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		<pubDate>Sat, 9 May 2026 11:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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		<item>	<title><![CDATA[ Friday 8th May 2026 ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2026 16:01:43 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Friday 17th April 2026 ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:48:36 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Friday 20th March 2026 ]]></title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:30:56 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Friday 13th March 2026 ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.stmarys698.herts.sch.uk/blog/?pid=144&amp;nid=6&amp;storyid=136</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have had another great week in Year 5.</p>

<p>The children&nbsp;really enjoyed participating in their house groups and singing their group songs. Everyone is putting&nbsp;in a fabulous amount of effort.</p>

<p>In Maths, we have begun our new topic on decimals. The children have begun to recognise the correlation between fractions (tenths and hundredths) and the way they are written as decimals.&nbsp;</p>

<p>We have begun exploring mechanisms in DT and considering how we can create a variety of mechanisms including push pull, reverse motion and bell crank.</p>

<p>In English, we have continued to work through our toolkit features in short writes and the children have been really considering how they can include as many features as possible.&nbsp;</p>

<p>IN PSHE we considered the different roles we could volunteer for in the community and discussed the impact that voluntary work has on others.</p>

<p>In RE, the children took part in a fun activity where they looked at the last supper - even arranging the tables as one long surface and reenacting the event.&nbsp;</p>

<hr />
<p><strong>CHANGEMAKER PROJECT:&nbsp;</strong>Please ensure you are encouraging your children to complete their projects and to start bringing them in.</p>

<p>Home Learning Please ensure that children are &lsquo;in the green&rsquo; on Doodle.</p>

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	<p>English &ndash; Creating cohesion</p>
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	<p>Maths &ndash; Converting mixed number fractions to decimals</p>
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	<p>Spellings &ndash; achieve, believe, ancient, receipt, society, chief, review, priest, deceit, ceiling</p>
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<p>Reading should be at least 5 times a week and an adult needs to sign to acknowledge that this is happening. Please ensure you are completing the reading record at home.</p>

<p>Wishing you all a lovely weekend.</p>

<p>Charlotte Preston</p>

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<p>Monday 16th March - Knex Challenge</p>

<p>Monday 16th March - Mini Police Assembly to parents</p>

<p>Thursday 18th March - Hockey Workshop</p>

<p>Monday 23rd March - NSPCC Workshop</p>

<p>Tuesday 24th - Parent Consultations</p>

<p>Wednesday 25th - Parent Consultations</p>

<p>Thursday 26th March - Easter service -&nbsp;</p>


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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:25:37 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:01:05 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:01:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.stmarys698.herts.sch.uk/blog/?pid=144&amp;nid=6&amp;storyid=87</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Mini Police</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2026 16:33:43 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:43:04 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:06:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2025 17:05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:33:05 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:30:48 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:28:30 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:37:46 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:38:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:38:36 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:38:56 GMT</pubDate>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
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