Year 5

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week beginning 28.4.25
A super start to the week. A lovely visit from Mr Fielding to share his love and knowledge of poetry. The children created some amazing Hiku. A poem that has a count of 5,7,5 syllables.

We’re off! We are all so excited to go to Llandudno. Thank you for a great send off. Keep looking out for all the amazing adventures and fun we will have. 

We have arrived at Conway and visiting the smallest house. 

What a fantastic day we have had at Conway. After visiting the smallest house we went to Conway Castle. From there we went on our cruise around the bay while we had lunch. After that we had a well deserved ice cream. 
We treated Mrs Thomson like a queen and all did a bow to her. We are all having a great time. 

Next stop Plas Mawr where we looked around a Tudor Home

Pizza for tea was a hit. All ready for the slopes and tobogganing. The children have enjoyed every bit of the non stop day. All settled back in the hotel and getting ready for a good night sleep. 

Week ending 4.4.25

This week we have had an Easter experience. Th children experienced each part of the Easter story. It was amazing. 

Week ending 28.3.25

This week we started by working with our seedlings as part of out DT topic - Cams. We asked them lots of questions to collect data for their designs. 

We continued to look at decimals and percentages. The children are becoming confident in ordering and rounding decimals by looking at tenths, hundredths and even thousandths. 
In science we looked at the global Sustainability Goals. This is linked to our environmental science and looking after our planet.  

Today we took part in the Knowsley book launch which the children took part in. It was really exciting to see all their hard work in a published book. Our three editors did an amazing job at hosting the event. They even got to sign everyone’s copy. What a wonderful thing to be a part of. We even met the Mayor of Knowsley. 

On Friday, we celebrated Mother’s Day with a coffee morning. We also created a fair trade market which was very successful. The children learnt all about Fair trade. 

Week ending 21.3.25

Another busy week of learning. In maths as we moved on from fractions to decimals. We have looked at tenths, hundredth and thousandth. The children are really starting to see the links. We had three more times table certificates. I am so proud of their hard work to master the times tables. Keep it up. In English we started our new genre book called the Promise. We will be writing a character narrative based on the book. 

In WCSR, we have read the Secret Garden. This is a classic children's book with lots of historical references. 

In science we looked at the global sustainability development goals and what we could do to help protect our planet. 

The week ended with an amazing concert with Mr Holland and showcased all our singing practise over the term. 

Week ending 14.3.25

This week the children have been working hard. They have started their fraction work in maths by multiplying with an integer. We have looked at how we keep the denominator the same and multiply the numerator. 

In English, we have written our mission log about the lunar landing. 

In geography we learnt more about Wales and the coastline.

In science we have continued to look at the effects of pollution on our environment such as global warming and the greenhouse affect. 
We also had children receive their times tables certificates. Keep it up. 

Week ending 7.3.25

This week the children have worked hard on showing all they have learnt in our assessment week. I am really pleased with their resilience and determination. You’ve got this!

In geography, we have started to look at Wales and Llandudno. We looked the landscape of Wales and created a fact file. 
In Re, we continued to look at Easter through Victory and looked at the Easter story in the Bible and wrote about the main parts.

In P.E., we practised some of our skills such as stamina and balance. We will hopefully improve our scores in the final week.

On World Book Day, we looked at the Spanish traditional tale ‘Don Quixote’. We compared and contrasted it against our own tales. We the studied Spain and looked closely at the landscape, tourist attractions, culture and lots more to create a fact file. 
 

The children looked amazing in their costumes. We enjoyed drop everything and read and had an amazing day. 

Week ending 28.2.25

Welcome back after half term. I hope you all had a lovely break. We are straight back into working hard and have started to work on division. 

We looked at the concrete method of using counters and place value charts then used the pictorial method to understand our short division. This leads on to the more abstract bus stop method.

We have then looked at division with remainders. We mark out the groups in the place Value Chart to see how many groups of the divisor we can get out of each column.  We then exchange any remainders into the next column. This mean if we have 1 ten remaining we place 10 ones into the ones column. The important part is to use out times tables knowledge to help us work it out. Keep practising your times tables.

We have completed our collage of the Viking longboats. The children used lots of techniques to create their final piece. 

We have started our topic of Easter - Victory in RE. We have looked at what victory means to us and looked at quotes from Nelson Mandela. We realised that victory does not always mean winning or coming first but individual to us all. 
In PE we have started our topic on health and fitness and completed a variety of test including strength, balance, stamina and coordination. We will complete the same tests at the end of the topic to see how much progress we each made. 

The children finished the week with a Friends of Cronton pancake toss. They had lots of fun. 

Week ending 14.2.25

It was lovely to see you all at parents evening on Monday and Tuesday. Thank you again for your continued support. 

Wednesday brought more fun with a PTFA disco. The children had an amazing time.

This week in maths we have completed our multiplication. We started by looking at the area model and how we can partition the numbers to help us multiply before moving onto a more efficient method of long multiplication. It has been a lot of hard work and we are beginning to secure the method. We sometimes miss the zero when we multiply by a multiple of ten so remember to add it in. 

We looked at how we can use a place value chart to show that multiplication is repeated addition when we multiply a 3 or 4 digit number by a factor. 

We moved onto a more efficient method by using the area model to help us. This shows how we can partition the numbers to multiply before adding them back together to find the total.

We then moved on to the long multiplication method. 

We then moved onto to multiplying three and four digits by 2 digits.

We have completed our narratives based on the Moon landing and we have written them out for display. The children have edited using the criteria and taken care with their handwriting. 

In RE, We looked at the the teachings of Jesus and how he wanted children to be treated. In PE, we finished with a dance based on the Mayan civilisation and how they worshipped their Gods. 

We have completed our science on space and I was impressed by the children's enthusiasm for the topic.

This week we won the reading challenge against Year 6. Well done to all those who contributed to the massive word count of over 330 000. Keep reading!

We enjoyed our music lesson with Mr Holland. Can you seehow much we are improving?

On Friday, we said a sad farewell to Mrs Felton who has been at our school for 25 years. The children celebrated all the support and hardwork she has given. She will be misssed. 

Have a safe and happy half term. 

Week ending 7.2.25

What another busy week we have completed.

In maths we have started our multiplication and division strand. We are beginning to use the long multiplication method. We have looked at using place value charts to help us multiply before moving onto the efficient method. Well done to our time table certificate winners. 
In English, we have planned and written our narrative based on the Moon-landing. I can’t wait to edit and write up. 
In science, we have looked at why we have night and day. The children have been really captivated by our space topic. In music with Mr Holland, the children continued to practise for the cathedral service. 
In RE, we talked about the Lord’s Prayer and created a poem based around Heaven as it is on Earth. 
 

We had a great ending to the week with our church service at St Luke’s. The children did an amazing job with their Seedlings. I am so proud of all the children and I’m sure you will agree it was wonderful for them to share their creativity. We hope you enjoyed it. 

Week ending 31.1.25

Another busy week. In maths we have completed our fraction unit and will be moving onto multiplication and division. We are continuing to consolidate our times tables and have over half the class on Gold Certificates. They know all their times tables and division facts. Keep practising on TTRS to improve your score.

In English, we have analysed our text style using the writers knowledge and we will begin to plan our story. 
In history we continue to look at the Vikings and when they arrived into the UK. 
In science we looked at why and how we have night and day.

We have also celebrated Chinese New Year and the children have created some amazing double page spreads looking at the celebration and culture of China. 
Have a great weekend. We look forward to sharing our worship with you at St Luke’s next week. 

Week ending 24.1.25

This week really exciting as we completed our class worship with B- Tales. Tash took us through the whole creation story in a very creative and fun way. The children really enjoyed sharing this with everyone. 

In history we are looking at eh Vikings and we looked at where they originated and how they came over for land to grow crops. We are looking at where they invaded and settled. 

In science, we have continued to look at space and particularly the phases of the moon. We watched how the moon changes appearance through shadow each month and all the names of the phases. We finished with an oreo challenge to recreate the moon phases. 

Our science links in with our genre as we wrote about how the astronaut would feel as he stepped onto the moon.

In maths we have been adding and subtracting fractions and working hard on our times tables. Three more children have now received their silver award and one receiving their Gold. Well done. 

Week ending 17.1.25

Another busy week in school. The children are enjoying our class text ‘Warrior Boy’. In our writing we are immersing ourselves in our vehicle text based on the moon landing. We will use this to write our exploration narratives. 
In maths, we are beginning to add and subtract fractions. We are changing fractions using the common denominator. 
n history we have continued to look at the Viking era and we are using this in art to create a long boat collage.
In science, we are looking at Space and ordered the planets using Mnemonics. Ask your child if they can remember the rhyme they created. We then researched each planet in groups and presented it to the class. 

We had a parent visitor for science who told us all about her time in the NHS and operating theatre.  
In PE the children have demonstrated some amazing dancing. Well done everyone. 

Week ending 10.1.25

A happy new year to all our families. 

This week we have had a fantastic start to the year. The class have returned with ready to learn attitude and have been amazing. 

As it has been science week we started on Monday learning about carbon monoxide and having a workshop were the children created raps and dance to help them. 

We enjoyed a mad science assembly which is always fun and shows us a lot of science I the real world. We looked at sport and air resistance and watched in awe at the experiments. 

We had a visit from Dr Laura Randle who shared her knowledge of how medicines are made. Each child created a personalised medicine using their own traits. 

In maths we are continuing to look at fractions. In English we have started our new genre using the book " Where we once stood" about the moon landing. In Science we are linking this to Space and learning about our planets and the moon. 

A great first week back. Well done everyone!

Week ending 20.12 24

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas. 

We have been very busy completing all our work. 

The children have completed a very special Christingle service with our seedlings which was amazing. 

We have had discos and parties to celebrate this amazing time of year. 

We finished the term by showing all our amazing talents in the end of year Talent show. 

A big thank you for all your generous gifts. 

Wishing you a happy Christmas and a wonderful new year. 

Miss Roberts and Miss Unsworth. 

Week ending 6.12.24

The countdown to Christmas has begun. In Re we have compared the story of the Nativity and even managed to draw the Nativity scene. 
In English, the children have completed their stories and edited. In maths we have no completed our times and division and ready to move onto fractions next week. 
In geography we looked closely at Texas. In science, we have looked at how earthquakes and volcanoes happen. The children completed an end of topic assessment with a double page spread. In D.T. we have started to cut and design our template for our sarcophagus. 
 

We even got a sneak peak at KS1 Nativity and it was amazing. 
We are really looking forward to helping our seedlings with some Christmas activities. 

Week ending 29.11.24

This week we finished off our Autumn assessments. Well done to everyone who showed resilience and determination. 
We have started planning our cliffhanger narrative based on Sherlock Holmes. The children have lots of ideas. In maths we have continued to look at multiplication and division using factors and multiples to help us. We have used squared and cubed numbers. 
In RE we continue to look at the Nativity through the Bible stories of Luke and Matthew. 
It has been a very busy week but we still had time for our times table challenge with more children receiving certificates. Well done. 

Week ending 22.11.24

Another busy week in Year 5. We have been busy completing the art work for our Knowsley guidebook. We have looked at our street and moved to Cronton and the surrounding area. The children have written about all their favourite places and even created a monument to celebrate someone of their choice. We had some lovely reasons from siblings being helpful to the best mums. We can’t wait to see the published book. 
In geography we have looked closely at North America and Texas. 
We have been doing our special work this week and the children are working hard to show what they remember.

We had a visitor who told us all about tax and why we pay it. 

On Friday, we had a visit from Mr Souter, who the children really enjoy. HE talks to the children about money matters in a fun way. They once again looked at neds and wants and about good and bad debt. Here is a little activity you can do at home. 

Week ending 15.11.24

This week has been Anti bullying week. The children understand it is important to be kind to each other and tell a trusted adult if they feel upset by others actions. We wore odd socks to show our individuality. The main theme is “Respect”. Being respectful is really important.

In maths we have been looking at factors, common factors, multiples and common multiples. Ask the children to explain this vocabulary to you. 
In English we have continued to immerse ourselves in our new class book. In Who let the Gods out we are really enjoying learning about Elliot and Virgo. 
In geography, we are looking at the lines of latitude and longitude and are focusing on North America- specifically Texas. 
In science, we looked at the geology of the earth and the different layers that it is made of. The children got to make their own earth with playdoh and they did a fantastic job.

We have completed our second part of our Knowsley art work. We looked at Cronton and the surrounding areas and described what was good about it. 
We also had some more times table certificates to give out. Keep playing on TTRS to turn your map green. 

Week ending 8.11.24

Welcome back after half term. This term we have lots of exciting activities. This week we started our work on the Book of Knowsley which is a guide book written by children. We are one of eight schools chosen in Knowsley to complete in it. We started by looking at our own street and answering a questionnaire about it. The children then drew their street and added something they feel would improve it. Later in the week we had a visit from Nat who is helping the artist to publish the book. She shared previous written books to help the children understand what they were part of. 

In maths we have started our work on multiplication and division. We are looking at multiples and common multiples. In English, we have started our new Ready Steady Write book which is The Hounds of the Baskerville. The children are really excited about the graphic novel. 
 

In geography we looked at the lines of longitude and latitude. In PE we completed practise for handball and gymnastics. 
This week, we celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali. The children learnt about the story of Rama and Sita. They looked at the traditions of the festival. As gardeners, we helped the seedlings created their Rangoon pattern for the deva lamp. 

Week ending 25.1.24

What a busy end to our first half term. 

It was lovely to talk to all the parents about your children. They have worked hard this week. In maths they have continued to develop and secure their addition and subtraction knowledge. We have also been working and securing our tables. We all want to turn our Heat map green on TTRS. 

In English, the children got to write a letter as the main character in our class book. They used good emotive vocabulary and are starting to use parenthesis to add more detail. 

The children have now completed all their swimming lessons. They all did very well and really enjoyed the lessons. 

This week the children researched and completed a double page spread about Nelson Mandela as part of our Black History work. They researched about his life and work and the changes he brought about. 

This week the children took part in the democratic voting for our School Council. We now have two new school councillors. Well done. 

Week ending 18.10.24

This week we have been looking at addition and subtraction in our maths lessons. We have used known facts, number families and looked at relationships between numbers to help us. 
In English, we have immersed and analysed letter writing in preparation of writing our own as the father character in our class text. 
We are coming to the end of our class reading book Kensuke’s Kingdom. The story is becoming more exciting and we can’t wait to see what happens. 
This week, the children have been enjoying their swimming lessons. They have been excellent in the pool and shown resilience and perseverance. They are really enjoying the lessons. 
In art the children have completed their pots and painted them. They have shared their work with the class and have shown their creativity. 
Well done everyone. 

This week we also took part in an LDST worship by Teams. It was lovely to share with our Trust. 
 

The children have been showing me their times table knowledge. I have rewarded the children with their bronze and silver awards. They are rearing to get their gold. Tables are really important. I also gave out Green Awards from TTRS for those children who have turned their times table map green. Keep practising on TTRS and you might turn your map green this week. 

Week ending 11.10.24
Another full week of learning. This week in maths we have moved onto addition and subtraction. The children have shown their understanding of column addition. In English, we have immersed ourselves in letter writing and looked at the wagonload to help us write our own. We have continued to read Kensuke’s Kingdom. We are at an exciting part in the story we’re Michael meets Kensuke. 

We have completed our topic on the ancient Egyptians by looking at the Rosetta Stone and becoming an archaeologist and writing about what they found out. In Re we looked at Holy books from other religions. 

In science, we looked at the properties of materials by using magnets, permeability, hardness, flexibility and transparency. In art, the children got to use their designs and create their canonic jars. They did an amazing job and used the coiling technique very well. 
 

For mental health day, they completed some mindful yoga and wrote positive notes about each other. We finished off the week with our amazing singing with Mr Holland. The children really look forward to it. 
 

Week ending 4.10.24

This week we have continued to secure our Place value with rounding. We used a jingle to help us remember.

Round, round, round we go,

If it's 4 and below it's down we go,

if it's 5 and above we round up.

We use this with our strategy to help us remember how to round to the different multiples of ten. 

In English, We have started to write and edit our narrative settings. The children are looking at using lots of the writers knowledge to create their writing.

They are using:

• expanded noun phrases
• personification
• parenthesis with dashes
• emotive language 
• cohesive devices

In science we have looked at reversible and irreversible changes in different materials. In history we looked at why the Egyptians had pyramids. We looked at mummification and the process they went through. 

We had a very special morning on Thursday with Mr Souter. He delivers an important aspect of learning which is learning about money in our debt management curriculum. He always shares it in the funniest way with a big impact.

In RE we looked at how we can find the Christian values in the stories of the Bible. In art the children started to design their own canonic jar and had the chance to share and review others. 

We had a very exciting Sunday were the Year 5 children introduced their Seedlings to the Church. What a very special memory for the children. It was a lovely service. Well done

Week ending 27.9.24

This week we have continued to work on our place value in maths. We have looked powers of 10 using a Gattegno chart. 
In English, we have analysed and wrote some descriptive settings based on our book Farther. 
In science, we have looked at different methods to separate materials. In history, we have continued to look at the Ancient Egyptians. 
on Thursday we had a fantastic day of International learning for European day of languages. We looked closely at the Netherlands and the children created some amazing double page spreads. 
On Friday, we completed our harvest service. We talked about the harvest in China which is known as the Moon festival. 

We also took part in our weekly music session with Mr Holland from the cathedral choir. The children are doing amazing. 

Week ending 20.9.24

What a very busy week we have had in Y5. The children started our Bikeability sessions which continued through the the week. They have learnt how to ride safely on the roads. 
 

In maths, we have continued to secure our place value understanding. In English genre we have analysed our text and looked at the authors knowledge which will help us write our own narrative. 

In RE we have looked at the Bible society and how many languages the Bible has been translated in to. In art, the children have looked closely at canonic jars and their use in Ancient Egypt. 
 

We ended the week with our first lesson with our choir master. The children were amazing and joined in straightaway. I thought they had taken part before as they were so good. Well done everyone. Keep it up. 
 

Week ending 13.9.24

This week we have been very busy learning place value in maths. In English we have continued to immerse ourself in the book FArTHER. This will help us to prepare to write our own setting narrative.

in history we looked closely at the Egyptians and how they lived. 
 

The biggest thing to happen this week is receiving our seedlings. We met them in the hall to get to know them and build a bond together. We hope to work with them over the coming months. The children were so excited and really took their gardener role seriously. 

In art the children have started to look at containers and their uses. In music they enjoyed dancing to Bon Jovi. 
 

Week beginning 3.9.24

What a great start to the term. It was lovely to see everyone returning to school and they have really settled into upper juniors. We started the week with lots of routines and expectations and the children soon showed their confidence and hard work. 

In English, we have started our class reading book “Kensuke’s Kingdom”. We made prediction before reading the first chapter about Michael’s new adventure with his parents. We have been practising our cursive handwriting and making sure the size is just right. 
In maths, we have looked at Roman numerals and we will continue to look at place value. 

This term, PE will be on a Wednesday and a Thursday. We will be starting athletics and Football skills. 
In history, we have started to look at the ancient civilisations of the Egyptians. We have looked at the vocabulary and where and when they lived. In Re we have looked closer at the Bible and the different genres contained in it. 

Welcome back everyone. Keep up the good work. 
 

Welcome to Year 5

Welcome to our new class blog for 2024 - 2025. We cannot wait to have so many wonderful times together learning new things.

We are really looking forward to the year ahead and all the new and exciting opportunities we will have such as: new learning, residential and trips to support our learning with our KEYS Curriculum.

With our Christian Vision “I can do everything through God who gives me strength” Philippians 4:13 I know we will all strive to do our BEST.

All the information your child needs will be given on their return in September.

Enjoy the summer holiday and we look forward to seeing you in September.

Miss Roberts and Miss Unsworth