Year 5: Blog items
Year 5 - History - Ancient Greek Artefacts
Date: 30th Mar 2026 @ 5:23pm
Today, Year 5 explored a fascinating selection of Greek artefact replicas. The children examined a model of the Parthenon frieze, a monkey‑shaped perfume bottle, and a terracotta oil lamp, along with several other intriguing objects. Each artefact helped us deepen our understanding of life in Ancient Greece and sparked lots of curiosity and discussion.
Year 5 - Reading into writing - Oracy
Date: 30th Mar 2026 @ 5:21pm
Today in Year 5, we focused on developing our cognitive skills as part of our Oracy Voice 21 work. We began by recapping our physical oracy skills while reading cinquain poems, which we are exploring as part of our reading‑into‑writing sequence. After this, we moved on to our cognitive skills by creating a one‑minute elevator pitch.
We discussed how to construct a persuasive argument and considered what we might say if we had the chance to speak to Miss Moyes. The children thought carefully about strong points they could make, using clear reasoning and justification to support their ideas.
Date: 30th Mar 2026 @ 2:57pm
Today, the children took part in a series of relay races and rounders-style activities designed to develop their throwing and catching, team communication, and accurate passing skills. Pupils worked in small groups to complete relay challenges, focusing on passing the ball safely and quickly while maintaining good teamwork.
They then applied these skills in adapted rounders games, where they practised underarm and overarm throws, catching with control, and communicating effectively with teammates. Throughout the lesson, pupils demonstrated growing confidence, improved coordination, and positive collaboration.
Date: 27th Mar 2026 @ 3:40pm
🌟 Spelling Bee Success! 🐝📚
Today, our school was buzzing with excitement as children from Year 2 to Year 6 took part in our annual Spelling Bee! 🏆✨
Over the past few weeks, pupils have been working incredibly hard to learn their spellings. From tricky letter blends to confident articulation, they have shown real dedication. 💪🧠
When the moment arrived, each participant demonstrated remarkable resilience and courage. Taking the stage in front of the whole school is no small task, yet our spellers stood tall, spoke clearly, and gave it their very best. 🎤👏
We are incredibly proud of every child who took part. Their effort, determination, and enthusiasm made today a wonderful celebration of learning. 🎉📖
A huge well done to all our super spellers! 🌈⭐
Year 5 - NSPCC Workshop: Speak Out, Stay Safe
Date: 26th Mar 2026 @ 8:29am
Today, Year 5 took part in an engaging and informative session delivered by the NSPCC as part of their Speak Out Stay Safe programme. The visit aimed to help children understand their rights, recognise when something doesn’t feel safe, and learn how to speak out if they ever feel worried or unsure.
During the session, pupils explored what safety means—both online and offline—and discussed the importance of trusted adults who can help when something is wrong. The NSPCC team used age‑appropriate videos, scenarios, and discussions to explain different types of harm and emphasised that every child has the right to feel safe, valued, and listened to.
A key message throughout was that children should never feel alone with their worries. The presenters highlighted practical ways to seek help, including talking to a trusted adult at home or school, and introduced Childline as a confidential resource available whenever children need support.
The session was highly interactive, empowering pupils with the knowledge and confidence to recognise unsafe situations and speak out. Year 5 responded thoughtfully throughout, demonstrating strong awareness and empathy. The visit reinforced our school’s ongoing commitment to safeguarding and helped ensure that every child knows how to stay safe and where to turn for help.
Date: 26th Mar 2026 @ 8:28am
In today’s lesson, In today’s R.E lesson, we explored the importance of Holy Week and why it is such a significant time for Christians. We learned that Holy Week remembers the final days of Jesus’ life, beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with Easter Sunday, when Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead.
The children looked closely at two important symbols connected to Holy Week and Easter:
The Cross – We discussed how the cross reminds Christians of Jesus’ sacrifice and his love for others.
Easter Eggs – We explored how eggs symbolise new life and hope, linking to Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday.
The children then worked in groups to sequence the Easter story using picture cards, putting the key events—such as the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection—into the correct order. They showed great teamwork and understanding in explaining what each picture represented.
By the end of the lesson, the children had a deeper understanding of why Holy Week is meaningful to Christians and how its symbols help tell the story of hope, sacrifice, and new beginnings.
Year 5 - Reading into Writing - Fable Writing
Date: 25th Mar 2026 @ 12:26pm
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Yesterday in Computing during Together Time, Year 5 stepped back in time to 1912 as they explored a database of Titanic passengers! The children learned how databases help us store, organise, and search large amounts of information.
Using the Titanic database, Year 5 practised using AND and OR search functions to find specific information.
- They used AND to narrow their searches, such as “passenger AND first class” to find people who met both conditions.
- They used OR to broaden their searches, such as “male OR crew”, to include more results.
Year 5 - Spectacular Scientists!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:46pm
Science Day 2025!
Today in Year 5, we joined with classes from across the school and carried out a hands‑on investigation to answer our key question: “Does the thickness of a biscuit affect how many times it can be dunked before it breaks?”
We tested four different biscuits, each with a different thickness. Working carefully and fairly, the children dunked each biscuit into warm water one dip at a time, counting how many dunks it survived before breaking. We made sure to keep all other factors the same so that it was a fair test.
The class recorded their results, compared the performance of each biscuit, and discussed what the findings might tell us about biscuit strength and structure. The children showed great teamwork, accurate measuring, and excellent scientific thinking.
It was a fun (and slightly messy!) investigation that helped us practise making predictions, collecting data, and drawing conclusions like real scientists.
Date: 11th Mar 2026 @ 5:23pm
The children first listened attentively to the traditional folk song “Erie Canal”, taking in its simple melody, catchy chorus, and the story it tells about life along the historic canal. They were encouraged to appraise the song, discussing elements such as the rhythm, instrumentation, and the narrative in the lyrics. Many noticed the repetitive, sing-along structure that makes the song memorable and easy to engage with.
After this, the children listened to a modern interpretation of the same song by Bruce Springsteen. This version had a different style and energy. The children compared the two versions, discussing how the mood, tempo, and instrumentation changed the feel of the song.
Date: 10th Mar 2026 @ 4:54pm
Waste Week is a national campaign aimed at helping schools reduce food and plastic waste while engaging students in sustainability education.
This year we are focusing on reducing food waste in school and also at home.
Over 10 million tonnes of food are wasted in the UK every year! Wasting food wastes money, water, energy, and time.
When we waste food, we also waste all the resources used to grow, transport, and store it.
The law says: schools cannot mix food waste with other waste. Schools must recycle food properly. Schools must sort all recyclables (paper, glass, metal, food etc.).
Our Eco Warriors will be ensuring everything gets recycled correctly and less food is wasted at lunchtime.
"Don't take too much from the salad bar if you can't eat it" Darcy.
"Use leftovers to make another meal" Albie
"If you have to leave food put it in the new compast bin" Esme.
"Eat food before it goes out of date" Ellie- May
Date: 9th Mar 2026 @ 9:15am
So far this term, Year 5 have been exploring flat‑file databases. We began by creating our own simple databases on paper, which helped us understand how information can be organised into fields and records. The class discussed the advantages and disadvantages of paper databases, for example, how they are easy to create but difficult to sort or search quickly.
We then moved on to investigating real online databases, including ones about insects and countries. Pupils used their data‑sorting skills to filter and organise information, compare entries, and answer questions using the data.
The children are developing a great understanding of how databases work and why they are useful in everyday life.
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 1:50pm
Year 5 celebrated World Book Day in style with a fantastic day full of books, creativity and fun. The children came to school dressed as their favourite book characters, showing off a wonderful range of imaginative costumes inspired by stories they love.
They took part in an exciting assembly where everyone celebrated the joy of reading together. The pupils also tested their book knowledge by taking part in a fun and challenging book quiz.
One of the highlights of the day was a live session with Cressida Cowell, the author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. During the session, the children learned more about the book, discovered how the story and characters were created, and even had the opportunity to learn how to draw some of the characters.
Year 5 - Characterising speech in Reading into Writing
Date: 4th Mar 2026 @ 11:41am
Today in Year 5, we explored how to characterise speech. The children imagined what a bear might say in different situations and then enriched their dialogue by adding emotion, actions and thoughts to bring the character to life.
They carefully considered how the bear was feeling and showed this through expressive word choices, detailed action beats and insightful inner thoughts. It was wonderful to see how confidently they applied skills from previous lessons, including the use of fronted adverbials to add variety and detail to their sentences. They also demonstrated a secure understanding of how to punctuate direct speech accurately.
The children will then apply this to their fable planning later in the unit.
Year 5 - Fanatical about Friction
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 1:25pm
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Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 10:09am
As part of our new Reading into Writing Journey, we are looking at fables. Some children in Year 5 have taken their WAGOLL immersion to the next level and, taking the features which they have identified, have improved a WAGOLL which had missing features. This lesson also involoved some more complicated Computing skills as they had to edit an existing document, spell check and correct the formatting as well as improve the text itself! Well done Year 5!
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 5:23pm
This week, Year 5 have been developing their understanding of thousandths, exploring how they can be represented as both decimals and fractions.
The children practised reading and writing numbers such as 0.001, 0.245 and 3.678. They also linked these decimals to their equivalent fractions with a denominator of 1,000, deepening their understanding of place value.
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 5:21pm
Today in Year 5, we explored the concept of databases and discussed what they are used for. We learned that a database is an organised collection of information that can be sorted and searched in different ways.
To help us understand this, the children worked collaboratively in small groups to create their own paper databases. Each group chose a range of animals and recorded key features, such as habitat, diet, number of legs, and whether the animal was a mammal, reptile, bird, or amphibian.
Once their information was collected, the children practised organising their databases in different ways. For example, they arranged the animals in alphabetical order and then reordered them by specific features.
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 6:19pm
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 6:15pm
Today in music, we revisited our listening skills using the Listening Mats. We recapped how toidentify musical elements and used them to appraise the song “Free.” The class focused ondescribing what they could hear, including instruments, dynamics, tempo, and mood.
We then continued learning to sing “All Over Again.” After practising the melody and developingconfidence in performance, we revisited the meanings of improvisation and composition. Thechildren discussed how improvisation involves creating music spontaneously, while composition isabout planning and writing musical ideas.
Finally, we performed the song 'All Over Again" - discussing its themes of the resilience anddetermination to overcome a bad day or feelings of frustrations, accepting that tomorrow is a newchance for a fresh start and to start... ALL OVER AGAIN!
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 9:29am
This week, Year 5 continued to construct their bug hotels using a frame structure.
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 9:25am
This week, Year have been looking at match reports. They read about a real match that took place earlier last week (Manchester City V Newcastle).
