Year 5 blog Friday 21st November 2025

Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 3:32pm

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. They relate to the use of prefixes.

interact intercity  international  interrelated  supermarket  superman  superstar  antiseptic  anticlockwise   antisocial  autobiography  autograph  interactive  antidote  antibiotic  intersect superimpose  

Counting

Count out loud in:

7’s up to 112 and back again                                                      0, 7, 14 …

70’s from 210 to 770 and back again                                       210, 280, 350…

25’s from 0 to 575 and back again                                           0, 25, 50 …

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their home 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 had another fantastic week of learning – well done!

In English the class have developed their skills in writing a balanced argument, based on the class novel, ‘Escape from Shangri-La’ by Michael Morpurgo. In their sports reporting session this week, the class focussed on a Paralympic athlete called Nathan Maguire who overcame great difficulties to succeed in sport.

 In Maths Year 5 have started a new topic on multiples and factors. This is based on quick retrieval of basic times table and division knowledge.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been reading and discussing psalm 21, which is a song of praise for David and his victory over Goliath.

In Science, the class performed an experiment to examine and record the effects of water resistance on different shapes.

Year 5 also enjoyed participating in a dance festival this week as well as developing their hockey skills in PE this week.

 Finally, the class have joined the rest of the school and around the world in a day to celebrate the CAFOD jubilee year of hope. They have joined a live lesson and created journals, reflecting on the theme of hope and how we as a school have participated in the mission. Another super week of learning Year 5!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week –   Sidney

Super Learners –   Louie and Henry

Superstar Writer –    Samuel

Bookworm -   Josh M

Marvellous Mathematician  - Maisie

Special Mention -   Edward and Evelyn