Year 5 blog - Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 3:35pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.  

observant   observance   expectant   hesitant   hesitancy  tolerant   tolerance   assistant   assistance  substance   reliance   defiance   reliant   defiant  sustenance  vacancy   vacant   infancy

Counting

Count out loud in:

6’s up to 120  and back again                                                      0, 6, 12  …

100’s from 16900 to 18600 and back again                              16900,  17,000,  17,100…

25’s from 500 to 1250 and back again                                        525, 550, 575 …

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.

Year 5 have shown a great attitude to learning this week – well done!

In English the class have continued to share the new novel called, ‘Street child’, by Berlie Doherty. They have written a report on the pros and cons of children working in the Victorian era and explored the variety of jobs available to children. They have also continued to practise when to use possessive apostrophes in writing.

 In Maths Year 5 started a new topic on creating equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. Everyone has put 100% effort into this tricky subject. Well done Year 5.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been reflecting on the meaning of Jesus’ greatest commandments of love God and love people, and how they apply to their lives.   

In computing, the class started a new topic on databases. They had to work in groups to sort data about animals, using paper records containing a variety of data fields.

In science, there has been much enthusiasm about our new topic on the solar system. The children have really engaged with this topic and are busy finding out all sorts of fascinating facts about our planets and sun.

Finally, in art, the class have started to explore the topic of set building for stage and screen. Over the next few weeks the children will create their own set of a Victorian workhouse, relating to the class novel ‘Street Child’.      

Well done Year 5 on another great week of discovery!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –   Sam

Super Learners –    Ada-May

Superstar Writer –    Caleb  

Bookworm -    Mark

Marvellous Mathematician  -  Amelia

Special Mention -    Lily and Joni