Year 5
Year Five Class Page
The latest news, home learning, learning and events will be posted on this page.
Friday 4th July
Year 5 truly represented democracy this week. I have been incredibly proud of all the children who were brave and applied to be head boy and girl. All the children who make it to the nominations did themselves proud by showing great presentations. Well done all!
ENGLISH: The children have completed their shared writes and have begun to plan for their independent write. There are some great questions ranging from: 'Should zoos be banned' to 'Should children under the age of ten be allowed outside alone?'
MATHS: In our maths lessons, we have started on our unit of negative numbers. The children have explored counting in 1's across 0 as well as counting across 0 in multiples.
SCIENCE: We measured each other's hand spans and formed a debate about whether (in the year group) the age of a child affects the size of their hand.
PSHE: The children have learned about all the changes that take place during puberty and created information sheets in a variety of formats to explain what hygiene products may be needed to help keep ourselves clean.
HOME LEARNING:
Reading: Please continue to fill out the reading records at least 5 times a week, be signed by an adult and bring them in on Friday.
Doodle: Please complete enough Doodle English and Maths in small amounts over the week to keep you in 'the green.' Stars are checked on a Friday morning so any stars accumulated on the previous Friday are not counted due to the way the programme counts the stars weekly.
Spelling: Practise the assigned words on Doodle
Friday 27th June
Year 5 proudly presented their Mini-Police assembly this week and thoroughly impressed (and informed!) the parents of all the things that Police Officers have to manage as part of their job. The children even created activity booklets for people to complete. Year 5 have also enjoyed their mini transition this week: getting to experience maths with Miss Paxton and explore their new classroom.
ENGLISH: The children have retold the model text for persuasive writing this week and are now planning the shared write with the question "Should school holidays be shorter?"
MATHS: In our maths lessons, we have looked at multiplying and dividing decimals by 10,100 and 1,000 as well as understanding we can use the inverse to find missing numbers.
SCIENCE: We looked at the life cycle of mammals and compared new born puppies and babies and the differences they experience when newly born.
GEOGRAPHY: We began to look at maps of different parts of the UK and recognise features that could inform us if an area was urban or rural.
HOME LEARNING:
Reading: Please continue to fill out the reading records at least 5 times a week, be signed by an adult and bring them in on Friday. It was fantastic to see a recording of every single child's reading that week. Keep it up everyone!
Doodle: Please complete enough Doodle English and Maths in small amounts over the week to keep you in 'the green.' Stars are checked on a Friday morning so any stars accumulated on the previous Friday are not counted due to the way the programme counts the stars weekly.
Spelling: Practise the assigned words on Doodle
Neurodiversity Week
Neurodiversity Week – Poster Homework Task
To build on our learning from Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we are inviting all children to create a poster at home that reflects one of the areas we have focused on: ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, or the idea that our brains are all different and amazing.
Your poster could include:
Information about one of these types of neurodiversity
A celebrity or well-known person who is neurodivergent
How to be a kind and supportive friend to someone who is neurodivergent
The challenges and “superpowers” linked to different ways of thinking and learning
There will be prizes for the most creative and thoughtful entries. Selected posters will also be used to help create a whole-school canvas that explains neurodiversity at St Mary’s.
Please bring your finished poster into school by Friday 4th July. We can’t wait to see how you shine a light on understanding and inclusion!
Below are the slides from the different assemblies this week with some videos that can be rewatched and discussed at home.
Notices
Summer Fair 28.06.25
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 20th June
Into another week of the Summer Term and we have been busy with our learning as always. We are beginning to reach the end of our Mini-Police project and the children have begun working on their assembly to show the parents. It has been lovely to see all of them really taking on board all the information from the officers who have been teaching them.
ENGLISH: We have begun our new unit of persuasive writing. We explored the concept of what makes a balanced argument and have begun learning our model text.
MATHS: In our maths lessons, we have moved onto our new unit of decimals. We have looked at the importance of making sure we keep place value when adding and subtracting and will move onto using this with problem solving.
PSHE: During this week, we started our new PSHE unit. We learned how important it is to develop resilience and recognised what are 'good' feelings and 'not so good' feelings and linked this with our Feel It programme.
HOME LEARNING:
Reading: Please continue to fill out the reading records at least 5 times a week and bring them in on Friday. It was fantastic to see a recording of every single child's reading that week. Keep it up everyone!
Doodle: Please complete enough Doodle English and Maths e in small amounts over the week to keep you in 'the green.'
Spelling: Practise the assigned words on Doodle
Notices
Miss Preston will be accompanying the Year 6's next week on their residential. The children will be taught by familiar members of staff over the week.
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 6th June
The first week back after the half term has flown by and we have already been incredibly busy with our learning and activities this week. We had another mini-police session on a very wet and windy day but that didn't stop us from learning all about the differences in the officers' uniform or sitting inside a police van! We thoroughly enjoyed our Electric Umbrella assembly this week too!
ENGLISH: We are completing our suspense narratives from last half term and have begun our independent writes. Everyone has exciting ideas and I cannot wait to see how everyone's work turns out.
MATHS: In our maths lessons, we have completed our unit on shapes. We explored 3d shapes and looked at faces, vertices and edges. We will be moving onto position and direction.
GEOGRAPHY: During this week, we started our new Geography unit. We considered the differences between settlements and had a lot of discussion about what type of settlement Rickmansworth it.
HOME LEARNING:
Reading: Please continue to fill out the reading records and bring them in on Friday. It was fantastic to see a recording of every single child's reading that week. Keep it up everyone!
Doodle: Please complete as much doodle as possible. Preferably, this is done in small amounts over the week to keep you in 'the green.' I have been thoroughly impressed with the children who have not only asked to receive targeted learning but completed it too. Well done!
Spelling: Practise the assigned words on Doodle
Notices
Miss Preston will be accompanying the Year 6's next week on their residential. The children will be taught by familiar members of staff over the week.
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 23rd May
What a wonderful last week of the half term! Year 5 have certainly been busy with so many different exciting things happening. We were lucky to be able to experience a magical day at Merchant Taylors - learning how to carve our own wands, create magic potions, craft our own wizard hats and even learn how to play Quidditch! We had a great day and absolutely will remember it for a while.
ENGLISH: We have begun our shared write this week. The children have been using their suspense toolkit to craft excellent sentences to help build up our shared piece through creative and careful sentences.
MATHS: In our maths lessons, we took our work not only outside but on the tables to. We have participated in a variety of ways to understand angles and key facts like angles around a point add up to 360 degrees.
SCIENCE: During this week, we explored how the Sun, Moon and Earth rotate around each other and looked at the phases of the moon.
HISTORY: We brought together all of our knowledge throughout the unit to produce a piece of work that indicates why the 'Golden Age of Islam' deserves its title through explaining the impact that discoveries of the time have had on today.
HOME LEARNING:
Please ensure that you are reading with your child and recording this in the reading record. Reading is such a vital skill no matter what the ability level as it helps children gather ideas for their writing and understand the world around them better.
Doodle learning
Times tables
Spelling - Continue to practise any previously learned words.
Notices
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Have a wonderful half term!
Miss Preston
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Friday 9th May
What another packed week in Year 5. We have been really getting stuck into our learning and exploring a variety of topics even though it was a shorter week!
ENGLISH: We are exploring the wonders of AI and have used a program to create a song to help remember our suspense writing toolkit. The children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring some of the features and I have been thoroughly impressed with their application of grammar in their work.
MATHS: In our maths lessons, we are currently working through reading and interpreting a variety of graphs. We have learned how to read timetables which of course will prove very useful in the future!
SCIENCE: During this week, we have begun making paper mache planets and explored the rotation and orbit of the Earth and Sun in relation to each other.
HOME LEARNING:
Doodle learning (please check if you have a direct assignment)
Times tables
Spelling
Notices
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Have a lovely sunny weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 2nd May
What a great week we have had in Year 5. It has been wonderful to see the children (as always) getting stuck into their learning and trying to improve as much as possible.
ENGLISH: We are beginning our new unit of suspense narratives. The children have begun to explore the model text and really understand what features are needed to make a piece of writing suspenseful.
MATHS: We have moved onto our new unit of statistics and began reading and interpreting line graphs.
SCIENCE: Our first step in the learning journey consisted of us taking to the school grounds and measuring the distance between planets (scaled down of course!) The children had great fun realising just how expansive our universe it!
HOME LEARNING:
Doodle learning (please check if you have a direct assignment)
Times tables
Spelling
Notices
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Have a lovely bank holiday weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 25th April
Welcome to the Summer Term! I hope that everyone has had a lovely Easter break and are ready to get back into learning. We had a fabulous day taking on the role of Vikings on our first day back. The children were really engaged in all the activities and it was amazing to see how well everyone's crafted items came out. The children were excellent archaeologists in the afternoon, finding artefacts buried and cataloguing them.
ENGLISH: We are completing our biography publishing from last half term, ready to begin our new fiction unit.
MATHS: We have begun looking at how to calculate area - knowledge of our times tables is very important!
ART: Our first step in the learning journey consisted of us looking at last year's astronomy photographer of the year as inspiration for our new topic of Space.
HOME LEARNING:
Doodle learning (please check if you have a direct assignment)
Times tables
Spelling
Notices
Tuesday 29th April
Mini Police Workshop (Session 1)
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Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 4th April
Can you believe that we are at the end of another term? The year is flying by so quickly and it is wonderful to see all the children developing into mature members of the class. I am incredibly proud of the hard work they have been putting into lessons and hope that the positive attitude continues as we go into the summer term.
ENGLISH: We began writing our biographies this week. In addition, some children have begun publishing!
MATHS: We continued to look at perimeter - specifically the perimeter of polygons including regular and irregular.
SCIENCE: We learned about the life cycles of insects that go through metamorphosis as well as the life cycle of a bird.
DT: We made a start on constructing our interactive pages this week and hope to be able to complete them when we come back.
Spanish: Celebrations and Verbs: In our Spanish lessons, we focused on learning how to express our likes and dislikes. We learnt about a range of Spanish festivals and verbs.
Computing: Flat File Databases: In Computing, we learnt about flat file databases and how they store data. We learnt how to organise information in fields and records and how to use these databases to answer specific questions. We also learnt how to filter records based on different criteria to extract relevant information.
Physical Education (PE): Tag Rugby: In PE, we focused on the fundamental skills required for tag rugby. We explored various passing styles and prasticed how to use them effectively in different game situations. We also developed our attacking and defending techniques. We started to develop the skills needed to officiate a game.
HOME LEARNING:
Doodle (Complete any outstanding assignments)
Times tables
Spelling - Continue practising all previous spellings where possible
Notices
Thursday 24th April
Viking Workshop
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Have a lovely and restful Easter Holidays
Miss Preston
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Friday 28th March
Thank you to everyone who attended the parent consultations. I am incredibly proud of all of year 5 and the perseverance they all show everyday in all lessons. I am especially impressed with how many children are taking ownership of their own learning and recognising what areas in maths they need to focus on for homework.
ENGLISH: We have begun planning our independent biographies. It has been fascinating to see the different well-known people the children have chosen.
MATHS: We have begun on our new unit of perimeter and area. Children have been working to understand how to find the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.
SCIENCE: We learned about the life cycle of mammals and how the chimpanzees are becoming extinct.
RE: We have begun to consider our key question for the topic 'What did Jesus do to save human beings?' The children are in the process of recognising how Jesus' sacrifice affects us today.
HOME LEARNING:
Doodle Assignments Set
Times tables
Spelling - Continue practising all previous spellings where possible
Notices
Monday 31st April
Bake sale to raise money for new sand and a sandpit cover (After school)
Thursday 3rd April
Easter service at the Church (6pm start)
Please help your children learn the lyrics for the song!
Thursday 24th April
Viking Workshop
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Have a lovely and restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 21st March
Another busy week in Year 5. We have been lucky enough to have had a hockey workshop at Merchant Taylor's this afternoon and it was great to see everyone taking part. Well done to all those who have been putting on a spectacular show this week. I personally have been thoroughly impressed with everyone's acting skills and proud of everyone.
ENGLISH: This week, we have started planning and writing our shared write. We are using the similar structure to our model text and including as many relevant facts and details all while trying to include as many of the following toolkit features as possible.
MATHS: We have begun to explore the relationship between decimals, fractions and percentages. It has been great to see children begin to make a connection between all three and use their known strategies to support their answers.
SCIENCE: We have been looking at the life cycles of mammals and have learned there are three different types of mammals! We have also considered the benefits and disadvantages of how plants reproduce as opposed to animals.
HOME LEARNING:
Doodle Assignments Set
Times tables
Spellings
Notices
Thursday 24th April
Viking Workshop
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Have a lovely and restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 14th March
What a busy week we have had in Year 5! We have covered so much across the curriculum. On Friday we were lucky to be able to take part in the Knex challenge! The children all worked extremely hard during the allocated time toc create constructions to the design brief. Well done to the winners especially who all the judges agreed on unanimously.
ENGLISH: This week, we looked at the type of questions that would be needed to gain the relevant answers for a biography. The children thought of a variety of questions and next week we will organise the answers into a shared write biography.
MATHS: We have been exploring rounding decimals to the nearest whole and nearest tenth. The children have been working hard at this and are able to verbally explain how we know which way to round.
RE: We had a visitor come in and talk with us about the true meaning of Easter. The children were able to be reflective and recognise that our half termly value 'forgiveness' is extremely relevant at this time of year.
HOME LEARNING:
Spellings
Doodle Assignment (Maths)
Times tables
Notices
Thursday 24th April
Viking Workshop
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Have a lovely and restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 28th February
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a lovely half term. It has been lovely to see everyone get back into learning straight away and continue to be passionate about their work. I also hope everyone enjoyed the writing workshop! It was great to see such a high level of involvement from everybody and the children thoroughly impressed us with their knowledge of previous toolkits.
ENGLISH: This week we started looking at our new writing unit - recounts. We will be writing a biography as our final piece and we have begun exploring the toolkit in a model text. As the weeks go by, we understand even further the importance of each of the toolkit features. Can you spot any of them in any texts you are reading?
MATHS: We have started our new unit of fractions, decimals and percentages. We have been recapping the different place value columns we know and are now looking at tenths and hundredths. We are beginning to compare how decimals and fractions are equivalent.
SCIENCE: In our lesson this week, we began looking at the reproductive parts of plants. We have learned that pollination is a type of fertilisation and this is needed for plants to survive. We looked inside tulips to spot the parts we were learning about and some children could even see the eggs!
HOME LEARNING:
Please complete the following on Doodle over the half term:
- English (new assignment)
- Times tables (general practise)
- Spelling (new assignment)
Notices
Thursday 6th March
World Book Day
Thursday 24th April
Viking Workshop
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Have a lovely and restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 14th February
We are halfway through the year! We have progressed so far with our learning and I have been incredibly proud of everyone. I cannot wait to see what further progress Year 5 will make in Spring 2!
ENGLISH: The children are in the process of publishing their setting descriptions. Everyone has worked really hard to include as many fantastic examples of the toolkit. For our writing workshop, we will be continuing to use these toolkit features and more so continue to practise applying them.
Can you spot any of our writing toolkit in any books you are currently reading?
MATHS: The children have been focusing really hard on understanding how to multiply fractions by an integer. We have learned that the word 'of' (5 lots of 1/5) actually means multiply! It has been really great to see children selecting the strategy that works for them best to be able to achieve.
PSHE: In our lesson this week, we looked at the facts and reality around vaping. We learned that even though there are far less chemicals in vapes compared to cigarettes, it is so important to recognise the dangers that come with it. The children made great informative leaflets to persuade others not to start.
HOME LEARNING:
Please complete the following on Doodle over the half term:
- Set assignment (either English or Maths)
- Times tables (general practise)
Spelling (either general practise or going back over previous assignments)
PE
In our PE lessons, we focused on performing a range of balances on the beam. We worked on improving our stability and control by practising different positions. We also learnt how to perform a cartwheel and handstand. We developed our balances further by completing cartwheels on the beam.
Computing
This half term, we focused on video creation and editing. We learned how to improve our videos by reshooting scenes and using different filming techniques. We applied these skills to create a short video about the school, experimenting with angles, lighting, and composition to make our footage more engaging.
Spanish
This half term, we learned how to talk about pets in Spanish, including their characteristics and colours. We explored the names of different animals and practised using adjectives to describe them, such as "un perro grande" (a big dog) or "un gato blanco" (a white cat). We also learned how to describe their personalities, like "un perro amigable" (a friendly dog) or "un gato travieso" (a naughty cat). This helped us expand our vocabulary and improve our ability to describe pets in full sentences.
Mrs Bennett
Notices
Writing workshop for Year 5 - 27th February 9am - 10am.
During this interactive session, you’ll take part in a lesson alongside your child, exploring how we craft writing using our Writing Toolkit and Model Texts. It’s a fantastic opportunity to gain insight into how we teach writing at St Mary’s while enjoying some creative time together.
Thursday 6th March
World Book Day
Thursday 24th April
Viking Workshop
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Have a lovely and restful Half Term!
Miss Preston
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Friday 31st January
Even though the weather has been pretty dismal, we have not let that slow down our learning!
ENGLISH: We have just about come to the end of the shared writing section. The children have worked hard to complete, edit and even redraft their pieces of work. Next week, they will embark upon their own fully independent setting descriptions. Planning, writing and publishing all their own ideas whilst using the toolkit!
Can you spot any of our writing toolkit in any books you are currently reading?
MATHS: We have moved onto short division. The children are showing that they can divide up to 4 digit by 1 digits in a formal written method. I am very proud of everyone using strategies to help them with their learning.
SCIENCE: In our lessons this week, we have looked at reversible and irreversible changes. The children recognise that when we combine different substances together, a reaction may happen and that it can be easy to separate the substances again.
SPELLING: 
Notices
Writing workshop for Year 5 - 27th February 9am - 10am.
During this interactive session, you’ll take part in a lesson alongside your child, exploring how we craft writing using our Writing Toolkit and Model Texts. It’s a fantastic opportunity to gain insight into how we teach writing at St Mary’s while enjoying some creative time together.
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Have a lovely restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 24th January
What a busy and productive week we have had in year 5.
ENGLISH: I have been extremely proud of how incredibly imaginative everyone has been with their writing. We have been working hard to use all the parts of out toolkit. Here are some great examples from some children's work:
'Laid before me'
'I was at a fork'
'My fingers brushed along the books'
Can you spot any of our writing toolkit in any books you are currently reading?
MATHS: We have continued with our written formal multiplication. Now we have moved onto multiplying 4x2 digit numbers together using a variety of methods!
PE: Year 5 have been working hard to communication and team work. For our unit of OAA, the children needed to work together to problem solve 'the human knot'. Each of the groups took a different strategy but they could all agree that calmly communicating was the best strategy!
SPELLING: 
Notices
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Have a lovely restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 17th January
We have had another brilliant and busy week in Year 5. We have begun to explore our key word of 'trust' and it has been lovely to hear how well the children's understanding of this word is.
ENGLISH: We have had a brief go at writing a setting description before we embark on all the different parts of the toolkit and it has been impressive to see so many children already having a go at the different features in their writing.
Can you spot any of our writing toolkit in any books you are currently reading?
MATHS: We have been working hard at 2x2 digit multiplication. We have learned how to solve calculations using the following methods: area, expanded form, written formal multiplication.
SCIENCE: Year 5 have begun to explore changes in materials. We tested different substances to see whether they were soluble. We would be able to recognise this by how well the substance dissolved in water and if the water went clear.
SPELLING: 
Notices
Well done Year 5 on winning the highest attendance for the week!
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Have a lovely restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 10th January
Welcome back! I hope that everyone has had a restful and lovely holiday period. Even though the children have only been in for a few days this week, we have already covered so much!
ENGLISH: We have begun our new unit which is writing a setting narrative. We have looked at our model text and begun to develop vocabulary around settings and the importance of synonyms in emphasising a description.
MATHS: We have been revising how to structure multiplication of a 4 digit by 1 digit number and will next week move onto multiplying by a 2 digit number.
MUSIC: Year 5 has been extremely musical and begun our new topic of the ukulele! I was thoroughly impressed with the resilience from all pupils and we know how to turn the tuning pegs to tune the instrument and even how to play the chord of C!
PE: Our new unit is communication and tactics. We worked in groups to complete team noughts and crosses and had to discuss the strategies needed to be as effective as possible.
Notices
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Have a lovely restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 20th December
What a fabulous end to an incredible half term, and end of Autumn 1! From the exceptional behaviour at the pantomime, the incredible resilience at the carol service and still maintaining focus in lessons, I am an incredibly proud teacher. We have worked hard to try and finish our automata this week and I can see that so many children have developed their skills in measuring and cutting accurately. This week we have been concluding our learning journeys as well as reflecting on our key question 'how can we share our planet.'
PE, Computing and Spanish - Mrs Bennett
PE - Gymnastics: Vault: This half-term in PE, we learnt how to perform a vault. The children practised techniques for running, jumping, and landing safely, with an emphasis on maintaining good posture and control during the vault. We also worked on building strength and confidence to improve their speed and accuracy when executing the vault. By the end of the half term, the class showed significant improvement in their ability to perform the vault. Some children moved on to practise a 'squat through' move!
Computing - Vector Drawings: In Computing, we explored the world of vector drawings! We learned how to use digital tools to create shapes and designs using lines, curves, and colours. The focus was on creating clear and precise graphics, learning how to manipulate shapes, adjust line thickness, and fill areas with colour. The children created fantastic vector drawings as their final project.
Spanish - Sharing Personal Information, Months, and Dates: In Spanish, we practised sharing personal information - sharing their name, age, and where they live. They also learned how to talk about the months and dates of the year, practising how to ask and answer questions related to the calendar, such as "¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?" (When is your birthday?) Additionally, we practised asking and answering questions in the third person, helping them to extend their conversations beyond themselves.
Notices
I would like to thank everyone for the cards and the gifts this week. The generosity has been incredible and I feel very lucky. I wish everyone a restful holiday period no matter how you spend it and look forward to seeing everyone refreshed in the new year.
Miss Preston
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Friday 13th December
The penultimate week has come to an end! We have been incredibly busy working hard on our DT automata mechanisms. The children have shown exceptional problem solving skills and great independence with their cutting and gluing.
In Maths, we have been practising adding and subtracting fraction using both pictorial methods and using our knowledge of factors and multiples to find equivalents as a strategy.
The children have just begun publishing their non-chronological reports. They have a choice on how they represent their information whether that is in booklet, leaflet or poster form in their books. It has been great to see children using their English books as a resources to help support their writing.
Home Learning
Please practise all the previous weeks' spellings and spelling rules!
Please practise your lines for the carol service!
Notices
- Please bring in any missing parts for the costumes.
- The KS2 Carol Service is on Wednesday evening. Please arrive at church in smart uniform at 5.45pm, ready for a 6pm start.
- It is the final week of term next week. School finishes at 1.10pm on Friday.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 6th December
With just a few weeks until the end of term, we still have so much we are doing in Year 5! This week we have tested the conductivity of different materials and recorded our results. We have also begun construction of our automata toys. The children have demonstrated they can safely use hacksaws and bench hooks to chop their dowels. Next week, we will be chopping the frames and preparing the backgrounds!
Please continue to support your children in learning their lines for the Carol Services. Over the next week, we will discuss what outfits will be needed.
Home Learning
Please practise the following spellings in preparation for next week's test.
Notices
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Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 29th November
Year 5 are very excited for the Carol Service this year. We have all been allocated our parts for the readings and are beginning to learn our lines and practise the drama alongside. Please encourage your children to practise at home so they can confidently know their lines and roles off by heart.
We thoroughly enjoyed testing the absorbency of different materials in Science this week and concluded that paper is definitely not successful at being absorbent!
In Geography, we have begun to explore the importance of coral reefs and understanding that they are vital to the human race.
Home Learning
Please practise the following spellings in preparation for next week's test.
Notices
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Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 22nd November
What a fabulous week! I cannot believe that we already heading towards the end of November. We have been working incredibly hard across all our subjects but it has been amazing to see the progress in English. We have been exploring how we can expand our writing by using a variety of sentence structures including relative clauses.
I was incredibly proud of EVERYONE's determination to take part in the fun run this week. It was tough competition but everyone gave it their all. We may not have won the overall fastest place but I can definitely say that we had the best song to cheer ourselves on and the best team who supported each other.
Home Learning
Please practise the following spellings in preparation for next week's test.
Notices
- Parent consultations are next week. I look forward to discussing your child's academic progress!
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 15th November
We have had another busy week in Year 5! On Tuesday, we had an amazing assembly where we had Soundbox come and demonstrate different instruments. I really hope everyone is inspired to take up an instrument (or two!).
It was great to see almost everyone wearing their odd socks on Tuesday to show support for anti-bullying week. We looked at the acronym STOP and discussed ways we could support each other if we saw bullying happening.
Home Learning
Please practise the following spellings in preparation for next week's test.
Notices
- Raffle tickets for the Christmas Fair will be going home with children on Monday! Apologies for not having them out today.
- Please begin to sign up for the parent consultations on 26th and 27th November
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 8th November
Throughout our first week back, we have been getting excited about all the new topics we will be learning! We have begun to think about what our automata toy in DT will look like considering a design brief. We have begun to look at the importance of oceans in the world and where they are located. We are starting to consider what properties different items may have and how we can classify them.
Home Learning
Please practise the following spellings in preparation for next week's test.
Notices
Monday 11th November - Scouting uniform for Remembrance Day
Tuesday 12th November - Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying week
Please begin to sign up for the parent consultations on 26th and 27th November
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 25th October
What an incredible first half term for year 5! I am incredibly proud of every single person and how much progress has been made. It has been lovely to see everyone grow and I cannot wait to see what next half term holds.
Even though we have come to the end of the final week for Autumn 1, we have covered so much! We have recognised in PSHE how important it is to consider how our words can be misinterpreted online and that we should ways demonstrate respectful and responsible behaviour online.
In English, I have been thoroughly impressed with the independence shown in our latest piece of sustained work. The determination to complete the narratives and edit them to a high standard has been wonderful.
Home Learning
Please practise the following spellings. These are all words from the statutory spelling list that have been covered over this half. As they have already been covered, they will not be allocated on Doodle Spell but posted here to view. Please continue to access Doodle English and Doodle Maths additionally over the half term.
Notices
Wishing everyone a well deserved, restful half term!
Miss Preston
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Friday 18th October
We have been completing our narratives this week. It has been fantastic to see all of Year 5 really considering the structure of their work and attempting to apply all they have learned about the toolkit into their work. The progress has been amazing.
In maths, we have moved onto our multiplication and division unit. This unit requires a lot of practise around times tables so please make sure they are working on these at home.
In our PE session this week, we began performing our routines which represented an 'opening ceremony' at an Olympics. I have been thoroughly impressed with everyone's team work and attention to detail in moving in time to the music.
Home Learning
Please remember to spend 10 minutes every day on Doodle English and Maths as well as practising the spellings. The work really helps children focus on any gaps in their learning.
Notices
Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 11th October
What a fabulous week! In Year 5 we became performers! What an incredible trip we had on Wednesday. The workshop taught us all different warm up techniques, how to move our bodies like an actor and how to perform with expression and confidence. I am proud of everyone for stepping out of their comfort zone and working hard to find their confidence. We were absolutely blown away by the production itself. Here is some feedback from some of the students:
'Dramatic. Funny. Cool'
'It was a great school trip and it was really fun. I had a great time.'
'It was the best school trip ever - we got to go into central London and watch an amazing theatre show!'
'I was speechless afterwards and loved he songs. It was a 5* experience.'
'Shockingly good. 5* from me!'
In music, we are learning about musical theatre and working towards performing a 'character song'. The children will begin to write their own short sections of script to accompany this and perform it to others in class. I am sure everyone will be inspired by the Matilda trip.
Home Learning
Please remember to spend 10 minutes every day on Doodle English and Maths as well as practising the spellings. The work really helps children focus on any gaps in their learning.
Notices
Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 4th October
I have been thoroughly impressed with everyone's progress this week in learning. All of Year 5 are really trying hard to apply all of the different skills from the writing toolkit into their longer pieces of work and it has been lovely to see everyone's independence grow further.
We took part in the Harvest celebration at the church on Wednesday. Well done to everyone for singing proudly and loudly. Especially well done to our Ethos council who spoke a passage in front of everyone!
Home Learning
Keep practising those spellings. It has been great to see everyone's improvement in lessons!
Notices
Wednesday 9th October - Matilda trip
Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 27th September
What a fabulous week with so much learning covered! I have been especially impressed by everyone working hard both independently and collaboratively. In Science, we have begun creating parachutes - ready to experience and experiment with air resistance! We are certainly a class of musical talent. Year 5 have begun to find confidence in their singing and performance abilities and understand how to perform a character song in our Music lessons.
Home Learning
Keep an eye out for different assignments as well as the spellings on Doodle Spell.
Notices
Wednesday 2nd October - Harvest Festival
Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Meet the Teacher documents
Friday 20th September
We are certainly getting into all of our subjects. It has been lovely to see everyone's personalities coming through and everyone has been really impressing me with their knowledge and determination in all subjects. We have been working super hard on publishing our English work based around 'The Listeners' and are now beginning on our new fiction unit. We have really been exploring what happens in our model text and are able to retell the whole story without the need for words!
Home Learning
Please encourage your children to keep on top of their Doodle Learning. It only needs to be for a short amount of time each day. The spellings, again, are assigned on Doodle Learning but I have also uploaded them here.
Notices
Thank you to those who attended the Meet the Teacher. It was lovely to meet you all. Please check your emails for the pdf versions of the slides, timetable and maths knowledge mat.
Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 13th September
What a fabulous first full week in Year Five! We have been very busy delving into our lessons this week and beginning all our new topics. It has been lovely to see everyone really developing a positive and enthusiastic approach to learning. We have been scientists! We measured how many newtons of force were needed to move objects and make them 'unbalanced'. In Art, we have begun to look at Anglo-Saxon crosses and understand the symbolism behind them. Collaboration has been our focus in PSHE - we worked together to not let the balloon hit the floor!
Home Learning
Mrs Maxwell is sending out a letter detailing the homework arrangements for Year 5, most of which is to be completed on Doodle Learning.
- Doodle learning - Complete as much as possible in Doodle Maths, Doodle English and Doodle Spell - stay in the green zone!
- Reading - At least five times during the week (3 x outloud to an adult) and getting the reading record signed to show this. All children have a school reading book and reading record.
- Spelling - Please check Doodle Spell for the words you need to practise
Notices
The Year 5 Meet the Teacher meeting will take place on Thursday 19th September - 09:00. The presentation will be shared on the website for any parents who are unable to make the meeting.
Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend!
Miss Preston
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Friday 6th September
Wishing you all a warm welcome back. It has been lovely getting to know Year 5 this week. They have been fantastic and made me feel very welcome!
This week, we have been finding out about our school vision, had an afternoon in our Family groups, written our class prayer and started our poetry and Maths topics.
The Year 5 Meet the Teacher meeting will take place on Thursday 19th September - 09:00.
Home learning will begin next Friday. In the meantime, Mrs Maxwell has challenged them to earn some stars by completing some learning on Doodle Learning. The Reading Records along with reading books will be handed out on Monday.
Next week we will start the following topics across the curriculum:
Science - Forces, air and gravity
Art - Anglo Saxon symbolism
PSHE - Me and My Relationships
Music - Musical Theatre
History - How hard was it to invade and settle?
RE - What does it mean if God is holy and loving?
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
Miss Preston