St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 5: Blog items
Year 5 Friday blog 10th October 2025
Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 3:48pm
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 are homophones so the children need to understand the meanings of each type of spelling.
accept, except, ball, bawl, berry, bury, grate, great, groan, grown, knot, not, mail, male, peace, piece, scene, seen
Counting
Count out loud in:
9’s up to 189 and back again 0,9,18 …
40’s from 160 to 520 and back again 160, 200, 240…
100’s from 3200 backwards to 1600 3200, 3100, 3000…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
NEW - Year 5 have been entered into a School Sumdog competition so please encourage your child to take part and help boost the class points.
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 another great week of learning and have tried very hard – well done!
In English the class have been learning about relative clauses and sub-ordinating conjunctions to upscale their writing. The children enjoyed writing an imaginative short story, using new joining words.
In Maths Year 5 have continued to practise addition and subtraction on number lines, using partitioning and compensation strategies. Well done Year 5!
Year 5 attended parish mass this week and they behaved so respectfully and shared their knowledge of the readings with Father Michael. Well done to all! They have also been talking about the rosary this week, as well as creating beautiful prayers based on virtues for our classroom. Year 5 also enjoyed learning about Saint Carlo Acutis, a young saint and they explored how he used his short life to spread the word of God.
In computing, the class have been designing websites and considering why certain websites appear in the top of searches online.
Year 5 have been applying their typography and design skills in Art this week, as they have started to create their own 3D maps of Narnia.
Finally, in Geography this week, Year 5 used the atlases to identify and locate key physical features of the UK, such as key rivers and mountain ranges.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Franco
Super Learner – Maisie
Superstar Writer – Lily
Bookworm - Willow
Marvellous Mathematician - Josh W
Special Mention - Emma and Edward
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
Year 5 blog Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 4:03pm
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.
Spellings
Here are your spellings this week.
beginning beginner gardening gardener limiting limited limitation finally comically happily angrily gently simply humbly dramatically forgotten forgetting basically
Counting
Count out loud in:
8’s up to 104 and back again 0,8,16,24…
60’s from 240 to 660 and back again 240, 300, 360…
300’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 3900, 3600…
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 worked incredibly hard – well done!
In English, everyone has been drafting, editing and publishing a persuasive letter from the Queen of Narnia, using ambitious vocabulary. Everyone has also been working hard to present their work beautifully.
In Maths, the class have been working out how to add mixed fractions as well as adding and subtracting tens, hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands to numbers. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the topic this week has been the theological and cardinal virtues and how to practise the habit of doing good things in life.
Finally, the week ended with their UK topic in Geography. They were able to identify various ordnance survey signs, as well as locate the UK’s major cities.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Joni
Super Learner – Caleb
Superstar Writer – Sienna
Bookworm - Spencer
Marvellous Mathematician - Jack
Special Mention - Louie
Year 5 blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 4:00pm
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.
bruise playing finally stopped supported bargain dragged attached happily completely achieve available average speedily stopping played ancient category
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 105 and back again 0,7,14,21…
40’s from 240 to 480 and back again 240, 280, 320…
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 worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort in which is great to see!
Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using similes and direct speech.
In Maths the class have been looking at number lines up to one million and working out whether numbers round up or round down. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the theme this week has been about love and what Jesus said about loving God and each other. In contrast, we also discussed the meaning of sin. Year 5 also attended a welcome mass this week in church with Father Michael.
In Music, everyone enjoyed playing the ukuleles and learning about rhythm and notation.
Finally, the week ended with their Anglo Saxon topic in History. They were able to identify why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and decided to invade and then settle.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Amelia
Super Learner – Teddy
Superstar Writer – Trudy
Bookworm - Edward
Marvellous Mathematician - Sidney
Special Mention - Lily
Year 5 blog - Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 4:14pm
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.
said with went people children asked school like thought through because friends water house too each different something
Counting
Count out loud in:
5’s up to 105 and back again 0,5,10,15…
30's from 240 to 510 and back again 240, 270, 300, 330…
100's from 5100 backwards to 3900 5100, 5000, 4900…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. We will be practising the 7 times table in class next week.
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.
The class have had a very productive week of learning in Year 5 this week. The children have put 100% effort in which is great to see!
Year 5 continued to read the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and have been practising handwriting, using fronted adverbials, similes and expanded noun phrases.
In Maths the class have been looking at place value of decimals as well as practising lots of arithmetic and times tables. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the children have developed their knowledge of Moses, as well as having spent time discussing the meaning of each of the ten commandments.
Everyone also enjoyed the typography art topic this week with some very creative interpretations of letter styles!
In PE, Year 5 have moved on to practising shoulder passes and shooting in netball. They also enjoyed playing bench ball and dodgeball this week.
Finally, the week ended with their new geography topic about the UK. They were able to identify the similarities and differences between the four countries of the UK.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Henry
Super Learner – Evelyn
Superstar Writer – Tiffany Mason
Bookworm - Mark
Marvellous Mathematician - Bertie
Special Mention - Brooke
Finally - if you didn't get a chance to come to Meet the Teacher on Wednesday, then you can take a look at the file attached to see what the outline plans are for Year 5 in the year ahead. If you would like to clarify any of the information then please contact the office to make an appointment.
Year 5 Blog Friday 5th September 2025
Date: 5th Sep 2025 @ 4:41pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a fantastic start in Year 5 and all the children have tried so hard with their learning. Well done to the new Year 5!
The usual weekly home practise will start next week but it would be great if the children enjoy their reading this weekend.
We have started our novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and Year 5 have already done some impressive writing using expanded noun phrases.
In Maths we have been looking at large numbers, how to say and write them and we have also been revising how to exchange.
Well done Year 5!
Our first piece of scripture in RE was from Exodus and was all about Moses and the burning bush in the desert, where God spoke to him and gave him an important task. The children enjoyed re-telling the story.
In PE, Year 5 have been practising their throwing skills in netball and they all tried their best playing in teams.
Finally, we all enjoyed getting outside for an autumn nature walk and collecting ‘treasures’ for our class display.
Golden stars this week
Jenson – star of the week
Mark – marvellous mathematician
Milo – super learner for contributing great ideas
Willow – superstar writer
Madelaina – bookworm for reading lots
Alfie B – special mention for being so helpful in class
Year 5 Friday Blog Friday 18th July 2025
Date: 18th Jul 2025 @ 2:09pm
Thank you Year 5 for an amazing year. It has been a privilege to teach you. We wish you all the best for Year 6 !
Thank you also to all the parents for our thoughtful and generous gifts!
Special mentions - Imogen, Freddie, Maisie and Tommy
See you in September!
Mrs Whitworth and Mrs Dexter
Year 5 blog - Friday 11th July 2025
Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 5:24pm
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
There are no spellings for this week.
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 60 and back again 0,5,10,15…
50s from 350 to 750 and back again 350, 400, 450…
200s from 100,400 backwards to 98,200 100,400, 100,200, 100,000…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. TTRS and Hit the Button are great resources for this.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
We have had another great week of learning in Year 5.
We have been writing poems in English and sharing our ideas and performance styles.
In Maths we have been continuing with revising methods for division.
There have been many rehearsals followed by three performances of our special production of ‘Joseph.’ The class have shown real determination and enthusiasm with this – a great job Year 5!
In History, we have continued to learn about the Maya civilisation, including how they created calendars, using glyphs.
Finally, Year 5 finished the week by creating their own unique fashion design clothing in Art.
Another super week Year 5 – well done!
Star of the week - Ebba
Marvellous mathematician - Agatha
Superstar writer - Willow
Super learner - Milana
Super learner - Joe
Special mention - Zachary O
Bookworm - Theo
Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 3:48pm
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.
identity immediately individual interfere interrupt language leisure lightning marvellous mischievous muscle necessary neighbour nuisance occupy occur opportunity parliament
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 60 and back again 0,5,10,15…
70s from 350 to 770 and back again 350, 420, 490…
100s from 100,500 backwards to 98,500 100,500, 100,400, 100,300…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. There is a TTRS competition between Year 4 and Year 5 this week, starting tonight until next Friday. It is available from 3:15pm until 8pm every day.
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.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
In English this week, we have all enjoyed reading about Harry Potter’s potion class, where he makes the perfect potion and wins a bottle of liquid luck. Everyone wrote their own instructions for a potion and also wrote a short story about Harry, Ron and Hermione meeting a magical creature. The quality and length of writing was amazing.
In Maths we have been revisiting division. Well done Year 5!
In DT everyone designed and created a CAMS toy - there were some fantastic creations!
There has been lots of practising for our special production of ‘Joseph, next week. Everyone in the class has been given a book of lyrics to learn over the weekend.
Finally, Year 5 finished the week by all taking part in a rugby festival at school. We also made magic wands in outdoor learning, using natural resources.
Another great week where everyone tried their hardest – well done!
Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 4:54pm
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.
there they’re their where wear we’re hair hare hear here it’s its to two too behaviour environment library
Counting
Count out loud in:
3s up to 60 and back again 0,3,6,9…
30s from 240 to 510 and back again 240, 270, 300, 330…
100s from 50100 backwards to 48700 50,100, 50,000, 49,900…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. There are several tests on them in the next few weeks.
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.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
In English this week, everyone has been trying very hard to make their writing about their someone special perfect. They will be on display when open morning is on next week.
In Maths we have been revisiting number lines and bridging boundaries. Well done Year 5!
In RE we’ve been having lots of lively conversations about what is factual truth in the bible and what is spiritual truth or a message on how God wants us to live our lives.
In Art, we’ve been busy painting windchimes for the summer fair and creating patterns on our painted clothes, ready to cut them into clothes next week.
Finally, Year 5 enjoyed watching all the Rock Steady bands perform. So many of Year 5 participated and they were fantastic.
A great week of learning where everyone gave 100% effort – well done!
Golden stars this week
Leo H – star of the week
Oscar – marvellous mathematician
Holly W – super learner for listening and being golden
Alfie G – superstar writer
Maisie – bookworm for reading lots of poems at home
Zac M – special mention for being kind and helpful
Year 5 Friday blog 20th June 2025
Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 3:39pm
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.
led lead past passed stationary stationery steel steal whose who’s ascent assent cereal serial compliment complement bridle bridal
Counting
Count out loud in:
7s up to 105 and back again 0,7,14,21…
30s from 240 to 510 and back again 240, 270, 300, 330…
100s from 50100 backwards to 48700 50,100, 50,000, 49,900…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. There are several tests on them in the next few weeks.
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.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
In English this week, everyone has been trying very hard in their reading, spelling and grammar tests. We have now moved on to preparing a special piece of writing for a display in school.
In Maths, we have been revising place value, as well as completing arithmetic and reasoning tests.
In art, we painted our background colours for fashion clothing that we will be putting onto our figures.
Finally, Year 5 enjoyed their taster day at All Hallows – activities included dance, music on the computers, rounders and meditation.
A great week of learning where everyone gave 100% effort – well done!
Golden stars this week
Eddie – Star of the Week
Theo – Marvellous Mathematician
Zac O – Super Learner
Bella – Superstar Writer
Dominic – Bookworm
Eddie – Special Mention for being kind and helpful around school
Cian – for superb artwork for year 5 display board
Year 5 Friday Blog 13th June 2025
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 3:59pm
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.
doubt island lamb knight solemn thistle badge bomb ghost butcher knee answer comb Christmas honest knife sword crumb
Counting
Count out loud in:
6s up to 102 and back again 0,6,12,24…
40s from 240 to 880 and back again 240,280, 320…
90s from 3600 backwards to 2700 3600, 3510, 3420…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are practising divisions of tables that are 10x/100x larger.
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.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
In English this week, everyone created a fact report about swallows as well as writing as Hero, our character from the novel, describing his migratory journey from England to Africa. Year 5 worked incredibly hard on this, showing off their writing skills.
In Maths we have been learning about the median, mode and range. Next week, we will be returning to place value and number topics.
In RE we have continued to explore the bible and its many books and discussed how different people can help us interpret the messages within them.
We also had a fantastic sports day - everyone gave it their all and tried hard. Thank you to everyone that came to watch and joined in the parent’s race!
The week has ended with a science experiment where we learned about reversible and irreversible changes to materials. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Eliza W – star of the week
Xabier – marvellous mathematician
Ebba – super learner for listening and being golden
Leo W – superstar writer
Luiza – bookworm for her reading
Darcey – special mention for being kind and helpful
Date: 6th Jun 2025 @ 4:20pm
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.
existence explanation familiar leisure foreign forty frequently lightning government harass hindrance marvellous identity immediately individual mischievous interfere interrupt language muscle
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 104 and back again 0,4,8,12…
40s from 240 to 880 and back again 240,280, 320…
25s from 2150 backwards to 1800 2150, 2125, 2100…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are practising divisions of tables that are 10x/100x larger.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on statistics - 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.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
To start the week everyone wrote about their perfect day, using all the writing skills that they have learned over the year. We have been also enjoying our new novel ‘Dear Olly’ by Michael Morpurgo this week.
In Maths we have been learning about the volume of 3d shapes and making cuboids. We have now moved onto statistics and reading data in various table formats.
In RE we have explored the bible and how it is made up of many books and in various languages.
We have also been practising for sports day and we had great fun doing outdoor gymnastics too!
The week has ended with a special experience; a careers day. The children got to speak to various adults about their jobs including the police, a surgeon, a film maker, a physiotherapist and an estate agent to name a few! We also finished our 3D houses in art and created little videos of our work. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Maisie – star of the week
Milana – marvellous mathematician
Edison – super learner for a great effort with his writing
Freddie – superstar writer
Eliza M – bookworm for her poetry reading, writing and performing
Willow – special mention for being kind and helpful
Year 5 blog Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 23rd May 2025 @ 3:59pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Please keep reading over the holidays and remember to fill in your vocabulary book!
English
We have now completed ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’. We have been writing as Bryce and discussing the love and loss Edward has experienced.
Maths
The term has ended with the children developing their skills in geometry and particularly enjoyed making 3 D shapes from nets.
Well done Year 5!
Science
This week the children have been experimenting with different materials to find the most suitable material for a raincoat. Our investigations into materials will continue next half term.
RE
Finally, we have spent time delving into the lives of Mary and St Francis of Assisi, in order to explore discipleship in life. Year 5 then wrote about how they could use their gifts in life, to be a good disciple.
Golden awards
Star of the week - Libby
Super learner - Eddie
Marvellous mathematician - Henry
Superstar writer - Alfie P
Bookworm - Zachary M
Special mention - Holly P
Year 5 have once again been fantastic this half term - thank you to all of you! We will see you back in school on Monday 2nd June 2025
Year 5 Blog Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 4:10pm
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.
disappoint disagree misbehave mislead inactive incorrect illegal illegible midday impossible unable unaware government environment ancient curiosity twelfth neighbour
Counting
Count out loud in:
12s up to 156 and back again 0,12,24,36…
80s from 240 to 880 and back again 240,320, 400 …
50s from 2150 backwards to 1450 2150, 2100, 2050…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are being tested on 10x/100x larger than tables.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on shapes - 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.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
We have been creating and using similes at the beginning of our sentences this week in English and we have used them in our re-telling of the novel. We have also written about the pros and cons of junk food for under 16’s. Some very interesting thoughts here!
In Maths we have been learning about perimeter and, once again, practising measuring angles using a protractor. We have now moved on to 3-D shapes and nets.
In RE we have explored and evaluated the key points of Our Lady’s life, including The Annunciation, the birth of Jesus and Pentecost. We have then discussed her discipleship and how she is an inspiration to us.
We have been spending time building our programming abilities in computing this week on code.org. The children are welcome to play some of the games available on this website at home, to further boost their skills.
The week has ended with us discovering facts about the Amazon river and the people that live along it. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Florence – star of the week
Imogen – marvellous mathematician
Alfie G – super learner for a super effort with writing
Zachary M – superstar writer
Ronnie – bookworm for lots of reading
Darcey – for being a positive, helpful role model
Year 5 Blog Friday 9th May 2025
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 3:44pm
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.
ought bought thought nought brought fought rough tough enough cough though although dough through thorough borough plough bough
Counting
Count out loud in:
8s up to 104 and back again 0,8,16,24…
60s from 240 to 720 and back again 240,300, 360 …
25s from 2125 backwards to 1925 2125, 2100, 2075…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are learning square numbers for their test next week.
Sumdog
Maths practice based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practice test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
We continued reading our new novel this week – The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. We wrote as Edward and blended action, feelings and description.
In Maths we learnt how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers, as well as continuing to add and subtract fractions with mixed denominators. There has been a lot of great progress this week!
In RE we have continued to discuss and explore the meaning of confirmation and chrism, and how the Holy Spirit is linked to this. We also spent time learning about how the new pope would be chosen.
To celebrate VE day we all created our own Union Jack flags – it is trickier than you think!
The week ended with us discovering how the Maya civilisation lived. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Ronnie – star of the week
Libby – marvellous mathematician
Sam – super learner - trying hard all week
Willow – superstar writer
Ebba – bookworm for lots of home reading
Holly P – special mention for super listening
Year 5 Blog Friday 2nd May 2025
Date: 2nd May 2025 @ 3:36pm
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.
grief brief mischief pierce fierce niece pier patient deceive conceive receive perceive
ceiling protein seize science ancient glacier
Counting
Count out loud in:
6s up to 120 and back again 0,6,12,18…
40s from 240 to 840 and back again 240,280,320 …
30s from 2130 backwards to 1920 2130,2100,2070 …
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are on division targets for testing next week.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please continue to use the fluency booster too!
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
We have started our new novel this week – The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. We have also enjoyed writing short, fictional stories this week.
In Maths we have started to re-cap fractions, including mixed numbers, equivalent fractions and improper fractions. Well done everyone with this.
Following our talks about the Holy Spirit, we all enjoyed critically evaluating various famous paintings of the Holy Spirit before moving on to focus specifically on the sacrament of Confirmation and how the Holy Spirit is a fundamental part of this Sacrament.
In computing, we have started our computer science topic and we are using code.org to practise our programming skills.
The week has ended with lots of atlas work as we learn about the continent of South America. A super week Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Holly W – star of the week
Luiza – marvellous mathematician
Cian – super learner for a super effort with writing
Joe – superstar writer
Maisie – bookworm for lots of home reading
Eddie – special mention for looking after our school
Tommy – special mention for kindness shown to others in class
Date: 25th Apr 2025 @ 4:03pm
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.
co-ordinate re-enter co-operate co-own pre-existing de-emphasise ultra-ambitious pre-recorded
re-edit re-enact co-worker co-pilot re-cover re-educate pre-date pre-election pre-print re-form
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 105 and back again 0,5,10,15…
50s from 250 to 850 and back again 250, 300, 350 …
25s from 2125 backwards to 1675 2125, 2100, 2075 …
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. It’s so important to be able to re-call them quickly for Year 5 maths.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on measurement– individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a great learning week in Year 5.
Year 5 have finished Varjak Paw this week and practised a variety of writing styles, including book reviews, diary entries and re-telling the plot.
In Maths they have been practising drawing, measuring and estimating angles. They will be moving on to fractions next week.
This week in RE, the whole class has been focussing on the signs and symbols of the Holy Spirit and the mystery of the Trinity. They have also spent some reflection and prayer time, following the death of Pope Francis.
Year 5 have also spent some time writing about what the earth means to them and how to protect it – a subject that was very close to Pope Francis’s heart.
The week has ended with a yoga session and, in History, Year 5 have started a new topic about the ancient Maya civilisation. Thank you Year 5 for a great start to the summer term.
This week's stars
William - star of the week
Dominic - marvellous mathematician
Tommy - superstar writer
Willow - bookworm
Freddie - super learner for his work in improving his writing
Maisie - special mention for trying so hard this week with tricky learning
Date: 4th Apr 2025 @ 4:48pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Well done to everyone as they have worked so hard this term.
Our special mentions of the term are:
Casper
Oscar
Ronnie
Eliza M
Ebba
Eliza W
Reading
Please keep reading over the Easter holidays and remember to bring your favourite book in to school when we come back so we can share it with the class.
English
We have nearly completed ‘Varjak Paw’. We have been writing about the mysterious cat vanishings this week. Hopefully the mystery will be solved in the week we come back to school!
Maths
The term has ended with the children developing their skills in drawing, reflecting and translating shapes. Well done Year 5!
Science
This week the children have been learning about the life cycle of a plant and how they reproduce. A couple of the sunflower seeds we have planted have already germinated!
RE
Finally, we have spent the week giving a lot of thought to Jesus’ last days on earth before his crucifixion. The children turned into art critics as they examined and formed their own opinions on famous paintings depicting the sorrowful mysteries, such as when Jesus was crowned with thorns. They also debated what was meaningful to Christians about Jesus’ resurrection.
Once again, Year 5 have been amazing this half term - thank you to all of you!
We will see you back in school on Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Date: 28th Mar 2025 @ 4:11pm
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.
referring referred referral preferring preferred transferring transferred reference referee preference transference different suffering differing suffered conferring offered offering
Counting
Count out loud in:
9s up to 108 and back again 0,9,18,27…
60s from 300 to 840 and back again 300, 360, 420 …
15s from 850 backwards to 575 850, 825, 800 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. Well done Year 5 with all the super effort to win last week’s TTRS competition. There is a new session set for this week.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on geometry– individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
Golden Assembly stars
Bella – star of the week
Agatha – Superstar writer
Leo H – special mention for his science knowledge in the STEM session
Florence, Eliza M, Zachary M – super learners for spelling
Xabier – bookworm
Leo W – marvellous mathematician
Year 5 have had another rich and varied learning week in school.
They have been working in teams to create newspaper front pages this week. Everyone had a specific job to do and they all enjoyed making news!
In Maths they have been investigating how to reflect shapes using grid sheets. The class have also been carrying on with extended times tables work ,as well as arithmetic.
This week in RE, the whole class wrote an acrostic prayer about heaven and had some super discussion about what heaven is! They also attended parish mass, along with stations of the cross.
BAE systems came to visit Year 5 this week and everyone was lucky enough to find out more about STEM, as well as experiment with programming robot vehicles.
Finally, the class enjoyed a trip to Judge’s Lodgings to discover more about life in Victorian times. They spent time in a Victorian schoolroom, learned how to set the table of a grand house as a servant and tried out some Victorian toys. Well done Year 5 on a very successful day!
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 3:35pm
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.
develop dictionary determined disastrous embarrass environment equipped especially exaggerate excellent existence explanation familiar foreign forty frequently government harass
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 104 and back again 0,4,8,12…
50s from 250 to 850 and back again 250, 300, 350 …
20s from 2120 backwards to 1680 2120, 2100, 2080 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. There is a competition on between Year 4 and year 5. Good luck Year 5 – the more people that join in the better chance we have of winning!
Sumdog
Maths practise based on measurement– individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a great learning week in Year 5.
Year 5 have been focussing on writing about characters from the novel this week and have done a great job of comparing and contrasting two characters from our Varjak Paw novel. They have also done an outstanding job in this week’s spelling tests with everyone showing a significant improvement. Well done!
In Maths, we have been examining and applying different methods in multiplication and division. Year 5 are now moving on to recollecting knowledge on measurement facts.
This week in RE, the whole class has been focussing on prayer in Lent and they have discussed and debated what it is to follow your conscience, as well as writing some beautiful personal prayers of thanks.
In music, Miss Campbell has been most impressed with the raps that have been created by the class. There is clearly a lot of musical talent!
Year 5 have also been getting interactive with databases and learning to sort records, using search fields.
Finally, the class were lucky enough to all enjoy a silent disco this week and show off their dancing skills! Well done Year 5!
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 4:11pm
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.
doubt island lamb solemn thistle knight badge bomb butcher ghost knee answer comb
Christmas honest knife sword crumb
Counting
Count out loud in:
7s up to 105 and back again 0,7, 14, 21 …
30s from 390 to 840 and back again 390, 420, 450 …
10s from 2110 backwards to 1790 2110, 2100, 2090 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on prime numbers and multiplication – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a great learning week in Year 5.
Year 5 have been creating reports about Russian Blue cats and discovering about the strange vanishings in our novel Varjak Paw. We also enjoyed a visit from the Japanese students who taught us how to write our names in Japanese!
In Maths we have been identifying prime numbers and also practising our grid method for multiplication, using 2 digit numbers x 3 digit numbers.
This week in RE, we have been acting out real life scenarios where we could choose to sin or follow one of God’s commandments.
In history we are all working hard to create informative reports about Victorian life in Lancashire! We learned about the Industrial Revolution and how much life changed at this time.
PE was varied this week – a mixture of Freddy Fit, Tag Rugby and handball. Well done Year 5 for giving everything a go!
Finally, it was British science week so Year 5 spent time looking at lifecycles as well as trying to create static using our whiteboards. It was lots of fun!
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 4:17pm
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.
Possible horribly visible incredibly legible possibly terrible visibly sensible legibly horrible terribly incredible sensibly forcible forcibly impossible impossibly
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 110 and back again 0,5,10,15 …
50s from 550 to 1350 and back again 550,600,650,700…
10s from 1080 down to 890 1080, 1070, 1060, 1050…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on factors and multiplication – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a super learning week in Year 5.
In English, we have been practising using direct speech in our writing. We also debated the character’s actions in the novel. Everyone is enjoying Varjak Paw.
In Maths we identified factor pairs and learnt the divisibility rules of numbers. It’s been a lot to learn, but we rose to the challenge superbly. It’s lovely to see us all trying our best.
This week in RE, we reminded ourselves of Jesus’ temptations during his 40 days in the desert and we discussed the temptations we face too!
In geography we started to learn about earthquakes: what they are, where they happen and why. We also established that they don’t really happen in our country as we are not sitting on a plate boundary!
Finally, we all embraced World Book Day by coming to school dressed as a character. We also had a lovely visit from Tom, who used to work at Longton library, to talk about ideas for this summer’s reading challenge.
Date: 28th Feb 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. Don't forget to add them to your vocabulary book!
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
adorable enjoyable reliable applicable readable tolerable changeable noticeable dependable
reasonable comfortable understandable considerable reasonably considerably reliably
shoulder soldier
Counting
Count out loud in:
2s up to 46 and back again 0,2,4,6 …
60s from 540 to 900 and back again 540,600, 660 …
11s from 132 down to 0 132, 121, 110…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables and division. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on addition and subtraction – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 had a fabulous week full of poetry – everyone wrote and performed some amazing poems. We have a lot of very talented poets! We also started reading our new novel - Varjak Paw.
In Maths we practised lots of different ways to complete addition and subtraction calculations. Well done Year 5!
This week in RE, we explored symbols relating to Ash Wednesday and thought about the meaning of Lent, which starts next week.
In PSHE we talked about different medicines and drugs, especially the contents of cigarettes and vapes. The children were very knowledgeable about this and we had lots of conversation about the negative effect they can have on physical health.
In Science, we started our new topic about animals and human life cycles. We compared an average human life span to that of other mammals.
Well done Year 5 - a super week with lots of learning!
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 4:17pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Please keep reading over the half term holidays!
English
We have finally completed our ‘Street Child’ novel and everyone really enjoyed our last piece of writing; an advert encouraging people to visit the Victorian circus.
Maths
The children tried really hard with their bridging addition and subtraction. To be continued after half term!
Science
We have now completed our topic on space and our solar system. This week we learned lots of facts about the moon and why it changes its appearance.
Art
Year 5 ended their art unit on set building. There was so much detail in everyone’s recreated workhouses – it was fantastic to see!
Computing
There’s been some fantastic powerpoints created on the Vikings. This week everyone finished them off and added transitions and animations! Well done Year 5!
RE
Finally, we have spent the week giving a lot of thought as to how we could make the village of Longton a more loving place to live in, as part of our theme of mission. There were some fantastic ideas, including friendship clubs, fund raising ideas and ways to help the environment and protect the world God has given us.