Year 5- Spring 1- Week 3

Year 5 have enjoyed yet another busy and exciting week full of learning, creativity and teamwork.

In English, we followed Arthur’s perilous journey across the sea. The children created detailed story maps, which helped them build their ideas and develop rich language. Using expanded noun phrases, adverbials of time and place, and relative clauses, the children worked hard to write vivid and descriptive accounts of Arthur’s journey. It was wonderful to see their imaginations come to life on the page.

In Maths, we moved on to the topic of measure. We began by exploring perimeter before progressing to area, tackling a range of engaging problems and puzzles along the way. Alongside this, the children have continued to practise their times tables, developing greater fluency and confidence.

Our RE learning focused on the parable of the mustard seed. The children reflected thoughtfully on what God’s kingdom means in everyday life and produced a beautiful display, writing about how we can work towards it through kindness, forgiveness, caring for our world and serving God.

As part of collective worship, we took part in the Week of Unity, learning about the importance of belonging and working together as one community, while celebrating that we are all unique. We took this learning outside, creating stunning ‘unity mandalas’ using natural materials. The children worked collaboratively, discussing teamwork and ensuring that everyone felt included.

In Science, we explored the life cycle of a plant, with a focus on germination. The children were fascinated to discover that some of our conkers had already begun to sprout, and they enjoyed observing the shoot bursting out of the shell first-hand.

During PE, with Ellen from the LFC Foundation, the theme was communication. The children took part in a range of activities that required different types of communication, highlighting how important listening, teamwork and clear messages are in sport and everyday life.

Finally, on Wednesday, we were visited by PCSO Alex, who spoke to the children about online safety. We learnt about keeping personal information private and creating secure passwords. The children were highly engaged and asked lots of thoughtful questions.

Another fantastic week in Year 5 – we are very proud of the children’s enthusiasm, teamwork and hard work!

Reminders for next week:

• Swimming continues up to half term, on Wednesday afternoons.
• PE with LFC Foundation on Thursdays.
• Homework is set via Mirodo on Fridays. This due back the following Wednesday.
• New spellings are put on Google Classroom each Friday.