Year 5 Weekly Blog 23.06.23 ' High school is about finding who you are because that's more important than trying to be someone else'

With only 4 weeks left of Year 5, things are certainly not slowing down as we have had another jam-packed week. As the year comes to a close, we have been starting our final topics of each subject and the children have had a taste of what some lessons in Year 6 are like with lots of independent work.

At the beginning of the week, we stepped up our music concert practice again as we prepare for the big day which is on Monday 10th July. We also finished our class novel of the ‘Windrush Child’, which focused on the migration of Jamaicans post world war two into England and the racial injustice that came from this.

The class also continued with their food tech lessons- this week having a tasting session of some of the foods that they are either going to use or make themselves.

On Thursday, we took another trip out of school as we went to St Bedes for a high school taster day- with all things Science & Technology. It was brilliant for the children to experience a day in the life of a high school pupil and for them to take in the surroundings of their own potential secondary school. The class was split into two groups, with one group going off into science and the other to technology. Food technology was the focus and the children got to practise their cooking skills as they made pizza whirls. It was a murder mystery for the science group where they explored the world of chemistry and carried out 3 mini experiments to work out who the killer was!

On Friday, some of our children got the opportunity to take part in the swimming Gala- an event that we have not had for years. Performing in front of a packed out crowd with lots of noise can be daunting- especially for a 10 year old- so the children did excellently to handle the pressure. We managed to qualify for 6 of the final events with 2 of our girls winning their semi- final races. I couldn’t be prouder of everyone who took part and I look forward to you competing again next year.

Let’s Celebrate

Lily-Mae for being an enthusiastic and focused learner: As we start another history topic, your enthusiasm and focus has sky rocketed yet again. Your hand is always up to answer a question or to share your knowledge with the class. Keep this up in Year 6!

Millie and Iris for being determined and brave learners: Even though you are both quiet girls when it comes to expressing yourself- your talents certainly overshadow this. Your performances in the swimming gala today were outstanding as you both came from behind in your races to win for our school. I expect to see you both their next year.

Virtue Butterflies: Christian has been chosen for being intentional. Christian has been spotted help calming down and cheering up his classmates when they have been angry and your calm and gentle approach really does make you an asset to our class.

Notices

Extra Curricular Activities: The schedule for Summer 2 has been posted on the sports page of the website [engage-> sport] . This includes cricket club on Tuesdays after school (3:30-4:15) which you will have to sign up for and athletics which will take place on Wednesdays at lunchtime. These are to prepare for two upcoming competitions which are also on the timetable.

• Sports Day: Will take place on Wednesday 28th June at 1:30pm.

• Clarinet Concert: Will take place on Monday 10th July and parents are invited into school to watch and will start at 2:00.

• End of Year Play- Year 5 will take part in the Year 6 end of year play which will be held on Monday 17th July and Tuesday 18th July- both starting at 6:30pm

Year 5 Weekly Blog 16.06.23 ' There is no such thing as impossible, only inprobable. The thing that limits us are the limits to our imagination'- Cressida Cowell

After a scorching two week break, we had no idea how the children were going to settle back in but they have been fantastic! As soon as they arrived back on Monday morning, they were straight back into the school routine and were eager to get on with the learning.

On Monday, we stepped up our preparation for our end of year music concert as we focused on practicing our chosen songs. The children are becoming really fluent with both the singing and playing side of the songs. The children have begun their next DT topic of food technology- don’t worry, the cooking won’t start for another couple of weeks. The children will be taste testing different foods over the next few weeks so if anyone has any issues regarding this then please email myself or Mrs Mather.

On Wednesday, We began our final RE topic of learning about other faiths around the world and focusing on the ‘Big 5’. This will also tie into our new History topic of Islamic Civilization. We also began our preparation for sports day in the form of athletics in PE. The children gave it their all in what was some very tricky running conditions- luckily we stayed hydrated and had lots of breaks in between.

Thursday saw us take our first trip of the summer and it was to the Winter Gardens for a special reading celebration. We were lucky enough to attend Cressida Cowell’s 20th anniversary of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. The author and illustrator of the famous series shared her upbringing and journey towards becoming a world renowned writer and gave us some advice and inspiration of how to become a writer. The children all received a signed copy of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’- a limited edition including an unreleased additional story.

Let’s Celebrate

Nicola for being an enthusiastic and focused learner: Nicola, even at this point of the year, you are still super focused throughout all of our lessons and are ready to learn. Your eyes are always fixed on me when I am teaching and your hand is always up ready to share your knowledge. You have really set an example of how to engage in the lessons. Brilliant work!

Max for being an enthusiastic and brave learner: Ever since your performance on Wednesday night, teacher after teacher have come up to me to tell me how impressed they were with you. It takes a lot of bravery to perform on stage in front of lots of people but you did this with such enthusiasm and passion. The audience was blown away of how ‘in the moment’ you were and that resembles your commitment to any activity you are given.

Virtue butterflies: This week it goes to Harvey for being intentional. The class is fully aware that we have been low on stationary supplies recently which has meant that children have had to share equipment- the main one being glue sticks. Over the half term, Harvey went out and bought a full set of glue sticks (with his own money!) so that everyone had one which was such as lovely and thoughtful gesture.

Notices

• Extra Curricular Activities: The schedule for Summer 2 has been posted on the sports page of the website [engage-> sport] . This includes cricket club on Tuesdays after school (3:30-4:15) which you will have to sign up for and athletics which will take place on Wednesdays at lunchtime. These are to prepare for two upcoming competitions which are also on the timetable.

• Gym Jam Jog: Is on Wednesday 21st June. Children are to come into school earlier in their pyjamas annd jog around the field. The children will then have lunch in the hall. This is a sponsored event and the money raised is going towards the school budget for building and extending the outside playground for the children so it would be great if everyone took part.

• Sports Day: Will take place on Wednesday 28th June at 1:30pm.

• Clarinet Concert: Will take place on Monday 10th July and parents are invited into school to watch and will start at 2:00.

• LSA Open Evening: Lytham St Annes High School are hosting an open evening for Year 5 children on Thursday 22nd June. More information is available here.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 19.05.23 'A picture paints a thousand words’

It has been weird to complete a normal working week at school, with all the bank holidays we’ve head, but we are here again at the end of another productive week with lots of learning. After two weeks without having one, our usual Monday routine continued with the exciting afternoon of Music and French. The children have continued to practice some previously learnt songs with the clarinets such as Blossom Blues and Eye of the Tiger, whilst also learning new songs simultaneously, this week it being the theme song to Jaws. We also started our new French topic of ‘French around the world’, with us focusing on directions, which led us to creating some French compasses to work our way around a treasure hunt.

In Maths, we have focused on both equivalent and simplifying fractions and how we can apply our times table knowledge to efficiently solve these calculations. The children’s attitude towards their maths work has been amazing to see as they are very keen to throw themselves into all sorts of problems and puzzles.

In English, we have continued with our topic of newspaper journalism and have been creating our first draft of our reports, based on our class novel of the Windrush Child. The children have been excited to put their own spin on their articles by choosing which newspaper to work for, creating catchy and interesting headlines and designing the layout of their newspaper.

We have continued to experiment with light in Science, to answer lots of key questions about how light travels. This week, we looked at if light could bend when travelling through the air. We then experimented to see how light would travel through liquids and we discovered how refraction works.

In Geography, we have started our new topic of North America in which the children’s retrieval skills and effort with their homework has allowed us to fly through the learning of this topic. We recapped the continents of the world and looked into the countries that make up North America. Ask your child at the weekend of how many can they remember.

On Thursday, we spent the morning at mass to celebrate Ascension Day. This was to celebrate when Jesus ascended up to heaven and left his spirit behind. This was also covered in our RE lessons, as we looked at examples of key figures within the church who lived with the spirit of Jesus within them and compared their actions to the Son of Christ. We finished the week with an art filled Friday morning, with the upper juniors having the opportunity to take part in a special art workshop, focusing on painting.

Let’s Celebrate

Dominic for being a co-operative learner: For always being a kind and considerate classmate towards every pupil. Your ability to be able to work alongside anyone, comes from your loving nature. This is also apparent in the playground, as you can play without any disruption and are attentive towards others.

‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind’

Emilia for being a reflective learner: Emilia, your focus and drive to be discerning has allowed to you add high quality to your learning. You are keen to show your teachers through your writing of what you are capable of and this is only possible if you are a reflective learner. You always listen to and take the advice of the members of staff, whether that is in or out of the classroom.

An excellent learning quality to have!

Iris for being discerning: Iris, you are always listening to instructions and are the first one to carry out a task whenever it is set. You go the extra mile by always offering to help your fellow pupils and also members of staff. You are such a delight to have in our learning environment.

Franek- To keep up with our theme of being the eco-class of the school, one of our members of the eco-council has chosen to donate one of his plants at home, which has been placed in our environmental garden. What a generous and thoughtful action Franek.

Notices

• Preparing for the weather: With temperatures starting to increase, children are allowed to bring in a sunhat, which can be worn at break times and any suncream that is brought in must be applied by the child themselves. We also ask that no sunglasses are to be brought into the school. Thank you.

• Healthy snacks: A reminder for children to bring in healthy snack for break times e.g. fruit or vegetables and for no nuts to be brought into school.
  
  
  
  

Year 5 Weekly Blog 12.05.23- ' Pressure makes diamonds'

It may have only been another 4 day week but the children have crammed in so much learning throughout the week. The children have been really engaged across all of our subjects this week, starting with English as we focus on newspaper journalism. The children have been learning the features of a newspaper and have been analysing some old newspaper articles to find these features. We will be linking this to our class novel, The Windrush Child, in which the children have already come up with some brilliant headlines.

We have continued with fractions in Maths and have been comparing fractions with different numerators and denominators whilst also linking this back to our adding and subtracting of mixed number fractions.

With the Year 6’s finishing their SAT’s this week, lots of pressure would of been flying around so we focused on ‘Feeling Under Pressure’ this week in HRE. We looked at what this means and the different types of pressure we go through in everyday life. The children analysed different drama scenarios and also created their own to display the different types.

In Geography, we finished our topic of rivers by looking at the formation of a waterfall and how erosion changes its formation. The children also created some fact files on some of the most famous waterfalls in the world such as Niagara Falls, Angel Falls and Iguazu Falls.

In Science, we have continued experimenting with light and continued building on our knowledge of how light travels in straight lines and how it reflects off objects. We tested if we could direct light in particular directions by reflecting off mirrors.

Let’s Celebrate

Tabby for being an enthusiastic learner: Tabby, it is common for this time of year for children to lose focus in their lessons but your level of concentration and enthusiam has maintained. I an always pick you out at any point during the lesson and you will be ready to answer the question. Brilliant work and keep this up for the remaining half term!

Leon for being a focused and co-operative learner: Leon, your change in focus and attitude towards your learning has blown your teachers away. You are engaging in all of our lessons and have shown some wonderful co-operation skills by being kind to your classmates and wanting to work in group activities. This has also allowed you to take more care with your work with your handwriting improving massively. Keep this up!

Anncia for being discerning: Anncia, you are someone who lives and breathes this virtue. Not a single child or teacher has a bad word to say about you because you are always making the right choice.

Notices

• Trip to Winter Gardens- Will take place on Thursday 15th June to see Cressida Cowell. Travel has been orgainised and we are finalising the payments, which are to be released on parent pay in the upcoming week.

• Music- Will be back to normal on Monday so children are to bring in their clarinets.

• Homework- Deadline is on a Thursday with Friday being available for children who have forgotten their homework. We have a homework club on Fridays for children to catch up on their homework, which is to prepare them for Year 6.

• LSA Open Evening- Lytham St Annes High School will be hosting an open evening for Year 5 families on Thursday 22nd June. A flyer which includes more details about the evening is currently being made and will be sent out to all parents as soon as possible.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 5.5.23 ' I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability'- King Charles III

It may have only been a four day week but life in Year 5 has still been full of excitement and learning. We began the week on Tuesday with the children’s usual mixed day of teachers and subjects, where they have four different subjects with four different teachers. On Wednesday, we continued with our outdoor PE unit of cricket. It is fair to say that we have been blessed with some brilliant weather whenever we now have outdoor PE, which both the children and teachers have appreciated. We have been breaking down the different roles within cricket and focusing on the technical points of each role. This week, we have been practicing drills with all three elements in as we look for some cricketers to play in our school tournament.

We have continued with our geography unit of rivers, with us taking a more practical approach to learning about the different types of erosion. The children could manage to show using just sugar cubes, water and a stirrer of how all 4 types of erosion take place. You will be glad to know that we did not let the children eat any of the sugar cubes but many did have sugar covered hands…

We finished our week in celebration with a coronation themed day, including picnics, patriotic colours, singing and lots of exciting activities. It was wonderful for the children to celebrate such a historic event, something that nobody in the school has experienced before. We began these celebrations on Thursday afternoon as we prepared our crowns and tiaras to wear for the picnic. We played various coronation themed games throughout the day such as crosswords, word searches and bingo. We had a special one off history lesson, which focused on the events of the coronation and discussed the key vocabulary, which prepped the children for both our assembly and the coronation itself.

Luckily, the weather was on our side, with the sun shining as the whole school had a coronation picnic, with each class pairing up with their buddy class.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 28.4.23 ' Develop a passion for learning and you'll never cease to grow'

Another end to another exciting week in Year 5. Learning across the curriculum has definitely been flowing this week with us starting the week off with RE. We have been looking at the different types of sins and the consequences they have and how we use our conscience to make decisions. We ended this lesson by putting their consciences to the test with an interactive game of moral dilemmas.

In Maths, we have continued with our topic of mixed number fractions and have been using models to compare fractions along with adding and subtracting mixed number fractions.

In English, we have started our new class novel of ‘The Windrush Child’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. This book carries a huge importance, based on a true story, of the history of slavery in our country and the ongoing issues of racism that take place today. We will be continuing to read through this novel in order to lead into our next writing topic.

We have continued learning about rivers in Geography and the children but their retrieval skills to the test by organising the course of a river based on their knowledge of the different stages and parts of a river. We looked into more details of how rivers are actually formed through erosion and transportation.

We also started our new Science topic of Light, a topic that the children covered at the end of Year 4, allowing the children to jump straight into this topic. We looked at our subject specific words for our topic and retrieved these from last year, along with experimenting how light travels.

Let’s Celebrate

Stanley for being an inquisitive learner: For asking so many curious questions in both our Geography and Science units. Your inquisition has given you the pathway to investigate these ideas and to chase your learning. You have also contributed to class discussions and provided the class with some insightful knowledge.

Evan and Owen for being creative learners: For creating a wonderful display of our solar system! The time and effort that went into making this masterpiece just shows the passion that you have for your learning. I loved all of the small details that went into it and you really impressed the class with your model.

Virtue Butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes to Christian for being discerning. I never have to mention his name in class because he is always making the right choice and following every instruction.

Notices

• Bank Holidays- This Monday (1st May) and the following Monday (8th May) are bank holidays, therefore school will be closed.

• Coronation Picnic-Next Friday, 5th May, we will be celebrating the King’s coronation with a picnic. The children can come into school in their own clothes , wearing either red, white or blue.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 21.4.23 ' A true friend accepts who you are, but also helps you become who you should be'

Our first week into our final term! It has been brilliant to see the children again, in which they have settled in instantly as soon as they stepped foot back in the classroom. We jumped straight into our new maths topic of mixed number fractions. We have been really impressed with the children’s retrieval skills with their fractions, which has allowed us to jump straight into the work.

In RE, we have continued with our topic of ‘Reconciliation’ and have focused on the theme of forgiveness. We discussed different scenarios of disobedience and the process of forgiveness in order to reconcile our relationships.

We also began our Geography unit of Rivers. The children have been eager to begin this topic and have jumped straight into this. The children can already state the three stages of a river and recall many of the features of a river. The children loved using the geographical resources of the atlas’ to collect data on the rivers of the UK and the world.

We also had some visitors from Life Education for a HRE lesson about friendship and well-being. The children were fully engaged throughout the whole lesson which included film scenarios, discussion and drama.The children showed a real maturity surrounding the whole topic and really understood the importance of this.

Let’s Celebrate

Jay for being an enthusiastic and focused learner: Jay, you have blown me and Mrs Webster away with your excellent maths work this week. As each lesson goes by, you are more and more focused which has led to lots of progression. You are now showing a real enjoyment for maths, especially with fractions, which is a joy to see.

Angel for being a co-operative learner: For constantly showing that you are an excellent classmate, both in and out of the classroom. You are very considerate towards everyone in the class, making you a great learning partner. Your calm and kind temperament really helps diffuse situations and it shows others of how to deal with certain situations, especially during break times.

Virtue butterflies for being generous: This week, our virtue butterfly was actually a special headteacher award which was given to Leon. This was for being generous towards our younger pupils by helping them to tie their judo belts during this morning’s session, which shows that you are being a role model for the school.

Notices

• Coronation Picnic- On Friday 5th May, we will be celebrating the King’s coronation by having a whole school picnic. A form has been posted on the main newsletter, which includes how to book a picnic lunch for your child.

• Clarinets- Reminder for all children to bring in their clarinets in on Monday’s as this is when we have Music.

• Trip to Blackpool Winter Gardens- We have booked a trip to Blackpool Winter Gardens on June 15th for an exciting reading opportunity which is hosted by author Cressida Cowell. More information regarding costs, travel and timing will be released when finalised.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 06.04.23 'Father, into my hands I commend my spirit' Jesus

We have arrived at our Easter holidays as we commend a very special week. We have started each morning in worship as each year group demonstrates a part of the Easter story chronologically. The WHOLE school community, including children, parents, teachers. governors and more were absolutely blown away by our performance of the crucifixion. I could not be prouder of everyone in our wonderful class as they all came together to perform such a wonderful worship. You all put in so much time at home rehearsing your lines and so much effort during our practices in showing your expression and meaning. The children have definitely shown qualities to show that they are ready for Year 6.

Let’s Celebrate

Emilia for being an enthusiastic learner: Emilia, you were highlighted many times throughout our practice sessions for speaking so clearly and meaningful throughout our worship assembly and you demonstrated this beautifully on the actual day. You really brought the powerfulness of the crucifixion with us in the hall.

Charlie for being a resilient learner: To carry out the role of Jesus, in the crucifixion, is a huge honour and yet such a difficult task. The many lines you rehearsed, whilst carrying such expression, were executed brilliantly due to your hard work and commitment to the role. To carry the cross for that long and to also bear it during the ending shows you are a resilient learner.

Leon for being a focused learner: The roles we had in the assembly were contrasting in comparsion of both drama and lines. Your role Leon had a more drama element to it, in which you executed perfectly. This could of led to complaceany or lack of focus because you had understood the importance of your role early on but you remained focus throughout all of our practices and during our performance.

Notices

School re-opening: School will reopen on Monday 17th April

Year 5 Weekly Blog 31.03.23 ' It is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' Neil Armstrong

Oh what a week it has been. As we prepared for a normal working week on Monday, we got the famous phone call from Oftsted. Therefore, our timetable changed over the course of the next two days (thank you everyone for being so flexible) and we lost a couple of chances to practice for our assembly. I just wanted to say that the children were brilliant across the two days and were real ambassadors for our school. What made it even more special was that their behaviour and actions were no different to any other day, which just shows how great of a class they are!

We then got to finish our week with our trip to Liverpool! A trip that the children have been looking forward to for weeks. Even after delays on the motorway and a power cut at the museum, the children remained in high spirits and we still got to carry out our workshop at the museum. The children got to experience what it would be like as an astronaut and sat back in the planetarium and experienced the events of Apollo 11.

The second half of our day took place at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Both the adults and children were in awe of this amazing place of worship and the children were fascinated by all of the chapels, tapestries and monuments all around the Cathedral. We received some lovely comments from the volunteers and workers in the Cathedral about the children’s behaviour, inquisitiveness and attitude throughout our tour.

We then spent the rest of the week focusing on our Easter assembly, which takes place on Wednesday 5th April at 9:15am. Regardless of the time lost this week, the children have battled through adversity and have been making excellent progress.

Let’s Celebrate

Jay for being a determined learner: For making lots of progress in your focus in lessons and following the teacher. This has given you inspiration that you can achieve what is set out and has made you a more resilient learner.

Annica for being a determined learner: For always giving it a go, regardless of the subject or the difficulty. You also battled through your own adversities on our trip to Liverpool which shows how resilient you are.

Grateful and Gracious butterflies: Our butterfly this week goes towards the whole class for being grateful, due to the lovely comments received from the members of the Liverpool Cathedral about how pleasant the children were during the tour.

Notices

• Crucifixion assembly: Will take place on Wednesday 5th April at 9:15am.

• Egg Decorating Competition: Will be brought in on Wednesday 5th April.

• CAFOD Fundraiser: A reminder for children to bring in their CAFOD sponsor form and any money collected in on Monday. The money needs to be handed in alongside the form.

• Break up for half term: School will close at 2pm on Thursday 6th April and will reopen on 17th April.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 24.03.23 ' Lent is about becoming, doing and changing'

As our Lenten journey continues, we have continued to contribute to to our Lent goals. On Thursday, we braved the tricky weather conditions and took a trip to church for mass, as we prepared ourselves for Easter. We went along side Year 1 and Year 2 and the children yet again showed us teachers how responsible they can be by helping our younger children walk down and sit alongside them throughout mass.

The following day saw us carry out our CAFOD fundraiser, where we decided to give something back to the community by completing a street clean along the Inner Prom. We could of not picked a better day for this as the weather was gorgoeous out on the sea front. It was great for the whole class to contribute to this activity, in which our eco-councilors used their experience to help guide the rest of the children.

We have also begun our Easter assembly preparations, with all roles being handed out and we have carried out our first script read and stage set up. Rehearsing our lines and knowing when to come in will take focus for homework for the remainder of the half term, in which some children have already begun learning their lines.

In Maths, we are coming to the end of our multiplication and division unit by finishing off mastering 3 digit x 2 digit numbers. This has been our biggest unit so far this year and the children's have worked incredibly hard.

In English, we begun writing our sci-fi stories and the children have been fully engaged in putting their plans into action and running away with their stories.

In PE, we have continued with our OAA teambuilding activities, with the children being poised with a challenge and are having to work in teams to solve problems.

Lunch choices for the trip to Liverpool

Please fill in the form below ASAP to allow our kitchen staff enough time to organise the lunches for the trip.

Let’s Celebrate

• Max for being a creative learner: Max, your work has really come to life throughout our story writing in English. You have been so keen to share your work and have really been focused on writing the most creative story. I can’t wait to read yours when you have finished!

• Iris for being a determined learner: As your journey continues as an independent learner, you have attempted and tackled each challenge you face. Whether it is responding to feedback in writing or solving a tricky maths problem, you always have a go and give your best, which has allowed you to progress all the way throughout Year 5.As your journey continues as an independent learner, you have attempted and tackled each challenge you face. Whether it is responding to feedback in writing or solving a tricky maths problem, you always have a go and give your best, which has allowed you to progress all the way throughout Year 5.

Notices

• Year 5 trip to Liverpool- Will take place on Thursday 30th April. For anyone that hasn’t yet filled in the permission slip and payed for the trip, this needs to be done ASAP.

• Easter Assembly- The Crucifixion Assembly will take place on Wednesday 5th April.

• Egg Decorating Competition- Will take place on Wednesday 5th April.

• Finish for half term- School will close at 2pm on Thursday 6th April.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 17.03.23 'To be the best, you must be able handle the worst’

A fairly quiet week in Year 5 this week, which is good because we have a very hectic last few weeks of the half term. It has been a very busy week for our English and Maths lessons as we have begun to plan our sci-fi story, based on E.T. We have also watched segments of the film so that the children can draw on this to really bring their stories to life next week. In Maths, we have carried on with multiplication but have moved onto to 2 digit x 2 digit and with lots of fluency this week, the children have started to really understand the method. The children also finished their angles topic with Mrs Hotchkiss and have started on negative numbers.

In RE, we have started learning about the Stations of the Cross, in preparation for our Easter assembly ‘The Crucifixion’. Just after one lesson of learning these, the children have been able to order the stations correctly and also retrieve the majority of these completly from scratch, which has been very impressive.

In Science, we have used our knowledge of the solar system to delve deeply into how planets move and how we experience day and night. The children will then write up their knowledge via an explanatory text.

Let’s Celebrate

Molly-Ann and Stanley for being resilient and creative learners: You have both had a super week. You have been so resilient with your maths work and have really worked on your times tables, which is allowing you to progress through our topic. As the work has been getting harder, you have not given up and also worked well alongside your classmates. You have also shone brighlty in our writing lessons, where you have run away with your imagination and produced some excellent pieces of writing.

Millie for being a co-operative and focused learner: Yet again Millie, you are constantly showing how good of a team player you are and why you are such a valued member of our class. No matter the learning environment, whether it is partner work in class or group work in PE, you always work with others to the best of your ability. Combined with your focus and concentration, this allows you to achieve the most of out each and every lesson

Notices

CAFOD Fundraiser: As a class, we are doing a street clean on the Inner Promenade on Friday 24th March. The children have been given their sponsor forms in order to raise money for this event. Please fill out the information on the sheet and any money that is brought into school, has to be brought in with the form.

Egg Decorating Competition: This will be a whole school competition in order to raise money for charity. Children will have to boil an egg and decorate it in any way they would like. It will cost £1 to enter the competition with a prize up for grabs. The deadline for this is…

Trip to Liverpool: Is taking place on Thursday 30th March. If you haven’t already paid for this trip and completed the permission slip then please do so. Information regarding the trip is available on the trip blog on the Year 5 page. This week, information will go out about the children’s lunch choices for the trip.

Year 5 Easter Assembly: Will take place on Wednesday 5th April. All parents are welcome to come and the assembly will start at 9:15am.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 10.03.23 ' Live the life you love, love the life you live'

Another busy week in Year 5, as we began our week with our parent book looks. The children really enjoyed the opportunity to show their parents some of the work they have completed this year. It was lovely for myself to step back and watch the engagement of both child and parent while they shared their favourite pieces of work. We finished our week with some rather unusual weather conditions. The school grounds covered in snow which kept the children in an exhilarating mood all day

Mrs.Gregan set out our rules and responsibilities for playing in conditions like these. However, she did propose the idea of a snowman building competition. Not to cause any bias but I think we may have won…

In English, we have continued with our sci-fi writing and the children have been producing some excellent pieces of writing! The children’s ability to draw upon their own imagination from nothing but a picture and to produce such a detailed and descriptive pieces. The children have really focused in our skills/grammar lessons and have been able to apply these to their writing.

In Maths, we have continued with multiplication but have learned the ‘short multiplication’ method, a quicker and more efficient method of calculating bigger multiplication questions.

In Science, the children have been doing lots of research into the planets of our solar system and creating a ‘fact fan model’ to display their research. We have also began to learn how planets move via orbiting, rotation and revolution.

In RE, we have continued with our topic of Reconciliation and have been learning and discussing about different types of sins and how our conscience indicates our decision making around sins. The children’s retrieval skills throughout RE have been outstanding, such as being able to retrieve all 8 beatitudes, a topic which was last taught 3 weeks ago.

In PE, the children continued their teamwork skills througout both our indoor and outdoor PE units. Their ability to work well as a team has aloud them to make huge progressions throughout activities and games.

In Music, we had a computer based lesson, where the children were working in groups to write their own music and creating their own rhythm to our song ‘ Lean on Me’. The children then practiced our song on the clarinets and have been making huge improvements.

Let’s Celebrate

Betsy for being a reflective learner: You have worked super hard this week and have really focused during independent tasks. You are always wanting to improve your writing and also ask for help in tricky Maths calculations which has allowed you to produce lots of fantastic work.

Owen for being an enthusiastic learner: For showing a real passion and desire in our Eand Maths topics this week. You get your head down and are away getting your work done to the best of your ability.

Notices

• Parent’s evening: The first round of parents evening begin next Wednesday on 15th March, with the next round being on Wednesday 22nd March. If you have not done already, please book your slot on School Portal. This is the same website and format as the last parents evening, back in October.

• Trip to Liverpool: Please fill out permission slip forms for our trip to Liverpool on Thursday 30th March. All information regarding travel and pay are also on the trip blog on the year 5 page.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 3.2.23 ' A book is a dream that you hold in your hands'

It has been a fantastic week, as we celebrated World Book Day! It was brilliant to see all of the children dressed up, with so much creativity and thought going into the costumes. We used this opportunity to link our writing skills to our book day characters, focusing on different grammar skills and descriptive writing. We ended our day by linking up with our ‘buddy class’ Year 1 and the children got the chance to share their books and read to each other.

Our world book week started on Monday, with our English lessons taking a focus on our whole school book ‘The Journey’. A wordless book which the children threw themselves straight into by using their interpreting skills, along with teamwork to create the order of our story. The children also got the use their story writing skills by describing the settings of the different parts of the book.

In Maths, it has been all things fluency, with our multiplication moving on the 3 digit and 4 digit numbers. The children have done so much independent work and have been taking lots of pride in the quality and presentation of their work.

In PE, we began our new outdoor topic of OAA. The focus for this unit is team cohesion and cooperation and testing these skills in unfamiliar environments. The children worked together in a set of different blindfolded games, with communication, trust and teamwork being a key factor.

We continued with our indoor PE topic of gymnastics with apparatus (a lesson the children love) with focusing on balance when challenging yourself on different types of apparatus.

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Leo for being a creative learner: For throwing yourself completely into your writing and drawing on all of your sci-fi knowledge to really bring your writing to life.

Daisy for being a focused and reflective learner: For always being on task, no matter the instruction, and for always asking for help whenever it is needed.

Notices

• Trip to Liverpool: Information about the trip, including permission slips, are now live as a seperate blog on the Year 5 page. Another form will be going out soon, in regards to the children’s lunch choice for the trip.

• Book look and coffee morning: Will be on Monday 6th March at 9:00am. This is a chance for the children to share some of their work that they have completed so far this year.

• Parents Evening: The first session will be on Wednesday 15th March and the second session will be Wednesday 22nd March. Please book your slot online. This will be the same system as our first parents evening, back in October.

• Year 5 Easter Assembly: Will take place on Wednesday 5th April, which will be about the Crucifixion.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 24.02.23 ' Lent is about becoming, doing and changing'

Our first week back of a new half term and yet again is has been action packed. This week marked the start of Lent and we celebrated this with our Ash Wednesday mass, which was led by Father Peter. The children also used our class worship as time to reflect, as we made our Lenten promises. The children also exchanged their Lenten boxes with their chosen Year 1 partners. All members of staff have been blown away by the amount of time and effort that has gone into making these boxes!

In English, we began our sci-fi story writing as the children have been re-writing the story ‘The Morning an Alien Came to Visit’, focusing on description and expanding vocabulary.

In Maths, we have begun our multiplication unit, starting with multiplying multiples of 10, 100 and 1000. We have then focused on using short and long multiplication methods to work out calculations of multiplying two digit numbers.

In PE, we have finished our outside unit of hockey by applying our passing, control, dribbling and shooting skills into games in a hockey tournament. We have picked up our gymnastic unit from Autumn 1 but have been applying our skills to apparatus. It’s fair to say the children enjoyed the lesson very much.

IMPORTANT LETTER

Finally, we need to make you aware that staff have supported the whole class in regards to behaviours that have made some children in Year 5 experience “yucky feelings”. We have written this letter to explain the behaviours we have investigated and how we have supported the class in response to what the children have shared with us.

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Edi and Tabby for being co-operative and focused learners: Your ability to stay focused on each task we do, regardless of the subject or teacher, is really paying off as you are improving everyday. You are both wonderful learning partners, in which everyone is happy to work alongside you.

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Notices

• World Book Day- Is on Thursday 2nd March. Children can come into school in costumes, dressed as a character from a book.

• Book Look- Will be on Monday 6th March at 9:00am. This is an opportunity for children to share some of their work they have done this year with parents. All parents are welcome to join.

• Parents Evening- Will be on 15th March and 22nd March. Please book online for your time slot.

• School trip to Liverpool- Our next school trip will be on Thursday 30th March to Liverpool. Please check the blog for more information regarding the trip on the Year 5 trip blog.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 10.02.23 ' Nothing brings people together like good food’

Here we are! The end of another half term and a week off for which is well deserved for the children. They have continued to learn and mature as role models of our school. The whole of the year 5 staff are proud of how the children have developed and look forward to the rest of the academic year. We started our week with a very exciting French lesson. As we continued our topic of money and shopping in France, the class turned into a restaurant for the afternoon as the children explored and tasted some classic French foods.

On Tuesday, it was all things computing as it was online safety day. This is a pivotal part of our curriculum as we focused on recognizing the risks of being online and how we can solve these problems. There was also a focus on the use of social media apps and discussing the age rating of each app.

We finished our week by joining up with our ‘buddy class’ for the first time since it was announced. We have been partnered up with Year 1 for our lenten box challenge. The children beautifully welcomed our younger children into our classroom and were partnered up together. They all know now who they are making lenten boxes for and have all got a lenten box slip which includes details about their partner. More information about the lenten boxes is on the homework blog.

In Maths, we have been powering through our division topic and the children have really worked hard throughout this unit. They have shown in every lesson that they are operating at a year 5 level but showing the learning attitude of year 6 children.

In RE, the children have been focusing on researching, as we have been looking at lots of inspirational people such as Father Damien, Sister Josephine and Pier Giorgio and researching their lives and how they all lived within the beatitudes.

In English/Science, we have continued to read through our book ‘The Universe’ and have been responding to the book by defining the vocabulary, discussing what we have learnt and applying this knowledge towards VIPERS questions.

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Let’s Celebrate

Harvey and Georgia for being focused learners: For being so focused in our maths lessons. Your eagerness to be involved in our lessons is growing each day and you are wanting to get all of your work done.

Lily-Mae for being an inquisitive learner: For showing such a great interest in our space topic. You have even devoted your reading focus to non-fiction space books, which you have used to share with the class all of your newly learnt knowledge.

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Notices

• Judo Club- Will be available for Year 5/6 when we come back after half term. This will be every Friday at 8am

• Sports Timetable- The newly updated sports timetable has been posted on the sports page. This includes changes to the netball schedule, football and netball matches returning and addition of new clubs.

• World Book Day- Will be on 2nd March. Children can dress up as their favourite character from a book.