Year 5 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 3:52pm

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.

information,  adoration,  sensation,  preparation,  admiration,  poisonous,  dangerous,  mountainous,  famous,  various,  tremendous,  enormous,  jealous,  humorous,  glamorous,  vigorous,  courageous,   serious

Counting

Count out loud in:

12’s up to 168 and back again                                                      0,12,24…

70’s from 210 to 840 and back again                                       210, 280, 350…

200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800                                     4200, 4000, 3800…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have had a fantastic week of learning and have put in 100% effort – well done!

In English the class have been practising blending action, dialogue and speech, writing as both Lucy and as a spy for the Queen of Narnia.

 In Maths Year 5 have started their new topic, practising adding and subtracting on a number line and using partitioning. Well done Year 5!

Year 5 have continued to explore the theological and cardinal virtues in RE this week and have been discussing how to apply them in practical habits every day. They all enjoyed creating role play scenarios about this and acting them out.   

In computing, the class have been practising searching, using a wide variety of search engines. They have been researching what type of results show in each and discussed how to look out for trusted information online.

Finally, in History this week, Year 5 explored what an Anglo Saxon settlement would look like and designed their own.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Archie P

Super Learner –  Sam

Superstar Writer –   Elena

Bookworm -   Jenson

Marvellous Mathematician -  Alana

Special Mention -  Ada-May