCUS: Fractions Do have a go at completing the revision power point on fractions and hand your results into Mrs McNamara by Tuesday. Good luck!! Click here
Year 5 – 31/03/23 – Happy Easter 🐣
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWhat a wonderful final week of term it has been in Year 5! The week got off to a cracking start with a beautiful (albeit extremely muddy!) walk through the fields, over the M25, to Bentley Heath and back. Everyone was particularly excited when we went into a horse field! On Tuesday night, Year 5 […]
Year 5 – 24/03/23
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceOn Wednesday, we were lucky enough to have a science lesson with Mr Friedlander from Dame Alice Owen School. He showed us how to extract DNA from kiwi fruits, which was fascinating! We also took part in a fun music assembly led by the head of Potters Bar Music Centre, which focussed on rhythm and […]
Year 5 – 17/03/23 – Science Week
/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis year’s British Science Week theme was Connections, so we spent the week exploring lots of different ways that things are connected in science. We spent much of Monday designing and engineering ‘vehicles’ using forces to send a message. Some pairs increased the air resistance of their vehicle; some engineered ziplines and ramps to take advantage […]
Year 5 – 10/03/23
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceIn anticipation of Science Week next week, we enjoyed a Science workshop yesterday, which involved lots of hands-on demonstrations of science at work. It’s got us all excited for lots more Science learning next week! Home learning for this week is: Maths Mathletics assignments: · Improper fractions to mixed numbers · Mixed […]
Year 5 – 02/03/23
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWell done on all your World Book Day costumes yesterday! We had a wonderful day celebrating reading and our favourite books. In the morning, after kicking off the day with a whole-school assembly, we played Pass the Book, which hopefully enabled us to find a new book to read. After break, we took part in the […]
Year 5 – 24/02/23
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWelcome back to a new half term and to the season of Lent. We marked the new liturgical season with Ash Wednesday Mass at the church, and we made Lenten promises that will help us to walk with Jesus on our pilgrimage to the cross. We have had a busy week in the classroom; our […]
Year 5 – 10/02/23 – Happy Half Term!
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis week, the main excitement was on Tuesday when the choir members took part in the Young Voices concert at Wembley Arena. They were still buzzing from it for most of Wednesday, until the tiredness from the late night hit them! Well done choir! Meanwhile, those back at school joined forces with the Y3s and […]
Year 5 – 03/02/23
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis week in Maths, Y5 have been learning how to do short division; in English, the children have started writing narratives with a cyclical structure; in RE, the focus has been on the meaning of the Beatitudes; in Science, we were investigating friction by timing how long a car takes to come to a halt […]
Year 5 – 27/01/23
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceHome learning for this week: Maths Mathletics assignments: · Multi-step addition and subtraction problems · Multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000 SPaG Please complete the assignment set on spag.com: · Direct speech punctuation (A) Reading 5 tests on Readtheory OR a daily updating of your reading record. Spelling Log on to Spelling Shed using your […]