Please find below Year 5's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.
Monday, 19 October 2026
Saturday, 17 October 2026
Year 6 - What a Wonderful Week of Learning!
Year 6 Weekly Update
It has been another busy and exciting week in Year 6, with lots of learning, creativity and new experiences to celebrate!
Literacy
This week, we began our new unit on explanation texts. We started by exploring how simple instructions are structured and then looked at how these can be developed into more detailed explanation texts. Together, we agreed on a definition: an explanation text tells us how or why something happens. We are looking forward to building on this knowledge as we learn how to write our own detailed explanations.
Maths
In maths, we have continued to develop our skills in long division, and the children have made fantastic progress! Some children have shown great confidence dividing using factors - ask them to show you!
Science
We continued our learning about the circulatory system, focusing on the different organs involved and understanding the important functions each one performs. The children are developing their understanding of how these organs work together to keep our bodies healthy.
Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, we have been learning a poem that we are excited to perform and record. The children have been working hard to learn the words and prepare their performances, and we look forward to sharing the finished result with you!
We are also looking forward to completing our Black History Month art project next week.
Forest School
One of the biggest highlights this week was that everyone had the opportunity to experience Forest School! We spent the morning developing our weaving skills using wool and practising the fish and dish technique. We used these skills to create beautiful God's eyes.
We also applied the same techniques to make picture frames, which we then filled with natural resources to create gorgeous nature-inspired pictures. It was wonderful to see the children exploring their creativity, developing practical skills and making the most of this exciting outdoor learning experience.
Looking Ahead
Next week, we are looking forward to continuing our learning in all subjects, completing our art project and building on the fantastic progress we have made this week.
Please remember to bring in any recycling so we can use the materials for our Art project.
Well done, Year 6, for another brilliant week of hard work, enthusiasm and creativity. We are very proud of you all!
Friday, 16 October 2026
Year 5 families
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Year 5 Weekly Blog
What another busy and fantastic week we have had in Year 5! Here is a roundup of everything we’ve been up to across the curriculum:
Black History Month
We continued our celebration of Black History Month by enjoying a wonderful playlist of music each day
Teachers
Nurses
Carers
Community Leaders
PSHE & Online Safety
We were delighted to welcome Sarah from Scarf for a special PSHE session
Science: Filtering Dirty Water
In Science, we explored global access to safe drinking water and tested methods of water purification
We began with a discussion about water accessibility, reflecting on the fact that around 1.6 billion people globally lack access to safe drinking water and that tap water is not universally safe
. For our practical investigation (Task B: Filtering dirty water), the class created natural filters using inverted plastic bottles to remove large insoluble particles (such as sticks and grass) from dirty water
. We observed that while the filter trapped large debris and made the water visibly clearer, a slight yellowish tint remained, proving that the water would still require further chemical treatment or boiling to be safe to drink
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Literacy
This week, we completed our shared write, paying extra attention to ensuring dialogue is correctly punctuated with speech marks and proper reporting clauses
Maths
We slowed our learning pace down slightly this week to make sure everyone has a secure mastery of key core concepts
Addition and subtraction
Inverse operations and missing number problems
Rounding numbers
Solving multi-step word problems
Looking Ahead to Next Week & Reminders:
Maths Assessments: Next week we will complete our End of Unit Test, followed by an Arithmetic Test
. Home Practice: Please keep practising the four operations, fractions, and most importantly, your times tables!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Monday, 12 October 2026
REMINDER : BHM Art Project 2026
Artwork by Matthew Small - ‘Seeing Potential’
Found Materials Art – Please Collect! Ideally in for tomorrow / as soon as possible.
We are going to create artwork inspired by the idea of using everyday and found materials to tell stories about our community.
If you would like to contribute, please send in clean, dry and safe recyclable materials such as cardboard, paper, magazines, wool, ribbon, string or plastic lids.
Please do not send glass, metal, food, sharp objects, electrical items, batteries, broken objects or anything dirty/unknown.
Children should only collect items with an adult's permission and supervision.
Many thanks,
The Year 5 Team
Year 5 Spelling WB 12.10.26
Please find below Year 5's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.
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