What a fantastic week we have had in year 5. In Maths, we have been working on our calculation skills by mastering the bus stop method for division. It has been great to see everyone becoming more confident with multiplying and remainders. Alongside this, we have been brushing up on our division and even traveling …
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Year 5 – Forest & Sage
Apr 17 2026
Flowers and first week back!
This week in year 5, we have been reading the book ‘The Children in the Benin Kingdom’ we have been using this text to dive deeper into the culture and heritage of the Edo people. The story’s twists and turns have captivated the students attention and we look forward to reading more next week. In …
Mar 27 2026
Happy Easter!
What a week! I can’t believe we’ve finally reached the end of the term. We have been working so hard in Year 5, and it was great to finish on such a high note. In Maths, we spent the week working with grids. We practiced plotting shapes using coordinates and learned how to reflect them …
Mar 20 2026
Exploring Earth and Beyond
We have had a creative and very hands-on week in year 5. In our Maths lessons this week, we have been exploring the relationship between 3D shapes and their 2D nets. The children have been cutting, folding, and sticking to see how flat shapes can be transformed into solid objects. It has been a very …
Mar 13 2026
From popping percentages to martian missions!
We have had a busy and productive week in Year 5. In our maths lessons, we have been using the bubble method to help us get to grips with percentages. This is a fantastic way to visualise how numbers can be broken down into smaller pieces. We start with our main 100% bubble and then …
Mar 06 2026
World book day!
What an action-planned week it has been in year 5! It has been wonderful to see the children so engaged with world-book-day. We had some fantastic costumes, from dork diaries and minecraft characters to a very convincing Professor Umbridge. It was brilliant to see everyone getting into the spirit of celebrating their favorite stories. On …
Feb 27 2026
Welcome Back!
I hope everyone managed to have a restful half-term break! It has been a fantastic first week back, Year 5 have jumped straight into some new, exciting topics! This week, we started our brand-new class book, Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover. We have been learning all about how this amazing robot was built …
Feb 13 2026
Have a lovely half-term!
I can’t believe we are already at the end of the half-term—where has the time gone? We’ve had such a busy, week in Year 5. In English, we have officially finished our robot stories. Following on from our work on Malorie Blackman’s Robot Girl, the children have worked so hard to bring their own characters …
Feb 06 2026
Robots, resilience and radiant windows!
Happy Friday everyone! I can’t believe we are already at the end of Week 5. Just one more week to go until half-term. We’ve had a really busy, hands-on week in Year 5 and the kids have been absolute stars. In English, we’ve been reading Robot Girl by Malorie Blackman and if you haven’t heard …
Jan 30 2026
We are scone crazy for week 4!
This week we have been baking scones. However, unlike last week, this week’s scones have a mediterranean theme. We have used a variety of olives, feta and herbs to create different scones that reflect the fresh produce grown in the Mediterranean. After researching the impact of air miles on food consumption we have explored the …
