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  • 06/11/26

    Friday 6th November 2026

    St Clare class completed their Problem Solving Wednesday task this week. Using certain numbers, the children had to place them in a particular order so the number sentences were correct. The first two-digit number had to be smaller than the second two-digit numbers. Some children found more than one...
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  • 22/10/26

    Friday 22nd October 2026

    St Clare class has learnt how to greet each other in Spanish, ask someone what their name is, ask how they are and respond to those questions in a short conversation. To end this half-term’s topic, we learnt a Spanish song and sang along, making a really cool music video!
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  • 16/10/26

    Friday 16th October 2026

    Every day after lunch, St Clare class spends time reading for pleasure. We read a variety of things, from fictional story books and picture books, to First News newspapers, The Phoenix comic and - our favourite - The Guinness Book of World Records. We have found that reading helps us with our own pu...
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  • 09/10/26

    Friday 9th October 2026

    Continuing with their investigations into the properties of materials in science lessons, St Clare class has learned about separating mixtures. How would you get paper clips out of a bowl of rice? And could you separate the raisins mixed into a bowl of flour? The children did just that, using mag...
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  • 02/10/26

    Friday 2nd October 2026

    In Geography, St Clare class is learning about South America. This week the children have been researching and writing about The Amazon rainforest and river. This is building on our knowledge of the different countries in South America. Did you know for example that the Amazon Rainforest covers nine...
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  • 25/09/26

    Friday 25th September 2026

    We all know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but have you ever wondered how some of the porridge was too hot, while some was too cold? It was made altogether, no? So how can they be different temperatures? Well, in Year 5 Science this week, we think we have discovered that it was all to...
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  • 18/09/26

    Friday 18th September 2026

    Year 5 PE on a Tuesday is rounders with Mr Spalding. The skill we practised this week was bowling accurately, and all the children got to bowl in a game at the end of the session. We all participated and tried our best, with some shots going out of the playing cage! We also had some good catches and...
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  • 11/09/26

    Friday 11th September 2026

    This week Year 5 worked on their work about our class saint, Saint Clare of Assisi. We have worked very hard to come up with this idea. We wrote a biography about St Clare and learned that she gave up a life of great wealth. Our artwork has been created by the whole class, based on a stain...
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  • 17/07/26

    Friday 17th July 2026

    This week, Year 5 completed their art work Over the last few lessons, we designed patterns inspired by mosaics and the artist Esra Alhamal. We developed the use of colour in our books and finally used air drying clay to make tiles. These were then painted using intricate patterns and designs.
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  • 10/07/26

    Friday 10th July 2026

    The children have been writing letters using emotive language this week. Basing our work on The Arrival by Shaun Tan, each child wrote a letter as if they were the father in the story, telling his daughter why he has to leave. In the original story, the father folded his letter into an origami bird...
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  • 03/07/26

    Friday 3rd July 2026

    All this week, Year 5 has been completing a set of Taskmaster-style tasks, linked with our White Rose Maths scheme of learning. Fans of the show will be aware of the sort of tasks celebrities and comedians have been given in the past. The children have had to create a free-standing tower using only...
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  • 26/06/26

    Friday 26th June 2026

    It goes without saying that it's been quite a hot few days this week, and the children have done ever so well to work in the conditions. It also just so happens to be assessment week too! Well done to the children who stayed cool in school and completed their papers. We've been looking at SA...
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