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  • 20/11/25

    Friday 21st November 2025

    This term, (coinciding with the cold weather!) Year 5 have gymnastics for their Tuesday indoor PE lessons. So far the children have learnt and practised different shapes, symmetrical and asymmetrical balances, and different ways to travel. Working in partners on mats, the children identified what sk...
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  • 13/11/25

    Friday 14th November 2025

    The children in Year 5 have continued with their studies in Science, learning about materials.  Last week, the children made a list of substances they would like to test to see whether they are soluble or insoluble.  The materials included sugar, honey, flour, rice, chocolate and even cray...
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  • 06/11/25

    Friday 7th November 2025

    Our new core text in Year 5 is Street Child, by Berlie Doherty.  We have just read a chapter called The Shilling Pie, in which our main character, Jim Jarvis, has bought a pie for his family with the last of their money.  Set in Victorian England, it tells the story of his struggle, and li...
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  • 22/10/25

    Thursday 23rd October 2025

    In addition to our artwork and writing for the Black History Month Exhibition, Year 5 also wrote inspirational poems, based on celebrating black history and important figures, such as Mary Secole, Paul Stephenson and Martin Luther King.  Performing these poems was the most exciting part, as the...
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  • 16/10/25

    Friday 17th October 2025

    Year 5 were treated to another visit to the library this week to take part in a Black History workshop.  It included learning to say hello in different languages spoken in various African countries, finding the flags of African nations and finding finding them on a map.  The children also...
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  • 09/10/25

    Friday 10th October 2025

    In Science this week, we have continued our investigations into different materials, this time looking at the properties of insulation – the ability to keep heat in and cold out.  The children were tasked with discovering which materials made good insulators.  Choosing materials from...
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  • 02/10/25

    Friday 3rd October 2025

    Year 5 have been enjoying rounders in PE this term, developing their throwing and catching skills and the rules of the game learnt in Year 4.  The pictures show warm-up exercises before a match.  Each week, the children take charge of setting up the equipment, making sure it is set out cor...
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  • 26/09/25

    Friday 26th September 2025

    In Science, the children in Year 5 have been investigating the properties of different materials.  They grouped materials in Carroll Diagrams, according to their properties: hardness, transparency, magnetism and conductivity - whether they could conduct electricity.
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  • 19/09/25

    Friday 19th September 2025

    At the end of the last academic year, the Year 5 children wrote to King Charles III to tell him about the book "The boy at the back of the class" that we were reading in English.  Over the summer holiday, we received a reply!  It is now framed at the front of the classroom...
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  • 12/09/25

    Friday 12th September 2025

    Back to school for only one day, and the children in Year 5 were off on a trip. We visited the Houses of Parliament where we actually got to watch MPs in the House of Commons and the Lords and Dames in the House of Lords.  We also took a tour around the rest of the Palace of Westminster, includ...
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  • 18/07/25

    Friday 18th July 2025

    This week in R.E. We have been looking at how God created the world in the story of Genesis 1.  We discussed why it is important that we look after the world God has given us.  We created PowerPoint presentations about climate change and explored charities that help countries who have expe...
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  • 11/07/25

    Friday 11th July 2025

    This week in Year 5 we were finalising our Islamic tiles.  We finished painting them and put them all together to create one big piece of art.
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