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Year 5 week ending 21.11.25

English This week we focused on using expanded noun phrases and relative clauses to describe settings. We also created a main character for our stories based on ‘The Promise’. This…

Year 5, week ending 14.11.25

English This week, we started a new narrative unit based on the book ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies. Over the week, we explored the author’s use of similes, metaphors and…

Year 5 week ending 07.11.25

Welcome back to school! English This week, our writing to entertain unit was on Cinquain poems. The children enjoyed learning about the features and exploring how to create Cinquain…

Year 5, week ending 24.10.25

English This week we finished our current unit with short stories on being resilient. First, the children generated story ideas in teams. Then each team evaluated the ideas from another…

Year 5, week ending 17.10.25

English This week we began a new unit; poetry and short stories. In our first lessons, we explored the text; highlighting our initial thoughts about the book and commenting on…

Year 5, week ending 10.10.25

This week… In English, we completed our two week unit on writing to entertain. Over the week, the children continued to work on writing devices to produce a vivid setting…

Year 5, week ending 03.10.25

This week… In English, we started our new unit, writing to entertain. In this unit, we will focus on setting descriptions. Our core text is ‘Cloud Tea Monkeys’ by Mal…

Year 5, week ending 26.09.25

This week in year 5… In English, it was our final week on non-chronological reports. We completed our drafts, edited & proofread with feedback from our peers and our teacher.…

Year 5, week ending 19.09.25

This week in year 5… In English, we are continuing the unit on writing to inform (non-chronological reports). At the start of the week, we focused on adverbial phrases and…

Week ending 12.09.25

Welcome to Year 5! What a fantastic start to the new year – keep it up! This week in year 5… In English, we started our unit on writing to…