Welcome to Year 5
This week’s learning has been full of creativity, curiosity and reflection!
In English, the children completed and published their World War I cinquain poems, showing great care in choosing powerful vocabulary. We also began our new writing unit based on The Promise by Nicola Davies, exploring how authors use descriptive language to bring stories to life.
In Maths, we continued our work on fractions, finding equivalent fractions, converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions, and comparing fractions less than 1.
In Science, the children investigated transparency by using an online light meter to measure lux (LUX) levels and discover how different materials affect the amount of light that passes through them.
In RE, we learned about Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita, as well as the life of Saint Nektarios of Aegina. The children reflected on the virtues he demonstrated, including humility, perseverance, forgiveness and kindness, and discussed how these values can guide our own lives.
We are very proud of the children’s enthusiasm and hard work throughout another fantastic week of learning!
Home Learning
Handwriting
We use the Nelson Handwriting script. See examples of the joins below:
Mrs Richards
Welcome back to a new half term in Samos Class!
In Maths, the children completed their work on multiplication and division by multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 and exploring multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000.
In English, the children explored cinquain poetry and wrote their own poems inspired by World War I, using carefully chosen vocabulary to create vivid imagery.
In RE, the children began a new unit on the Bible. They learnt how it is organised, located the Old Testament and New Testament, and practised finding books and scripture references.
In Science, the children started their new topic on Properties and Changes of Materials. They investigated the property of hardness, testing and comparing materials to discover how suitable they are for different purposes.
Home Learning
Mrs Richards
This Week in Year 5…
In English, the children wrote narrative poems inspired by The Tree and the River, using their creativity to tell stories through poetry.
In Maths, they explored common factors, prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers, developing their reasoning and problem-solving skills.
In RE, the children continued their learning about standing up for religious rights, using Bonfire Night as a stimulus for discussion and debate about different beliefs and historical perspectives.
Home Learning
As we come to the end of our first half term, I would like to thank you for your continued support. I hope you all have a wonderful and restful half-term break, and Ilook forward to seeing the children back next term for more exciting learning.
Mrs Richards
This Week in Year 5…
It has been another busy week of learning in Year 5!
English: The children continued developing their descriptive writing by focusing on the foreground, middle ground and background of a scene, while using prepositional phrases to add detail and clarity.
Maths: We completed our unit on addition and subtraction and began multiplication and division, exploring multiples, common multiples and factors.
Science: The children focused on the process of evaporation and learned how it is used to produce salt by allowing water to evaporate and leave the salt behind.
RE: We discussed how religious leaders have stood up for religious freedom and explored how light can symbolise standing up for our beliefs and rights.
Home Learning
Regular reading and short revision sessions at home will help reinforce this week’s learning and continue to build confidence.
Thank you for your ongoing support, and we hope you have a lovely weekend!
Year 5 have had a wonderful week of learning!
English: We focused on using similes, personification, varied sentence openers and subordinate clauses to make our writing more effective.
Maths: The children worked on inverse operations, multi-step addition and subtraction problems, and comparing calculations.
Science: We investigated how water temperature affects the time it takes for sugar to dissolve and discussed our findings.
RE: The children explored religious freedom and considered why people may choose to stand up for their beliefs.
Class Assembly: We were incredibly proud of the children during their assembly about Samos Island. They learned their lines well, sang beautifully and performed their dance with confidence. Some children even stepped in to learn extra lines at short notice. Well done, Year 5!
Looking Ahead to Next Week
In English, the children will complete their character analysis before planning, writing and editing a descriptive piece based on our class text, Cloud Tea Monkeys.
In Maths, the children will complete the final step in the addition and subtraction unit, Find Missing Numbers, before beginning a new unit on Multiplication and Division, where they will learn about multiples, common multiples and factors.
⭐ Well done, Year 5, for another fantastic week of learning and achievement! ⭐
Home Learning
As Year 5 continue to develop as confident learners, regular reading and short revision sessions at home will help them build on their success in class. We appreciate your support in helping them achieve their very best. ⭐
Mrs. Richards
Year 5 have enjoyed a productive and creative week across all subjects.
In English, the children published their final non‑chronological reports, each one based on a mythical creature they designed themselves. They focused on key report features such as clear subheadings, factual language and detailed diagrams. They also began a new unit on writing to entertain, exploring imaginative narrative techniques.
In maths, the class started a new unit on addition and subtraction, using mental strategies to work confidently with whole numbers over four digits.
In RE, the children completed their unit by learning about key dates in the Orthodox calendar, gaining insight into how different traditions mark important moments.
In science, Year 5 carried out an investigation into solutions, testing substances to see which dissolve, which are soluble, and which are insoluble.
Home Learning
Year 5 are continuing to build their focus, and regular home revision — practising their maths strategies and revisiting recent English learning — will help strengthen their confidence and keep them progressing well. Thank you for supporting their learning at home.
As we prepare for our class assembly on Thursday 8th October, please use the link below to learn our song.
Mrs Richards
This week in Year 5, the children continued to develop their skills and knowledge across the curriculum.
In English, the children developed their plans using fronted adverbials before writing a draft, focusing on paragraph structure, expanded noun phrases, and factual information. In Maths, they completed the place value unit by rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, and 1,000,000. In Science, the children explored filtering through a practical investigation, while in RE, they learned about offering gifts through worship and living the liturgy in everyday life.
This week, we have continued to work hard across the curriculum.
In English, we revisited adverbials and parenthesis, exploring their purpose and how to use them effectively in our writing. We then began planning our non-chronological reports.
In Maths, we continued our Place Value unit, focusing on powers of 10, finding 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 more or less, partitioning numbers to 1,000,000, using number lines to 1,000,000, and comparing and ordering numbers to 100,000.
In RE, we learnt about the Divine Liturgy and its importance in worshipping God.
In Science, we investigated sieving as a method of separating mixtures.
Well done to all the children for their effort and enthusiasm this week! 🌟
Home Learning
What a fantastic start to the new school year! The children have returned eager to learn and have embraced new challenges with enthusiasm.
Our English lessons began with a creative cold write, where pupils wrote short stories inspired by a lighthouse on a stormy night. They have now started a new unit on non-chronological reports. In Maths, we are developing our understanding of place value by working with numbers up to 1,000,000. In RE, we celebrated the Feast of the Birth of the Theotokos and finished the week by learning about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Home Learning
Please click the link below, to see home learning set this week.
Mrs Richards