Year 5

Dear Parents, In English, we have planned and written a diary entry in the role of a fraudulent plague doctor. We have included: time adverbials, Outside. (Inside.) sentences and specific vocabulary (buboes, pustules) related to the Black Death. In Maths, we have been using bar models to understand and recognise equivalent fractions. We have been […]

Dear Parents, What a fun start to our week, celebrating our uniqueness and differences by wearing odd socks. To celebrate ‘Friendship Week,’ we have focussed on the importance of friendship and the qualities that we value in our friendships. This year, the theme of the week is ‘Reach Out,’ we have discussed the trusted adults […]

On Tuesday, Year 5 visited the Houses of Parliament. We started with a tour and walked through the House of Lords, Central Lobby as well as the Robing Room, where the monarch prepares for the State Opening of Parliament. The walls are adorned with many portraits of British monarchs and significant political figures. We also […]

Dear Parents, Year 5 have had an extremely busy and productive week. We started off the week with an energetic and inspiring assembly to celebrate Black History Month led by Big Foot Theatre Company. The children were introduced to various significant British Black people who had helped shape our history and perhaps are not as […]

Dear Parents, It was lovely to start this half term with a visit to St Gregory’s to celebrate All Saints Day. The children sang beautifully and the congregation were very impressed with the children. Thank you to the parents who were able to assist us in getting to and from the church. The children have […]

Dear Parents, It was so lovely to share our Harvest assembly with you on Tuesday. The children performed poetry confidently and shared the message of Harvest. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who donated food, it was collected this week by the local food bank. In English, we have been […]

Dear Parents, We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your generous Harvest donations, which are displayed in our classrooms and will be delivered to the local food bank soon. We started our week focussing on the importance of our mental health. We discussed what mental health is and looked at strategies […]

Dear Parents, The highlight for our Year 5 children this week has been the coding workshop, this will continue next week. In English, we have planned our mystery story based in Egypt. We have focussed on how to plan a mystery story using suspense, show not tell, expanded noun phrases and Alan Peat sentences. In […]

Dear Parents, It was lovely to start our Tuesday morning with so many of you at our first Year 5 Mass. The children sang the hymns beautifully and spoke eloquently. Thank you for supporting your child/ren in preparing for the Mass. This week has been another busy week in Year 5. In English, we have […]

Dear Parents, After another successful and busy week in Year 5, we would like to let you know what we have done this week. In English, we have written our magazine articles about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. In Maths, we have been comparing and ordering numbers to 1,000,000. We have been placing numbers on […]