Year 5 Weekly Blog 16.05.25- ‘A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down’

What a week it has been! The weather has been even warmer so play has been super exciting outside basking in the sun and lots of learning continues to take place inside the classroom. The end of the week’s focus all turned to Year 5 as we hosted our Krispy Kreme Donut Fundraising Day. Lots of children helped contribute to organising the event such as picking up boxes from the office, selling and packing donuts and delivering boxes to class.

With the day invested so much into donuts, we spent the morning out in the sun as some children walked to the promenade for their swimming gala trials whilst everyone else had an extra day of forest school!

This week, we have been learning…

  • Maths- We have been smashing 2 digit x 2 digit numbers with lots of children having a go at 3 digit x 2 digit. We have continued to practice multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 by shifting our digits across place value columns. This will come in handy as we move onto percentage of amounts next week.




  • English- we have began writing our final discussion question after finishing our planning and collecting of research at the beginning of the week. It has been brilliant to see the children take more care of their presentation and really focus on their handwriting.




  • History- It has been all things ‘witches’ in this weeks crime and punishment lesson. We looked into why so many people believed in witches in the 15th Century. We did this by conducting our very own witch hunt in search for the answers. We had fun going through the ‘how to spot a witch’ checklist, can you remember what was on it?




Conversation starters

  • RE- We have been testing our conscience with some moral dilemmas in class. Do your parents know any good moral dilemmas that they can put you to the test with?





  • English- We have began our discussions text topic and have been creating points of view for our school themed questions.

    Should all children learn how to swim?

    Share with your parents the reasons we came up with - for and against.




Let’s Celebrate

  • Learner of the Week- This week our award goes to Tommy for being a determined and reflective learner. You have been so determined this week Tommy, especially during our maths lessons. You are powering through your times tables and are really getting to grips with short multiplication. Whenever you have needed just a bit of help, you have always asked and this has been really useful in your progression. Excellent work!




  • Virtue Star of the Week- Our virtues for this half term are curious and active and our winner this week goes to Rory. You have been so active throughout all our curriculum Rory. Wanting to challenge yourself in maths by choosing really difficult numbers to multiply and also working to your best ability in our discussion writing.






Notices

  • Homework- Please check the homework blog to keep on track of your child’s SPAG, multiplication and division practice and also their reading.





  • Forest School- This will take place every Friday for this half term. You will be sent a text the previous night to make aware who is doing this on which day as the class are split into groups. The children will just need to bring in a change spare of clothes- ones suitable for outdoor activities and working within a forest environment. Long clothing will be needed (no shorts).

    The groups are;

    Group 1- Daisy, Grace, Isioma, Jacob, Lilly, Logan, Matilda, Seth, Teddy, Toby

    Group 2- Amelia, Beth, Finley, Hudson, Hugo, John-Paul, Joseph, Poppy, Sean

    Group 3- Charlotte, Ciaran, Gus, Josh, Lorenzo, Louis, Rory, Rose, Tommy, William

    Each group will have four sessions of forest school spread out across the rest of the year.






  • Extra Curricular Activities- Please check the sports blog for new and existing sports clubs taking place this half term, including game and tournament dates.





  • Swimming Gala - Please check the sports blog to see if you have made the swimming gala team this year. More information about this event is available on the sports page.




  • Half Term- School will close on Friday 23rd May at normal school finishing time. School will reopen on Monday 9th June.




  • Year 5 Sports Day- Will take place on Wednesday 18th June, starting at 1:30pm.




  • Gym Jam Jog- Will take place on Thursday 19th June. Bring your pajamas, running trainers and enthusiasm for an early 8am start!




  • LSA Open Evening Thursday 26th June 4:40pm-7:00pm







This week...

It has been a very different week at nursery. As part of our transition process (yes, it’s hard to believe that some of friends will be moving to Reception in September), we have spent each morning this week with the children and Reception team and it has been wonderful! Everybody learned and played together beautifully. I don’t envisage any upset in September.

Worship

May is the Month of Mary. We have been discussing how Mary is honoured during the month of May. We have talked about:

  • Where you can find a Mary worship table in nursery

  • What to put on a Mary worship table

  • That flowers commonly associated with Mary

  • and what else can go on our Mary worship table

    We have also all painted a picture of Mary to put on our Mary’s Month display.

    On Friday this week some of nursery will be joining Reception on a visit and tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We are hoping to pop in and have refreshments at the Social Centre afterwards. Such a busy day.

Visit from Pemberton’s farm

On Wednesday Farmer Tom brought some of his animals from his farm to show us. He brought Pixie a calf born prematurely in February, twin dairy calves ( one was called Mary, how apt for Mary’s Month!), two lambs (one was called Baaaaarbara!!) and a farm dog called Storm. We watched as Farmer Tom fed the lambs their milk from a bottle, what a lot of noise they made!

Take a look at our photos!

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog 

The weather has been glorious this week and we have made the most of every moment. We have carefully tended to our garden this week as we have made sure they have had plenty of water to drink. We also watered the newly planted trees on the school field.

We were excited to meet number block number 9 this week. We have explored different ways of making 9. One of our friends said " it's 3 sets of 3s". Another said "it's a square". Can your child count 9 objects? 

We have been busy practicing for Sports Day. This week we have concentrated on jumping to see how far we can jump. Why not have a jumping contest this weekend. Who can jump the furthest?

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone.

It's been hot this week, but the children have still been having lots of fun.

We decided to use to make cress sandwiches for snack time with the cress that we have been growing. The children buttered their own bread, a great skill for practicing their fine motor skills and for life…we always need toast in the morning!. We then cut and sprinkled the cress on to the bread. The children then had a go at folding the bread in half, which was a bit tricky. The children loved their cress sandwiches, they couldn't believe that they were eating something that they had grown from seeds.

The children have been making castle turrets or towers using shapes. They drew around their chosen shapes then drew someone hiding inside the turret. The children drew their mummies, Rapunzel or their friends in the castle.

I can't believe we only have one week left before we break up for May half term.

Enjoy your sunny/hot weekend everyone.

Emma 

Meet number 9

This week we have started to explore number 9!! Numberblock Nine arrives in Numberland, finds a friend in Four, sings a song about squares... and sneezes! Learn all about the number 9 with Numberblock Nine! Click here to meet 9!

We are learning to:

  • Say the counting numbers to 9. The children should recognise the cardinal principle of counting that the last number counted represents the entire set of objects counted.

  • Partitioning and combining to 9. At the beginning of the episode Nine is formed from combining One and Eight and then partitioned again.

  • 9 and 4 are square numbers. Although the children are not formally introduced to square numbers until much later, this episode provides an opportunity to look at both the structure of squares with 4 equal sides and corners, and square numbers that make a shape with the same number of blocks down as across. Identifying pattern and seeing structure in number is important to early maths development.

Finally, fire up the BBQ for a fun weekend!

Stay safe and God Bless.

Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 22nd May

IXL

  • Maths (F8) Multiply 2 digit by 2 digit numbers- missing steps

  • Maths (HH1) What percentage is illustrated?

Grammar and Punctuation

To complete the sheet stuck in their books. Follow the set of instructions to help present your work.

Spellings

Can you remember the theme in this weeks spellings. Is there a pattern with lots of these words?

  1. which

  2. comfort

  3. suit

  4. believe

  5. stationary

  6. absence

  7. convince

  8. invisible

  9. reverse

  10. determined

  11. develop

  12. familiar

  13. awkward

  14. persuade

  15. definite

Mrs Barkers group

  1. witch

  2. evil

  3. magic

  4. comfy

  5. still

  6. moving

  7. backwards

  8. forwards

  9. make

  10. strong

Swimming Gala Information

The children swam so well today at the trials - we are taking them all to the gala next Friday. Mr Cornwell is busy working out races and teams. Some children will do 1 race, some more - but the focus is on the team! The arrangements are as follows…

Children will need to be dropped off at Palatine Leisure Centre for 8:40am next Friday. There is lots of space for parents to stay and cheer - it is recommended - this event is great!

They will need to bring with them their swim wear, their swimming hats for long hair, goggles, towel and hair brush. The event is due to finish around 11:45am, at which point the children will need bringing back to school to have their lunch. They will be booked into the 12:30pm sitting. Do work together to help each other out with lifts and let us know if you need any support too.

Maths Mastery Parent Project final survey

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your support with the mastery for maths parents project. We loved having you all in school to share the games and approaches taken in school with the Mastering Number program. We are seeking to give the children confidence their number facts and recall them with ease. We will be running the program again next year in KS 1. This time we will invite you in the Autumn term we look forward to taking the maths further together.

Could you please now complete the final feedback survey.

Year 2 Home Learning to be handed in Monday 19th May

READING

Please continue to read every night. During one of our “My Happy Mind Lessons” all about ENGAGEMENT - we were challenged to set goals. The class came up with three, the second one is to complete 2 quizzes each week. The children are determined! Please enjoy listening to your child every evening.

SPELLING AND HANDWRITING

We have 3 dictations this week. These are tricky - they have red words (common exception words we are trying to master). They also have apostrophes and some spelling rules!!!!! Can you spot them all?

Dictation 1
Dictation 2
Dictation 3

MATHS

The children have got into their TT rockstars. Please continue to practice 2;s, 5’s, 10’s multiplication only (at the moment) - remember to skip count your groups.

LINK TO TT ROCKSTARS
YEAR 2 Optional Home Learning Year 2 Summer 1

School Football Trials 2025/26

At the end of this school year, we are hosting our trials for next years school football teams.

If you are currently in Year 4 and 5 and are interested in playing for the team next year, please complete the form below and attend both of the sessions dated below if possible.

We have had 4 teams this year such as a girls team and 3 boys teams.

Even if you played in the football team last year, you will still have to try out again to keep your place or you can try out in a new position.

The dates for these trials will be after school on;

Tuesday 24th June 2025

Tuesday 1st July 2025

Football Trials Sign up Sheet 2025/26

Girl's Football Tournament- Thursday 15th May

This tournament will be held at LSA after school between 3:45-5:00.

Please pick your child up from the school office at 3:15pm for a 3:45 kick off.

The tournament will be played on astroturf so astro trainers will be needed.

Please bring your football kit, shin pads and your trainers in a spare bag to get changed at school, before being picked up.

The children selected to play are;

Y6

Elsie, Cora, Faye, Millie, Layla, Bella

Y5

Charlotte