Week beginning 19th January 2026
Year 5 blog
The biggest news we want to share is about our Knex challenge on Wednesday. It was a really fun competition where we worked in partners to complete a build. We had to see which parts worked and which parts didn't work: problem solving! The winner is invited to the final at Renishaw soon!
We had to build a mini factory to store products and we had to have shelves and robots. This was inspired by the Amazon warehouses that were fully automated. We had to demonstrate how the robot part of our warehouse worked.
In Maths, we have been finishing off our long multiplication and have just started our long division. It is a bit tricky for some people because we've gone from multiplying to dividing but we are showing our amazing resilience to tackle the challenge!
In RE, we were comparing how Moses and Jesus linked and we were also linking the 10 commandments and the Beatitudes. Which Beatitude do you think is the most important?
In RSHE we have been looking at our emotions. It is really helpful!
In Science, we have started our new topic on lifecycles. We have been looking at the life cycle of a mammal and a bird! Next week it is insect and amphibian!
See you next week!
Week beginning 12th January 2026
Mrs Carr blog
I could write reams and reams about what we did in the week, but instead I am going to let the pictures do the talking!
The children have been hard working, focussed, resilient and inquisitive- but with such a lovely fun flair too!
We have had so much fun capturing special moments of laughter, concentration and performance- I hope you like the pictures! The science pictures were taken by Year 5 themselves, who wanted to capture their own record of the lesson! I absolutely love the smiles!
Normal blog will be resumed on Friday :)
Week beginning 5th January 2026
Year 5 Blog
Happy New Year!
What a start to 2026! We came back on Tuesday to a light dusting of snow! Very exciting!
We have started 2026 with some really tricky Maths! We have started our work on long multiplication! It is quite hard but once we know the steps, we will be super confident. For now though, we are being very resilient!
We have started a new topic: Rainforests. To help us, we have got a programme to watch each Geography lesson about people visiting the rainforest and the Achuar tribe. It will help us understand more about the rainforest and why it is so important to protect it.
Not only is it a new calendar year and a new school term but for one of us, its a brand new school! We have welcomed Evie into our class family! We are very excited to have you!
In PE, we have started hockey. We have had a hockey assessment to show Mrs Carr what we can do- and we are moving onto defending next week.
We are also focusing on "a" and "o" in handwriting to help us form our words correctly. We must remember that we join a from the bottom and o from the top!
Finally, in English we are doing instructions. We are learning about imperative verbs and how to structure them correctly.
We have started a new class book called "Asha and the Spirit bird". It is full of cliff hangers and Mrs Carr loves leaving us on really good ones. So, we are going to leave you on one too!
Next week, we will be doing.......