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Year 5 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 5

July 2026

  • 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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July 2026