St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 5: Blog items
Year 5 Blog Friday 22nd September 2023
Date: 21st Sep 2023 @ 3:33pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
Thank you to everybody who came to Meet the Teacher last week, if you couldn't make it don't worry, the slideshow is attached to this blog with all of the information you need.
It has been another amazing week, we didn't let then rain dampen our spirits.
In maths we have been looking at rounding numbers to the neartest 10, 100, 1000 and 10000. We did this by placing numbers on a number line and identifying what they were closer to. Everybody did an amazing job!
In English we have been describing a setting to intrigue the reader. We wanted the reader to read our setting description and ask themselves questions like:
What is behind the door?
What was the noise?
Why is it so dark?
What is at the end of the corridor?
We also learned some new vocabulary to include in our writing. See us in action here.
Everybody did a really great job!
In computing we have been looking at different types of systems. We identified that a system is a set of things working together to make something happen. All systems have inputs, processes and outputs. We thought about how computer systems work such a sensors in traffic lights, Amazon lockers, washing machines, etc.
In PE we have been mastering our throwing and catching skills including chest pass, bounce pass, and shoulder pass. We have also been thinking about how to outwit an opponent and how to communicate effectively with our team. We put these skills to practise playing various netball games, it was great fun and everybody was a great team player.
This week in French we used our review sheets to practise responding to key questions: ‘comment ?a va?’, ‘comment tu t’appelles’, ‘quel âge as-tu?’ and ‘quelle est ta couleur préférée?’. The children did very well to remember some of these. We also started to look at how to say the name of family members and whether we have any brothers or sisters. We listened to ‘Ma Famille’ song to help us.
In geography we were looking at key facts about the UK. We then used an atlas to label the capital cities, seas and oceans of the UK. We found this quite tricky but we will keep practising.
You can learn more about the UK and other places on this website, everybody has a login.
Click on:
Explore the world
Places
Europe
United Kingdom
https://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/places/europe/united-kingdom/
You can see what we have been up to in art in our gallery here.
Home Practice
Geography
Go onto this website, everybody has been given a login. Read more about the UK and also have an explore of the website, what else can you find out?
To find out about the UK click on:
Explore the world
Places
Europe
United Kingdom
https://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/places/europe/united-kingdom/
Reading
Read out loud to an adult every day for 20 minutes. Talk about whether it is written in the present tense or the past tense and how you know.
Present tense: an action that is happening right now or in the current moment e.g. she is running, he is ready, they listen, I like it.
Past tense: an action that has already happened or used to happen e.g. she was running, she ran to the shop, he was ready, they listened well, I used to like it.
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.1s from 5.12 to 7.12 5.12 5.22 5.32
0.01s from 76.23 to 76.43 76.23 76.24 76.25
100,000s from 135, 609 to 935, 609 135,609 235,609 335,609
Times Tables
Please practise your own target every day.
Spelling
Your spellings this week all have a silent letter. Please practise every day, play close attention to the silent letters, how can you remember them?
doubt island lamb solemn thistle knight thumb numb autumn whistle muscle build February
Sumdog
Maths Competition - individually this time instead of teams
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Have a happy and fun weekend
Year 5 Blog Friday 15th September
Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 3:57pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
It has been our first full week in Year 5 and it has been fantastic.
We loved our well earned Golden Time on Friday.
In English we have been reading our class novel Goth Girl. We studied the main character Ada and then described our own character.
We have also been looking at proper nouns and common nouns.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place or thing, it usually has a capital letter.
Spain, Primark, KitKat, Lucy.
A common noun is the name for a type of person, place or thing.
country, shop, chocolate, girl.
In maths we have been using place value to order and compare numbers with hundreds of thousands and thousandths.
We started our new science topic on forces. We investigated to answer the question, What is a force?
We used playdough, toy cars, ramps, and magnets to answer this question.
We found that a force is a push or pull that can:
Make something move, speed something up, slow something down, change the shape of something, or change the direction of something.
You can see us in action here.
In RE we spoke all about our qualities and how we were made to be like God.
We came up with some qualities like:
I am honest
I am humble
I am positive
I am passionate
I am thoughtful.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Try to identify proper nouns and common nouns.
Spelling
All of your spellings have the letter string -ough. They make a different sound in different words. Please practise in different ways every day.
bough cough dough enough bought plough though thought through thorough rough although brought
Counting
Count out loud in:
6s from 0 to 72 and back again 0, 6, 12, ...
7s from 0 to 84 and back again 0, 7, 14, ...
12s from 0 to 144 and back again 0, 12, 24, ...
Times tables
Please practise your tables target every day.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths competition
Have an amazing weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 8th September 2023
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:42pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had such an amazing week in Year 5. Everybody has settled in brilliantly and have really shown they are grown up and ready for Year 5.
In maths we have been looking at 5 and 6-digit numbers and solving problems involving these. Everybody did such a good job.
We started reading our first year 5 class novel called Goth Girl. We have been looking at other films and stories of the same genre and identifying what they have in common. We then did a character study of the main character Ada Goth and started to think about a character we would include in a gothic novel.
We LOVED sharing our summer scrap books and talking about what we have been doing over the summer holidays. We used a world map to locate some of the different places people have been to.
We earned lots of golden token for being such good role models around school and for working hard and listening. We really enjoyed a sunny golden time on Friday afternoon - it was very well deserved!
Happy Friday and have an amazing weekend.
Back to School Online Safety Tips for Children
Date: 30th Aug 2023 @ 11:55am
With your children returning to school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas.
Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find a guide on some back to school online safety tips for children.
To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
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Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 11:26am
Happy holidays and welcome to your final blog on this school year.
This year has been one of the best years we have had so far! We have really enjoyed all of the learning and playing with our friends. Everybody has worked so hard all year.
Have an amazing summer!
Year 5 Blog Friday 14th July 2023
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 8:19am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a super week this week, lots of exciting things going on.
On Monday and Tuesday we played instruments and joing in with singing song from the musical Oliver to support Year 6 with their performance. It was very hot and took a lot of practice but we did a great job!
In maths we have been learning about Roman Numerals.
We learnt what the different letters represent and how they are used. We followed 3 rules when writing roman numerals:
- If a smaller numeral comes after a larger numeral, add the smaller number to the larger number.
- If a smaller numeral comes before a larger numeral, subtract the smaller number from the larger number.
- Do not use the same symbol more than three times in a row.
In English we have been practising identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. We have also been using different sentence types and different punctuation to describe settings from Harry Potter.
Noun - person, place, thing
Adjective - describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
Verb - words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being (exist)
Adverb - modifies or describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
On Friday we enjoyed Super Learning Day. We were split into two groups and moved around the school to take part in different exciting activities with different teachers. Here are some of the things we did:
Karaoke / festival
Natural art using weaving
Worry dolls and bracelet making
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes
Spelling
Please continue to practise the Year 5 and 6 spellings. They are attached to this blog.
Times Tables
Please practise your own tables target or the 7x tables.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition
Year 5 Blog Friday 7th July 2023
Date: 6th Jul 2023 @ 8:15am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a great week this week. It has been art week and in Year 5 our topic was fashion design.
First we looked at 3 different fashion designers, we thought about how they were inspired and what patterns and colours they used.
The designers we looked at were:
Alice Fox
Rahul Mishra
Pyer Moss
Next we decided on our design brief, it was to design any type of clothing with a link to China. So we looked at traditional Chinese patterns, symbols, colours and pictues. Then we practised drawing and colouring some of these designs.
For our final piece we painted some backgrounds, added patterns onto these, and then cut out our clothing from these different designs. We were so pleased with the results!
We finished our DT project on frame structures. We tested out how sturdy they were with Reception by reading them the story of The Three Little Pigs. We then asked the children in Reception to see if they could blow down our frame structures with their mouth, a hand fan, or a hairdryer! Some of our frame structures survived all 3, some didn't survive the hairdryer!
You can see us with Reception in our gallery here.
In maths we have been looking at tables and graphs to find out information and to answer questions such as how many altogther, how many more, how many less, what is the difference.
In English we have read some more of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. We wrote a formal letter to Harry from Professor McGonnagall and also described Diagon Alley using exciting words and different punctuation.
Next week we are going be finding out about some of the Fantastic Beasts.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Spelling
In order to prepare for Year 6, over the next couple of weeks please practise the Year 5 and 6 spellings. These are attached to the blog.
Times Tables
Please practise your own individual target or the 6x tables and related division facts.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition
Date: 28th Jun 2023 @ 9:47am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a very exciting week this week, especially because we have read some of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone :)
In English we have read parts of the first Harry Potter novel. We then created our own magical character which we described, we used JK Rowling's description of Dumbledore as inspiration. We also found out our own witch or wizard names here: Harry Potter name generator
We had an amazing poetry day on Monday when the very funny poet Ian Bland visited us. We loved some of his poems like the Dinnerlady Dance. We wrote our own poems with Ian called If I were a ... We really enjoyed hearing poems, writing our own, and performing them. It was a great day!
In maths we have been calcuating the area and perimeter of shapes and have been converting between measures.
1cm = 10mm
1l = 1,000ml
1m = 100cm
In geography we started our new topic on China. We located China on a map and found out about its location including bordering countries and oceans. Throughout the topic we will be learning about the impact humans have had on China and the impact China has on other countries. Try to look out for products at home that were made in China.
In French, we practised giving our opinion of different ice cream flavours and asked others their opinion. We played a game to reinforce the vocabulary. The children were able to write a sentence from memory using a conjuction - fantastique! Then we learnt how to ask for an ice cream in a shop and held a conversation in role with a partner.
Home Practice
Geography
Make a list of any products you find at home or in the shops that were made in China.
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes to an adult. Talk about what you have read.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They all have the suffix -ful.
cheerful delightful faithful beautiful graceful harmful painful thoughtful
doubtful forgetful respectful meaningful disgraceful colourful stressful
Counting
Count out loud in:
6s from 0 to 72 and back again. 0, 6, 12, ...
7s from 0 to 84 and back again. 0, 7, 14, ...
12s from 0 to 144 and back again. 0, 12, 24, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your own individual target or the 12x tables.
Sumdog
Amazing effort from some of you in the competition this week. Well done!
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Challenge
Don't forget to practise the songs for Oliver. The words are attached to this blog.
Year 5 Blog Friday 21st June 2023
Date: 21st Jun 2023 @ 9:20am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a lovely week in Year 5 this week.
On Tuesday we had our taster day at All Hallows which we absolutely loved. We got to meet some of the teachers, find out facts about the school in a scavenger hunt, visit the sports hall to play some cricket and rounders, spend some time with the chaplain to talk about friendship and write down prayers, and have a dance off in groups in performing arts. Not to forget we got to try an All Hallows school dinner yum!
Here is a gallery to see us on our taster day.
In English we finished reading Varjak Paw. We loved it and are now excited to read parts of the Harry Potter books, Fantastic Beasts, and also the playscript the Cursed Child.
In maths we have been learning about properties of shapes. Here are some of the words we have been using this week:
Polygon - a 2d shape with straight sides
Regular - has equal sides and angles
Irregular - does not have equal sides and/or angles
Perimeter - a measure of the outside of a shape
Angle - a turn between two lines measured in degrees
In French, we learnt how to say 6 ice cream flavours and give our opinion of them - either I love, I like, I don't like or I hate.... We looked at the phonic sounds in 'vanille' and 'menthe' and added actions to help us remember how to pronounce these words. Then we wrote a poster or 'lift the flap' quiz questions describing various sports without naming the sport. These are on display in the corridor - I'm very proud of Y5's French! Fantastique.
On Friday afternoon we took part in Tough Kidder. It was amazing to see everybody work together, supports each other, and have so much fun!
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at how commas are used.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They contain the prefixes dis- re- de- mis- un-
Prefixes go onto the beginning of root word to change the meaning.
disappeared reappeared misbehaved decode dishonest disability misplace unhappy unemployed defrost unknown undo redo misjudge disbelief
Times Tables
Please practise times tables every day, they help with so much of the learning we do in maths!
Either practise your own tables target or practise dividing by 7.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition
Have a happy weekend!
Please find attached the song words for Oliver.
Year 5 Blog Friday 16th June 2023
Date: 14th Jun 2023 @ 9:42am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week in 5, a very hot one!
In English we identified features of an information text and then wrote our own about Mesopotamian Blue cats. We included:
Headings
Diagrams
Fact boxes
Technical vocabulary
In maths we continued with our learning about fractions. We used our understanding of these things to help us solve problems:
Improper fraction - the numerator is higher than the denominator, which means we can make one or more whole ones.
Mixed fraction - a whole number and a fraction
In order to compare, order, add or subtract fractions, we need to make the denominator the same by finding equivalent fractions.
We started our new DT project this week. We are designing, making and evaluating a frame structure out of lollypop sticks. A frame structure is a structure made from thin components such as a tent frame. We are going to make our frame structures for the children in reception. We will read them the story of The Three Little Pigs and then ask them to test the strength of our frame structures by seeing if they can blow them down, like the wolf from the story.
We also started our new RE topic all about freedom and responsibility. We spoke about which freedoms and responsibilities we have, and identified rules and laws which help us to have these. We recognised that our golden rules help us to have freedom and that it is our responsibility to keep them. We then looked at some scripture from the book of Exodus. We learnt about how after the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt by Moses, God gave them the Ten Commandments to help them to coexist and live happily. We will be looking at these in more depth throughout the topic.
In French, we wrote sentences to describe a sport without naming it. Then we read our sentences to a partner who tried to guess which sport we were describing. Once again, Y5 did a great job of this and we will have another look at the sentences next week to make sure we have done their magnificent efforts justice! We're just in time to start looking at the Tour de France which starts on the 1st July.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Talk about new vocabulary.
Spelling
These are some of the words from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list. They do not follow a pattern or rule so you will need to practise lots.
restaurant temperature nuisance neighbour leisure definite desperate amateur
appreciate bargain competition conscience conscious centre peculiar
Counting
Count in:
Ninths from 0 to one whole (nine ninths) and back again 0, one ninth, two ninths, ...
Sixteenths from 0 to one whole (sixteen sixteenths) and back again 0, one sixteenth, two sixteenths, ...
Tenths from 0 to two whole ones (twenty tenths) and back again 0, one tenth, two tenths, ...
Times Tables
If you have your own target, please practise every day.
If you do not have your own target, please practise x12.
Sumdog
Well done to everybody who took part in the Sumdog competitions.
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition: Boys v Girls
Have a happy sunny weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 9th June 2023
Date: 7th Jun 2023 @ 9:44am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a lovely week back after Half Term.
We were finally able to make our cam toys in DT after some parts we needed arrived. Our design brief was to make a cam toy for the Year 1 children to enjoy in their Golden Time. We designed our cam toys based on the questions we asked the Year 1 children and made sure that we included their likes and interests. Everybody showed excellent resilience and did not give up until they had made a cam toy which had a moving part and which we think Year 1 would enjoy. After we had finished, we evaluated our cam toys thinking about what went well, what challenges we were faced with, how well we had met our design brief, and what we would change next time. We then took our cam toys to Year 1 and were thrilled to see that the children really enjoyed playing with them.
We really enjoyed our Sport's Day on Thursday afternoon. It was wonderful to see everybody trying their best, pushing themselves and really encouraging each other. Well done Year 5!
In maths we have been adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. We have had to convert one of the fractions in order to be able to add or subtract them, as we can only add or subtract fractions which have the same denominator. The denominator is the bottom number in a fraction that show the number of equal parts something is divided into.
In English we have continued to read our class novel Varjak Paw. We didn't know much about the type of cat Varjak is, he is a Mesopotamian Blue. We decided to research Mesopotamian Blue cats and are in the process of writing an information text all about them so that our reader can find out about them. So far we have focussed on using brackets for parenthesis, we have done this by writing a definition of unfamiliar words inside brackets. The sentences still make sense without the brackets but the information inside adds extra information for the reader.
Here are some examples:
The lifespan (how long they live) of a Mesopotamian Blue is 15 to 20 years.
Masopotamian Blues can be aloof (unfriendly) towards strangers.
They have plush (soft to touch) fur.
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In French, we recapped how to conjugate a regular ER verb using jouer - to play. Then we looked at an irregular verb - faire - to do. We then tried to choose the correct form of the verb to use in sentences about sport. A heavy grammar lesson which will make more sense next time it comes up! Well tried, Y5!
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look out for examples of brackets being used for different reasons.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week:
ethic enthusiastic lyric athletic mechanic critic rhythmic artistic heroic
electric historic mechanical electrical historical ethical
Counting
Count out loud in:
Tenths from 0 to 1 whole (ten tenths) Zero, one tenth, two tenths, ...
Fifths from 0 to 1 whole (five fifths) Zero, one fifth, two fifths, ...
Eighths from 0 to 1 whole (eight eighths) Zero, one eighth, two eighths, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember you can listen to songs on YouTube and play on Hit the Button.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths Competition in teams
Have a super sunny weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 26th May 2023
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 9:29am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a fantastic week this week.
In English we have continued reading Varjak Paw. We are really enjoying this book, it is so exciting. This week we have been writing more setting descriptions. Our focus has been to describe the city that Varjak goes to in two different ways. The first is the city when varjak first arrives. It is an exciting place with lots going on. The second is the city as night time approaches. Varjak begins to feel scared of the city. We have made sure that we have shown these two feelings in our descriptions - excitement and fear!
In maths we have been learning about improper and mixed fractions.
An improper fraction is a number greater than one whole.
A mixed fraction is a whole number and a proper fraction combined.
We have been lucky enough to have two lessons with Gareth the sports journalist this week. In our first lesson we wrote all about the paralympics, we were so inspired by the incredible athletes.
Please keep up with reading and practising times tables over half Term.
Have an amazing Half Term and see you for the final half term of the year!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:10pm
We have noticed a growing number of children from all classes accessing this platform and so here is a guide on how to use the platform, including what potential risks come with allowing your children on Roblox.
Below you will find a link to join the National Online Safety platform and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support, incuding filtering and the best ways to monitor your child's online activity.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primar-school-pr45eb
Year 5 Blog Friday 19th May 2023
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 11:13am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had an amazing week this week.
In maths we have been drawing and measuring different types of angles. Everybody has done such a fantastic job. The things we focussed on to make sure we were accurate included ensuring that the protractor was exactly on the base line, counting round from 0 degrees on the protractor, and calculating the difference between 360 degrees and a given angle.
In English we started our new class novel. It is Varjak Paw by S.F.Said. We are loving it! This week we have written a description of the garden that Varjak goes into for the first time in his life. We used:
Expanded noun phrases
- noun - tree
- noun phrase - The tree
- expand with an adjective - The leafless tree
- expand with a relative clause - The leafless tree which was taller than the house...
Adverbials for place
Beyond the wall...
Behind the shed ...
Above the dark clouds ...
On the ground ...
In history we have been learning all about the Shang Dynasty. We looked at how the Shang Dynasty started, where it is on a timeline in comparison to other civilisations, and we learnt the vocabulary we are going to need throughout the topic. We found it so interesting and can't wait to learn more!
Here are some of the new words we learnt:
Dynasty - a succession of rulers from the same family or group
Confederate - joined or united by an agreement or treaty
Emperor - the male ruler of an empire
Fertile - being able to produce abundant growth of farm crops
On Thursday afternoon we attended Ascension Day Mass at church to remember the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven.
On Friday the CEO from the Foxton Centre visited our school to collect all our donations and to deliver an assembly to Key Stage 2. We felt so proud knowing that our donations will help the homeless community of Preston.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look for good descriptive words (adjectives).
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week:
burglary dictionary necessary primary voluntary
occur opportunity parliament persuade physical prejudice privilege profession programme pronunciation
Counting
Count back to calculate:
When you get to zero, the next number back would be -1 (negative 1):
7 - 12
3 - 20
6 - 18
Times Tables
Please practise your tables every day. You are all doing such a fantastic job!
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths Challenge
Have a happy sunny weekend :)
Year 5 Blog Friday 12th May 2023
Date: 11th May 2023 @ 7:07pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a great week in year 5.
We finished writing our own version of The Highwayman poem. We then perfomed our poems in small groups thinking about how we could change our tone and volume to have an effect on the audience. Everybody did such a fantastic job and felt so proud.
In maths we have been looking at co-ordinates and translating shapes. Translating a shape means that the shape stays exactly the same but moves to a different position.
In history we looked at an overview of the earliest civilisations. We noticed that they all thrived by being near to a river and having the ability to grow crops and farm animals. Next we are going to learn all about The Shang Dynasty. We can't wait!
Click here to see some videos all about The Shang Dynasty
In French, we practised the subject pronouns (Je, tu, il, elle etc) before moving on to reading some paragraphs in French about sports with opinions. The children were able to read and translate these very well. We discussed what to do if we come across a word we don't know. The strategies are the same as meeting an unknown word when reading in English - read on, use the context, take a good guess at what would make sense. Well done, year 5.
On Thursday afternoon we did PE and computing. In PE we have been practising our cricket skills and playing mini games. Mrs Cookson has been very impressed.
On Friday afternoon we did some map work to celebrate the Eurovision. We had a great time listening to some of the songs and located the countries on a map. We also spoke about capital cities, surrounding seas and oceans, and bordering countries.
You can see us in action here.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day to somebody for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Spelling
Here are your new spellings. Practise every day.
accident accidental centre central nature natural medicine medicinal
arrive arrival magic magical survive survival
Times Tables
You have been given your new tables target this week. Please practise every day.
Counting
Count out loud in:
6s from 0 to 72 and back again.
0, 6, 12, ...
7s from 0 to 84 and back again.
0, 7, 14, ...
12s from 0 to 144 and back again.
0, 12, 24, ...
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Geometry Competition
Year 5 Blog Friday 5th May 2023
Date: 3rd May 2023 @ 9:40am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday blog.
Although we have only had a four day week, we have still done lots of exciting learning!
in English we have been using The Highway as inspiration to write our own poem.
We included certain features which we thought made the poem exciting and helped to create an image in the reader's mind. Here are some of the features we included:
Metaphor - an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way.
For example, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moors.
Simile - an expression including the words "like" or "as" to compare one thing with another.
For example, His heart was beating as fast as a horse galloping across the cobbles.
Speech - spoken words from a character.
For example, "One kiss my bonny sweetheart."
Onomatopoeia - the use or creation of a word that imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
For example, Tlot-tlot went the horse's hooves.
In maths we were dividing decimal numbers and solving measures problems. We also learnt about reflecting shapes. Everybody did such a fantastic job!
In DT we used cereal boxes and pencils to practise making our cam toy. A cam toy has a sliding or rotating piece which we will be making ourselves. Some of you even practised some more at home - well done! Don't forget to bring in a shoe box or cereal box next week to make our final cam toy. We will be taking these to Year 1 one afternoon for them to play with.
We started our new PSHE topic. Throughout the topic we will try to answer the question 'How can drugs common to everyday life affect health?' We started by talking about we already know about the topic. Then we looked at some common everyday drugs and their risks and effects.
We will be learning about common everyday drugs including nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and medicines, laws surrounding drugs and that some drugs are legal whilst others are illegal, and risks associated with different drugs.
On Wednesday we had our session with Gareth the sports journalist. We wrote about the first time a woman beat a man at a professional darts competition.
We loved celebrating the coronation on King Charles. We all dressed in red, white and blue and went onto the field for a picnic and a sing and dance. You can see us enjoying the coronation here.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every day for 20 minutes. Look out for new words, use the context and a dictionary to find their meaning.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
happened hurried grabbed worried adventurous disastrous enormous fabulous famous generous jealous mischievous smiled danced behaved
Times Tables
You have been given your new tables target. Please practise every day.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition - you have been put into these teams:
Gryffendor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin
Spelling Challenge
Reminders
Don't forget to bring in a shoe box or a cereal box for our DT project.
Happy Long Weekend
Date: 26th Apr 2023 @ 9:41am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a brilliant week back after the Easter holidays. Everybody has worked so hard and has shown that they are ready for the Summer Term.
In English we have been reading a poem called The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. We are working towards writing our own version of the poem. Before writing our own poem we needed to find out:
What is a highwayman?
Who is Dick Turpin?
What do some of the words mean in the poem?
We have been finding the answers to all of these questions in order to help us understand the poem.
You can see us in action here.
We did some extra writing on Wednesday afternoon with a sports journalist. He taught us all about what it means to be a sports journalist and we had a go at writing our own match reports on the England v England women's Euro finals. Gareth, who is a sports journalist, was extremely impressed and said that the children in year 5 are very talented.
In maths we have been mutlitplying and dividing by 100 and 1,000 and then using these skills to convert measures.
1kg = 1,000g
1km = 1,000m
1L = 1,000ml
1m = 100cm
In geography we have continued with our learning about North America.
We learnt about The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. We spoke about what has caused this amount of plastic to be in this place, and what we can do to help.
One of the main things we can do is reduce, resuse and recycle.
In French, we learnt how to pronounce the 'qu' sound, then we began to learn the vocabulary of sport. We learnt how to use an online dictionary to look up unknown words and talked about the pros and cons of a book v online dictionary. Well done, as always, Y5.On Wednesday afternoon we
In science we looked at the potatoes that we planted and observed how they have changed. We couldn't believe how many leaves had grown out of the soil. We have now covered the leaves with more soil and compost as we want the plant to focus on the potatoes and not the leaves.
Thank you to everybody who looked after the potatoes so well over the Easter holidays.
We have also taken some cuttings of different plants including thyme, basil, rosemary, coriander, parsley and chives. We have planted these cuttings in some soil and are going to see if they are able to grow roots and turn into new plants.
If you would like to see what exciting learning we will be doing this term, you can have a look on our class page on the school wesbite here.
Home Practice
Reading
Well done to so many of you who kept up with your reading over the Easter holidays!
Please read out loud to somebody every day for 20 minutes. Retell what you have read in your own words.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
You need to know how to spell each word and also what it means. Try writing out sentences with the spellings in.
you're your there their they're there's theirs where were we're
vegetable temperature secretary recognise pronunciation
Counting
Count out loud in 1.1s:
From 5.7 to 15.6
5.7 6.8 7.9 9 ...
From 3.6 to 13.5
3.6 4.7 5.8 6.9 ...
From 21.3 to 31.2
21.3 22.4 23.5 24.6 ...
Times Tables
You will be given your new tables target next week, please practise every day.
Sumdog
Maths Competition
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Have a nice long weekend :)
Year 5 Blog Thursday 6th April
Date: 6th Apr 2023 @ 7:52am
Happy Easter and Happy Half Term!
We have had a great Half Term.
We had a brilliant time on our school trip to Judge's Lodgings on Tuesday. We experienced life in a Victorian classroom and as a Victorian servant. Here is a gallery of our trip.
We absolutely loved reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and can't wait to find out what our class novel will be after the holidays.
Please try to keep reading during Half Term - you might even be able to do some reading outside if it gets sunny.
The Sumdog challenges and competition will continue too - get your team to the top of the leaderboard.
But most importantly, have fun, spend time with friends and family, and rest!
Reminders
Please bring in a shoe box and a cereal box for out DT work after Half Term.
Please continue to collect for The Foxton Centre and Bardarndo's.
The CEO from the Foxton Centre will be visiting us after Half Term to collect our donations. It might be a nice idea to donate some Easter Eggs if you get too many or find some in the sale.
Have a wonderful Easter!
Date: 30th Mar 2023 @ 6:43pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
It has been a wonderful week in Year 5.
We have done lots of exciting learning.
In French, the children used all their learning from the last few weeks to write a paragraph about the planets in French. They did an amazing job! I'm so proud of them and can't wait for you to see the end result. I'm sure you will be just as impressed with the standard of their writing!
In maths we have been identiying factors of numbers, learning about prime numbers, and multiplying a two-digit number by another two-digit number.
A factor is a number that divides another number leaving no remainder, or a number you can multiply by to give a number.
For example:
1, 2, 3 and 6 are factors of 6.
1 x 6 = 6 2 x 3 = 6
A prime number is a number with only two factors, one and itself.
For example:
2 is a prime number because its only factors are 1 and 2.
7 is a prime number because its only factors are 1 and 7.
9 is not a prime number because its factors are 1, 3 and 9.
In English we have been writing a battle scene between Peter and The White Witch from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Our focus was to set the scene for the battle where the reader worries for Peter. Next we will describe the battle from Peter's point of view. We have found this very exciting and everybody has done such a brilliant job so far.
On Thursday we had our very own St Oswald's World Book Day. It was great to see everybody in their costumes and talk about our favourite characters and books. We used World Book Day as inspiration for our art lesson where we created our own imaginary world behind wardrobe doors. It was great to see such creative ideas.
You can see us celebrating the wonderful world of reading here.
We continued with our PSHE topic all about communicating safely online. So many of the children are now messaging, video chatting, sending videos and chatting on games. It is so important to always be kind online and make sure parents know exactly what the children are doing whilst online.
In our PSHE lesson we thought about all of the different ways we can communicate online including:
SMS (text message)
Online messaging (e.g. What's App)
Social media (e.g. Instagram Facebook)
Gaming (e.g. Roblox)
Video calling (e.g. FaceTime)
We then spoke about things that can be shared online, who we communicate with, age restrictions and how to make sure we are being responsible.
The children were very open and enjoyed talking about their experiences online.
We have attached a new online safety guide 'What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Age-Inappropriate Content'. Please Read.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes.
Look out for words that are written in a different way for example IN CAPITAL LETTERS, in bold or in itallics. Talk about why they are written in this way.
Spelling
Here are your spellings which you will be tested on after Half Term so please practise next week.
bicycle centre decide describe exercise experience experiment extreme increase library medicine mention minute occasion occasionally
Counting
Count out loud in:
2s from 2 to negative 20.
2, 0, -2, -4, ...
3s from 1 to negative 17.
1, -2, -5, -8, ...
30s from 32 to 302.
32, 62, 92, 122, 152, ...
Times Tables
You have been given your new tables target. Please practise every day.
I'm sure you have noticed how often we use our times tables in maths - all the time!
Sumdog
Wow, what an amazing effort in the Sumdog compeition this week! Well done everybody.
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths Competition
DT
Please bring in a cereal box next week to use in our DT lesson. We are going make a prototype (practise version) of our toy for Year 1.
Have an amazing weekend all you amazing children :)
Year 5 Blog Friday 24th March 2023
Date: 23rd Mar 2023 @ 7:35pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your blog.
We have had a great week this week.
In English we have been acting as journalists and writing newspaper reports about the return of spring to Narnia. We have focussed on using journalistic language and writing direct and indirect quotes.
Direct quotes use inverted commas (speech marks) and say exactly what the person said.
Mr Beaver, a resident of Narnia who witnessed Father Christmas’ arrival, told our reporter, “I saw him with my own eyes, he was on a sleigh and had presents!”
Indirect quotes do not include inverted commas and are a summary of what the person said.
Lucy, a human who came to Narnia from Spare Oom, reported that she has noticed that the weather is much warmer since her arrival here and that she has even seen flowers and blue sky.
In maths we have been learning rules of divisibility. We now know how to quickly identify if a number is divisible by 10, 100, 2, 50, 25, 3, or 9. We found it fascinating.
Divisible by means you can divide by that number with no remainders.
We have started our new topic in PSHE. It is all about communicating safely in person and online. We focussed our lesson on showing empathy and thinking about how other people feel. This topic is extremely important as many children communicate with their friends online and need to understand how to do so safely and responsibly.
It is important to be kind in person and online. We have added a little guide below for you to read.
In geography we continued with our learning about North America. We were surprised by all of the different climate zones within North America. We used atlases to think about what the climate would be like in different countries such as Jamaica compared to Greenland.
In French, we learnt some conjunctions that will help improve our French writing. Then we looked at the construction of sentences using these words. The children's ability to spot the nouns, verbs and adjectives in French, understand adjectival agreement and their pronunciation is impressive! Well done year 5. I look forward seeing to your finished pieces about space over the next two weeks!
On Friday afternoon we presented our research about space to the class. You can see us in action here.
We also planted some potatoes so we can observe them over time and learn about the life cycle. See us planting here.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every day for 20 minutes.
Talk about what the characters are thinking and feeling.
Spelling
Please continue to practise the spellings from the blog last week, we will also do some more practice in class.
misjudge mismanage misconduct
discontinue dishonest disloyal disobey discourage
inconvenient incapable inaccurate inadequate inappropriate
Remember if you want an extra challenge, you can choose some of the spellings from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list.
Times Tables
Please continue to practise your tables every day ready for your tables test next week.
Count
Draw a straight line either vertically or horizontally. Use this as a number line to count:
From 15 through zero to negative 15 in 1s.
From 12 through zero to negative 12 in 2s.
From 10 through zero to negative 11 in 3s.
Counties of England
Have a go at naming and locating the counties of England.
Test people at home too :)
Sumdog
Well done to everybody who took part in the challenges and competitions. Amazing work.
Maths Competition - I have split you up into random teams named Red, Yellow, Green, Blue. There will be a treat for the winning team.
Times Table Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Have a wonderful weekend!
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 3:41pm
Happy Friday and Happy St. Patrick's Day.
We have had another great week in Year 5.
We have been very active. We did netball in PE and enjoyed our session with Freddy Fit on Wednesday.
In French we learnt how to change masculine adjectives into their feminine form, then we used these feminine adjectives to write a card for a special lady to tell her how amazing she is! I hope the children can read and translate for you.
In English we have started to plan a newspaper report. The newspaper will be written to the creatures of Narnia informing them that the White Witch has started to lose her powers. This has meant that Father Christmas and summer have both returned to Narnia after years of being forbidden. We hope our newspaper reports will make the creatures feel excited and hopeful. So far we have looked at some examples of happy news stories to identify their features and some good words.
Here are some of the words we picked out:
decades species spectacular temperature significant impact legendary record environment impact discovered
Next week we are going to be looking at writing quotes using the correct punctuation, and then planning and writing our newspaper article.
In maths we have been practising different mental methods to add and subtract four-digit numbers and numbers with decimal places. The strategies we have practised include bridging, counting on and compensating.
One of the most important things when doing these methods to solve a calculation is that we know our numbers facts. Have a practise on Hit the Button to get quicker and more confident.
In geography we have started to investigate and try to answer this question:
What makes North America such a diverse continent?
We found out the meaning of some key words.
Diverse - showing variety
Continent - continuous mass of land
We also thought about the continents we have studied in other year groups and identified ways that each of the continents is diverse. We thought about the climate, geographical features like mountains, rivers and lakes, oceans, land use, and jobs and products made and sold.
We are excited to learn more about the diversity in North America.
Did you know that it is the third largest continent?
Lenten Promises
We are still spending the season of Lent thinking about how we can become better people. So many people have brought in money and donations for the Foxton Centre and Barnardo's and are really spending their time thinking of people less fortunate than themselves.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every night for 20 minutes. Retell what you have read in your own words.
Also, look out for the way speech is punctuated, this will help with your writing next week.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Practise every night. Ask somebody at home to test you so you know which you need to focus on.
These spellings all have the prefix mis-, dis-, or in-
misjudge mismanage misconduct
discontinue dishonest disloyal disobey discourage
inconvenient incapable inaccurate inadequate inappropriate
Newspaper articles
If you can, read some magazines and newspaper articles. Look out for some good vocabulary to use in your own writing.
Number
Play on Hit the Button to become quicker and more confident with your number facts.
Times tables
Practise your times tables every day. Say them out loud, write them down, ask people at home to test you.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Number Challenge
Spelling Competition
Have a happy weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 10th March 2023
Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 4:06pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a fantastic week in Year 5.
We absolutely loved our lesson with the Japanese students. We learnt about proverbs and then played a game to match the proverbs with their meaning.
Here is an example:
Proverb - Don't give your pearls to a pig.
Meaning - Don't waste good things on people who will not appreciate them.
We also learnt a Japanese dance which we practised as a class in PE and then performed as a whole school on Friday.
In science we have finished our topic about earth and space. We carried out an investigation into the formation of craters on the moon by dropping balls into a tray of flour from different heights and measuring the diameter of the 'crater'.
A crater is a large bowl shaped cavity caused by the impact of a meteorite.
The focus of the investigation was to decide how to record our results using a table and a graph.
You can see us carrying out our science investigation here
We also came up with our own question which we wanted to research before moving on to our next science topic. We will be presenting our findings to the class next week as a poster, leaflet, PowerPoint or video. We watched the start of a video on the BBC to give us some ideas which we all found fascinating. Here is the link to watch some more at home.
We have started our new geography topic on North America. We used atlases, maps and online maps to find out the following about the continent:
Countries
Surrounding oceans and seas
Mountains
Rivers and lakes
We have already started to recognise that North America is a diverse continent.
In RE we have continued to think about Lent and what we can do during the season of Lent to become better people.
We are still doing an amazing job collecting donations for Barnardo's and The Foxton Centre. You can have a look on their website for different ways to help.
In English we have been writing a persuasive speech as the Queen of Narnia, or the White Witch. We have been trying to persuade the creatures of Narnia to join the Queen and to help her to capture the humans. We wrote sentences where we added extra information by using commas. Here are some examples:
Trust me, my dear creatures, and you shall be rewarded.
Humans have come into our Narnia, my Narnia, to take over and destroy it!
Those ghastly humans, I warn you, will harm anything that gets in their way.
In maths we have been learning about tenths, hundredths and thousandths and also negative numbers in different contexts. We thought about negative numbers in the contexts of temperature, floors of a hotel, goal difference in football, and below par in golf.
On Friday the whole school took part in a reduced electricity day which was organised by the Eco Team. It would be fantastic if you could try to do this at home too - turn off the lights, TV, etc. We really enjoyed doing our lessons by candle light and knowing that we were doing our bit to help the environment.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Discuss new vocabulary and try to use new vocabulary in sentences of your own.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
The spellings will give you the opportunity to practise adding the suffix -ful at the end of words and also changing words which end in a y to plural.
peace peaceful beauty beautiful success successful thought thoughtful wonder wonderful charity charities curiosity curiosities cemeteries
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s from -25 to 25 and back again. -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5
2s from -12 to 12 and back again. -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2
3s from -18 to 18 and back again -18 -15 -12 -9 -6 -3 0 3
Times Tables
You have been given your new tables target. Please practise every day.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Tables Challenge
Number Competition
Have a happy weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 3rd March 2023
Date: 1st Mar 2023 @ 9:49am
Welcome to your Friday Blog and Happy Friday.
We have had a really great week in Year 5. We have worked hard and have enjoyed a little bit of brighter weather.
In maths we have been using different strategies to multiply. Everybody has done such a fantastic job, keep practising your times tables as this will help a lot!
Here is one of the methods we use, we are always thinking about how to make the calculation easier for ourselves.
In English we have finished our descriptions of the professor in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We wrote dialogue to show what the four children might say about him. We have also started to describe the White Witch. We are working on describing the witch from Edmund's point of view, he is amazed by her!
In DT we have started our new topic. Our brief is to design and make a toy for the Year 1 children to enjoy during Golden Time one Friday afternoon. We started our topic by carrying out some research. We wrote a questionnaire to find out about Year 1 children's interests and then visited them to collect their answers. Here are some photos of us carrying out our research.
In French, we continued our learning about Les planetes. We practised saying the names by playing noughts and crosses, then we used a data table about the planets in French to answer questions such as which planet has the largest diameter? We realised that there are lots of cognates (words that look like English words) that can help use understand unfamiliar texts.
In RE we came up with some Lenten promises together. We decided we would like to help two charities. The charities we chose are The Foxton Centre in Preston, and Barnardo's. If you click on the links below, you can see different ways we can support these charities.
Some of the Lenten promises made in Year 5 include:
My Lenten promise is to donate 10p every day during Lent to Barnardo's.
I am going to donate one tin of food each week during Lent to The Foxton Centre.
My birthday is during Lent, so I am going to donate some of my birthday money to Barnardo's.
St Oswald's Eco Team have been busy planning different things to help the environment. They decided that on Friday 10th March we are going to have a reduced electricity day in school. They would love it if you have a go at home too.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody at home every day for 20 minutes. Look out for good describing words.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week:
you're they're couldn't don't can't doesn't didn't isn't shouldn't wouldn't
won't aren't marvellous mischievous necessary
Counting
Count out loud in 0.3 from 0 to 3.6 and back again.
0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2
Count out loud in 0.3 from 0.1 to 3.7 and back again.
0.1 0.4 0.7 1
Count out loud in 0.001 from 0.001 to 0.02 and back again.
0.001 0.002 0.003
Times Tables
You have been given your new tables target. Please practise every day.
Also, please make sure you are confident with x 10, x 100, x 1000, ÷ 10, ÷ 100, ÷ 1000.
Sumdog
Amazing work on Sumdog this week - so many of you did such a great job in the competition!
This week please complete:
Tables Challenge
Maths Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Have a happy weekend! :)
Year 5 Blog Friday 24th February 2023
Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 3:56pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a great first week back.
In maths we have been simplifying fractions and converting fractions to decimals. This was really tricky at first but everybody tried their best and should be so proud! Next week we will be multiplying four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers. Make sure you are confident with your tables.
In English we started our new class novel - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis. We are really loving it so far. We have been using exciting sentences to describe the professor from the story. Our aim was to intrigue the reader so they want to read more about him.
We were having a go at writing complex sentences with relative clauses, here are some examples:
The professor, who had never said a word, crept around the house.
His eyes, which were dark and narrow, seemed to look right through Lucy.
In art we completed our topic on William Morris. We carved a pattern in the style of William Morris into a polystyrene block. We then painted onto it and used it to print repeated patterns onto a piece of card. The finished pieces all look amazing and are all so unique! Well done everybody!
In history we looked a photos of two schools in Preston during the Victorian era. We looked closely at the images and thought about the similarities and differences between those schools and schools in Preston today.
Some of the similarities included the wearing of school uniforms and sitting at desks.
Some of the differences included the amount of children in one room, the layout of the classroom, and the things on the walls.
Home Practice
Reading
Read at home every night. Discuss the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Some have silent letters, and some have ei after c.
deceive receive ceiling receipt deceit perceive
knight government environment know knew autumn column listen castle
Counting
Please count out loud in:
300s from 0 to 3600 and back again
0 300 600
70s from 0 to 840 and back again
0 70 140
0.6s from 0.6 to 7.2 and back again
0.6 1.2 1.8
Time Tables
You have been given new tables targets this week. Please practise every day. You can use Hit the Button and Sumdog.
Sumdog
There are 3 Sumdog challenges:
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition
Have a super weekend!
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 4:06pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a super week of learning this week!
We have loved reading more of our novel Street Child. We wrote some super descriptive pieces with Mrs Wood and have been working hard on thinking about how our sentences sound when they are read.
In maths we have been reviewing our mental maths strategies and working on our number facts. Everyone is really working on their explanations and reasoning. Well done Year 5!
In Art we have been exploring the art of William Morris. We have been exploring his textiles looked at how we might replicate his work.
In French, we conjugated a regular -ER verb (manger - to eat) for the first time, then practised adding the correct endings for a range of subject pronouns. Well done, Y5. Great grammar!
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud to somebody every day for 20 minutes. Look out for new words and find their meaning.
Times Tables
Continue to practice your tables target for your test next week. A little practice every day will do the trick!
Counting
Count out loud in 1,000s from 24,105 to 42,105.
What pattern do you notice?
Count out loud in 30s from 0 to 360 and back again.
0 30 60 ...
Count out loud in 40s from 0 to 480 and back again.
0 40 80 ...
Spellings
Check Sumdog for your spellings this week.
Sumdog
Complete the Sumdog challenges:
Times tables
Maths Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Have a super weekend.