Year 5 News
Oh ‘deer’, fractions and decimals again!
27/02/2026 · No comments yet
Maths This week we have started the new topic of Decimals and Percentages. One of the key concepts is the eqivalence of decimals and fractions. Tenths and hundreths are more easily understood but finding the decimal equivalent of 1/4 and 1/5 are trickier. The video below can help with this. English Our new class Read More
Half way through the Spring term
13/02/2026 · No comments yet
The weeks have rushed past since the start of January and we have had a hectic final week before the half term. English The acting bug struck 5B again this week when we recorded our versions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The scripts were written and edited by the groups, with children taking Read More
Photos and videos from Year 5
08/02/2026 · No comments yet
We have had such a fun and busy week in Year 5 this week. In Science we investigated non-newtonian liquids and made some Ooblek, using corn flour and water. We had so much fun passing it around the classroom, although I’m not sure our cleaning lady had as much fun at the end of Read More
Rainy end to January
30/01/2026 · No comments yet
English This week we have started to write our own version of the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The classes have been, or will be, split into small groups so that each child is in charge of their own scene. Editing will then take place as a collaborative effort. Once everyone is happy Read More
Revolting Rhymes, Multiplying Maths and Brilliant Bouldering
16/01/2026 · No comments yet
Good evening. The rain promised this week has failed to arrive during the day and so breaks have been outside. However, the grounds are wet and so there is plenty of mud around. Apologies if you have had extra washing but I’m sure you’ll agree its better than just having tarmac to play on. Read More
Happy New Year in Year 5
09/01/2026 · No comments yet
Good evening all and happy new year! The children have made an excellent return to school and have been working hard all week! I needed to post some pictures and videos of 5K from the end of last term when we made our moving mars rover vehicles. The children had lots of fun seeing Read More
What’s the Crime Mr. Wolf?
18/12/2025 · No comments yet
Year 5, supported by other KS2 classes, put on a great show with: What’s the Crime Mr Wolf? There were great songs, lots of fine acting and a huge amount of words to learn. The children did very, very well. We hope that you enjoyed the show! Did you vote guilty or not guilty? Read More
Polishing the performance
13/12/2025 · No comments yet
Year 5 performance This week we have focused on the Christmas performance by ensuring that we are adding expression and volume to our voices. Everyone has learned their lines and the dress rehearsal on Friday went well. Understandably, there are nerves, which makes lines become rushed. We have encouraged the actors to take breaths Read More
Building up
29/11/2025 · No comments yet
Maths Maths has continued with fractions and this week we have been adding and subtracting them. We first did this when the denominators were the same but then moved on to fractions with different denominators. In order to do this, we have had to use our learning of equivalent fractions, which took place a Read More
Bikes and parachutes
14/11/2025 · No comments yet
Science In Science this week, we have continued to look at forces. Following on from last week’s experiment and our findings about air resistance, we investigated the best design for a parachute. First we made one using a square of plastic (a cut up bin bag), string and maths multi-link cubes. We then changed Read More
