St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 5 blog Friday 3rd July 2026
Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 4:15pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
pour poor cheerful delightful there their they’re portable porter disgusted excited excitable merciful mercy sentimental courageous dangerous
Counting
Count out loud in:
5’s up to 180 and back again 0, 5,10 …
10’s from 16980 to 18010 and back again 16980, 16990, 17000…
50’s from 0 to 1250 and back again 0, 50, 100, 150…
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 had a great week of learning– well done Year 5! They have also worked hard to practise the songs for next week's show.
In English Year 5 have been reading excerpts from Harry Potter and concocting magic potions.
In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping equivalent fractions and counting and adding thousandths.
In RE this week, Year 5 have practised reading scripture using the method of Lectio Divina, where you read, think, pray and rest in scripture to give you a deeper understanding of the Word.
The whole class enjoyed a mindful movement session this week and played tennis in PE.
Year 5 ended the week with learning about the various buildings that were constructed in the time of the Maya civilisation. They then enjoyed working in groups to create 3D Maya cities.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Amelia
Super Learners – Tiffany
Superstar Writer – Franco
Bookworm - Milo
Marvellous Mathematician - Madelaina
Special mention – Ada-May, Brooke and Amelia