Year 5 blog Friday 20th March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 3:45pm

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 Year 5's spellings for this week.  

stomach symbol  twelfth  vegetable  frequently  bruise  identity  ancient  community  variety  lightning  soldier  rhyme  rhythm  restaurant  competition  determined  aggressive

Counting

Count out loud in:

9’s up to 189 and back again                                                      0, 9, 18…

50’s from 18900 to 19450 and back again                              18900, 18950…

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.   

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – There is a practise test on Sumdog.

Year 5 have been amazing this week, completing all their assessment tests cheerfully and with 100% effort – well done Year 5!

In English, Year 5 have been developing ideas on characters, using ambitious vocabulary and also debating who might be behind the mysterious vanishings in 'Varjak Paw'.

 In Maths, we have been practising converting km, kg and litres into  metres, grams and millilitres. We also converted fractions into percentages. This has been tricky but we have persevered. Super job Year 5!

In RE this week, Year 5 reflected on the power of prayer and created some beautiful new prayers for the class display, focussing on prayers for people in need and also prayers of thanks for the beautiful things God has created.

In Art, we all enjoyed going outside in the sun to practise sketching buildings as well as completing our Hockney style landscapes.

The whole class enjoyed Science this week by going outside to find living things in the school grounds. Year 5 found a huge variety of creatures and then created their life cycle maps of birds and insects. 

Finally, Year 5 have now completed the first week of their sponsored Big Lent walk. They are walking 1km a day for ten days to raise money for CAFOD.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –   Edward   

Super Learners –      Trudy

Superstar Writer –      Amelia

Bookworm -  Alana

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Madelaina

Special Mention -    Emma