Year 5 blog - Friday 6th November 2026

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 4:52pm

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.  

available,  average,  awkward,  bargain,  bruise,  category,  cemetery, committee,  competition, conscience,  conscious,  controversy,  convenience,  correspond,  criticise,  curiosity,  definite,  desperate

Counting

Count out loud in:

8’s up to 160 and back again                                                      0, 8, 16 …

40’s from 160 to 520 and back again                                       160, 200, 240…

250’s from 3250 backwards to 1600                                    3250, 3000, 2750…

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 fabulous week of learning and have put in 100% positive effort – well done!

In English the class have started a new novel called  'Room 13' by Robert Swindells. The children have been learning to write stories using suspense and the five senses.

 In Maths Year 5 have been practising measuring angles, using protractors, as well as naming acute, obtuse and reflex angles.

In RE Year 5 have been learning about David the shepherd boy, who was chosen to become king by God. They have been discussing what it is that God saw in David’s heart which made him choose him.

In PSHE Year 5 discussed what makes a good friend and created a top ten list of qualities.

Finally, the class enjoyed a fantastic day out at Rock and River - working in teams on the water, competing against each other in archery and developing their climbing skills on the tower and on the ropes course. Year 5 behaved brilliantly and everyone showed real positivity and enthusiasm for each activity. Well done Year 5!