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Friday 24th October
In English, we have been identifying the features of newspaper reports. As reporters, we came up with interview questions and wrote them as direct speech and as reported speech. The children then wrote a newspaper article about the events from The Barnabus Project story.
Maths this week has been all about decimals. The children have been ordering decimals and rounding decimals to the nearest tenth, hundredth and thousandth. They also solved a range of problems involving decimal numbers. It was also fantastic having parents in for our maths lesson this on Wednesday!
Science was all about the heart and blood. We learnt about the function of blood and the different types of blood. We also did a heart rate experiment, where we measured our heart rate whilst resting and then compared it to our heart rate after rigorous running. But the most fun part of the lesson was making hearts out of clay!
In RE we learnt about the freedom of religion. Meaning that in the UK, religious freedom is the right to choose what you believe in and which religion you follow or even the right to not follow any religion, to change your religious beliefs and to follow your religion.
Friday 17th October 2025
Maths this week has been looking at implementing a range of mental and written strategies for addition. We used number lines and rounding to help add and check answers. We then moved onto large multi-digit addition.
In English this week, we finished writing our Barnabus Project sequels. We then published them. These will be used as our first writing assessment. It was fantastic having parents in for our English lesson on Wednesday, where we looked at features of newspaper reports.
In project, we finished, tested and reviewed our board games, that were based on WW1.
In RE, we looked at the importance or artefacts in a number of different religions. We looked at how artefacts are used in a range of religions.
In science, we simulated the digestive system by mashing up different foods and feeding them through stockings. Gross! We wrote a detailed description of how the digestive system works and how nutrients and water are transported.
Friday 10th October 2025
This week year 5 did their assembly. It was the first time that we did a whole year assembly, rather than 2 separate class assemblies. The children had a great time and we hope you enjoyed it.
This week in English, we have been writing sequels to the Barnabus Project. The children used their own plan, character design and setting design they created previously and wrote their own story set after the Barnabus project. They had to include, character and setting descriptions, dialogue, paragraphs and relative clauses.
Maths has been all about position, coordinates and translation. We translated a range of polygons and created a number of shapes by plotting points on a grid. The children learnt that the X coordinate goes before Y and we remember this because of their order in the alphabet.
In PE, we used the skills that we’ve learnt recently to play a number of dodgeball matches. We also created some fantastic counter tension balances for gymnastics.
Friday 3rd October 2025
In English, we have continued with our story; The Barnabus Project. We wrote detailed character descriptions about Barnabus and a detailed setting description. The children had to include expanded noun phrases and figurative language.
Maths has been all about fractions. We compared factions, ordered them created equivalent fractions.
In RE we learnt about the significance of prayers in a number of different religions. We also discussed how prayers are done, where they are done and why.
In project we learned about Walter Tull and his contribution to the war. Walter Tull was one of the first Black professional footballers in the UK. He played for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town in the early 1900s, a time when racism was widespread and opportunities for Black athletes were extremely limited. HE was also the first ever black army officer!
Friday 26th September 2025
In English, we have started our narrative writing unit on the fantastically illustrated book: The Barnabus Project. After reading the story, we did a deep dive into the main character; Barnabus. We inferred information about his personalty from things that he does. We also did reading comprehension based on the Barnabus Project.
In maths this week, we started our streamed maths classes. Maths has focused on a range of multiplication techniques. We multiplied by 10s, 100s and 1000s. We multiplied large numbers by 5 but to do this we multiplied by 10 and then halved our answer.
In project, we learnt about the important role that women played during WW1. We also looked at differences between men and women's roles to compared to during WW1.
Spanish was quite tricky this week, learning masculine and feminine adjectives, which is quite different to how we describe nouns. Friday's Spanish day was fantastic fun! It was great seeing all the children in their Spanish colours and we did a range of fun Spanish activities. Their Spanish post cards turned out great!
Friday 12th September 2025
It’s been a great 1st full week back. Everyone has settled into year 5 extremely well and it has been a pleasure getting to know the children.
In maths, we have been looking at place value. This has included, reading and writing large numbers, ordering numbers and finding missing numbers. Next week, we look at counting in 10s, 100s and 1000s.
In English, we have been using Little Red Riding Hood to look at sentence structure and we have also used it for descriptive writing. The children had to describe the woods, as well as describe the wolf. Then, they wrote a diary as Little Red Riding Hood.
Fallen Fields is the name of our project unit and it is all about World War 1. This week we about the advancements in technology that was used and created for the war. This focuesed on weapons, communication and transport.
Science is all about the human body and the changes humans go through as they age. We had fun trying to guess baby pictures of staff members.
Music focuses on a song that we’re sure you know… Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer. This week we listened to the song and tried to work out what instruments were being used and even how the hair styles looked in the glam-rock era.