Friday 16th October 2026 

Year 5 have been learning the difference between prime, square and cube numbers this week in Maths using the multilink to prove that, for example, 8 isn't a square number.

In English, the children have been exploring the use of reported speech and direct speech in journalistic writing. They are working on planning their article for next week. 

Science produced a lot of slow-motion videos of craters being made as the children explored how the size of the meteor or the height of the drop affected the diameter of the crater.

The children had their last cricket session with our cricket coach, which they thoroughly enjoyed. 

Friday 9th October 2026 

Year 5 have spent the week exploring journalistic writing and looking at how we write quotes. The children enjoyed making up a name for their character in Beowulf and then acting out their reactions to Grendel's acts of murder. 

In Maths, we have started looking at patterns in multiples and looking at factors. 

The phases of the moon were learnt by the children using oreos to create the 8 different phases. The children really enjoyed looking at the phases and using the oreos. 

In RE, the children explored what makes a good marriage and then created their own gurdwara using Lego. They were incredibly imaginative and enjoyed the process. 

Friday 2nd October 2026

This week, in Science, the children have been measuring shadows during the day, practising observation over time skills. They were fascinated by how the shadows changed length quite drastically and moved throughout the day.

In Maths, we have been adding and subtracting, solving problems and using efficiency methods. In English, the children have been writing character profiles about monsters that they made using a consequences-style game. 

Today, we are visiting Hazard Alley.

Friday 25th September 2026 

Year 5 have explored Anglo-Saxon food, making honey and oatcakes in History. They tasted really yummy, and the children were excited to take them home!

In Maths, the children have been adding in columns successfully. In English. The children have been describing Grendel using a variety of adjectives and adverbs. 

During Science, the children made a scale model of the solar system using toilet rolls and several different types of fruit. They then used chalk to imagine the orbit around the Sun. Neptune couldn't get round the entire Sun on the playground because it was so far away! 300 sheets of toilet paper to be exact. 

 

Friday 18th September 2026 

This week, year 5 have been busy writing their kennings. The children have thought about different animals and used hyphens to join nouns to verbs or nouns to nouns. The children have been looking at rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 exploring number lines so that they can visually see which number is closer. 

In Science, we looked at how Aristotle knew that the world was (roughly) spherical by placing Lego figures on the globes and observing what happened as the globe turned. We compared this to what would happen if the world had been flat – looking at the difference between 'small' and 'far away'. 

The children have been enjoying their cricket lessons a lot, exploring how to bat and field effectively in their teams. 

Friday 11th September 2026 

This week, Year 5 have been creating kenning using hyphens and choosing vocabulary carefully. In Maths, we have been exploring place value up to 1 million. 

In Science, we explored different facts about the planets and created mnemonics to help us remember the order from the Sun. 

In History, we looked at wattle and daub and how the Anglo-Saxons made walls. We used clay, sticks and art straws to create the structures.