Over the past few weeks Year 5 have performed their wonderful sharing assemblies. Both classes should be very proud of themselves – lots of great acting going on! We will miss the Ancient Greek song – I bet it is stuck in everybody’s head! We have also finished writing our stories based on Athena. The …
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Year 5 – Forest & Sage
Nov 21 2025
A frosty week
Yesterday we were lucky enough to visit a local synagogue and learn so much more about Judaism! The children had brilliant questions for the Rabbi and we got to see so many wonderful Jewish artefacts! In Art, we have been looking and mixed media city and landscapes. The children are using visual notes during lessons …
Nov 14 2025
Little Terrors!
Yesterday, Year 5 were lucky enough to watch an opera called “Little Terrors” at St Albans School. It was very interactive and amusing. The story showed how we all have worries (little terrors) but we can learn to overcome them to try new experiences. The singers were amazing and we were lucky enough to meet …
Nov 07 2025
Back to school!
Welcome back to the second Autumn term! Remember your rain coats and wellie boots for the playground as Winter draws in. This week we have been honing our addition and subtraction skills in Maths, problem solving and working on accuracy. In English, we created flow diagrams, using cause and effect language, to retell the story …
Oct 24 2025
Half term!
This term we have been working hard on our moving toys in DT. We followed an Ancient Greek theme and used lots of new skills including sawing, sanding, using cams and focussing on accuracy and resilience. We also finished our poems based on “The Highwayman”. The children used lots of poetic devices and worked well …
Oct 17 2025
The penultimate week…
In English this week we have been reading “The Highwayman” poem, considering what poetic devices are used and how the story uses language. Next week we will focus on performance and write our own verses to include into the poem. Get your rhyming brains ready! In Maths, we have been looking at factors and multiples …
Oct 10 2025
Week 6 – we separated some sticks!
We’ve had a busy week in year 5 getting our head around multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 and writing our non-chronological reports about the Olympic Games! In Science, we separated a mixture using filter paper, funnels and different beakers. We identified that the salt and sugar would be very hard to separate …
Oct 03 2025
Another week down…
It’s been a busy week in year 5. We’ve started our new topic on the Olympics and are preparing for our non-chronological report writing next week. The Ancient Olympic Games sounded epic but quite brutal and unfair! In Maths, we have been looking at decimal numbers and rounding, adding, subtracting and ordering them. Keep getting …
Sep 26 2025
Another week down, another week of fun!
Happy European Languages Day! We enjoyed doing some Spanish, reading a story in German, responding to the register in different languages, guessing different languages and looking at interesting idioms (sayings). We also took part in a 3D printing workshop, which required our listening and coding skills. We were very impressed with how the children picked …
Sep 19 2025
Flown by this week has!
We have really enjoyed learning more about Origami Yoda and are now ready to write our discussion texts next week. Can Origami Yoda really predict the future and use the force? In Maths we have been honing our place value skills and counting in powers of ten. We have also made a start on ensuring …
