Year 5

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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