Year 5 blog 13th February
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 9:31pm
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Dear Parents,
Welcome to our weekly blog where you will find out about what we have been doing in class, homework and important updates.
Well done to our award winners who have worked extreamly hard this week
Book Fair Poster Competition Winners
Thank you to everyone who entered our book fair poster competition. There were lots of fantastic posters from every class which made it a very tricky decision.
The Year 5 winner who will recieve a £5 voucher for the fair is :
Oscar
The book fair will be open during parents evening on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th February in the out of school club room. It will also be open on Thursday 26th February in hall from 8:30am – 9am. All payments are made online through a QR code. The children will be taken as a class to visit the fair throughout the week to browse the books available. We are able to order extra copies of books should this be needed.
Let’s GO ALL IN together for the National Year of Reading and earn lots of exciting new books for our school.
World Book Day – Thursday 5th March 2026
For World Book Day this year we invite the children to dress up as their favourite book character. The children will participate in lots of fun reading activities throughout the day and share their favourite stories.
Children's Mental Health Week
The theme for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is This is my Place. That means feeling like you’re part of something, such as your family, your school, your group of friends or a team. These happy moments help us feel connected, valued, and accepted. When we feel like we belong, we feel happy, safe, and ready to learn and play. It helps us grow strong in our minds and bodies, and it makes it easier to make friends, do well in school, and feel good about ourselves.
On Wednesday, we all came together to watch the Children’s Mental Health Week live assembly (affiliated with Picture News).
Wellbeing Homework
Please click on the link below to see the wellbeing homework:
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/art-project
Multi faith trip
This week, Year 5 had the pleasure of going to 2 different places of worship. The first place we visited was the mosque. The children were incredible and asked some fantastic questions, the Imam was very impressed with the children's knowledge of Islam. We then went to Blackburn Cathedral where we explored Christianity and compared our knowledge to the religion of Islam. The children were again amazing and we were very proud of them all!
Spellings
There will be no spelling test the first week back at school, we will begin our test on week 2. Below is a list of the Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list which are spellings the children should be using within their written work.
Reading
We ask the children to read as much as possible as there are huge benefits to this within all areas of the curriculum. Could you please encourage your children to read as much as possible and record this in their reading record.
TT Rockstars
Please encourage your child to access their TT Rockstars account and complete tasks and challenges on the website to practice their times tables.
English
This week,the children have continued their work based on The boy at the back of the class.The children have been writing their own narratives based on the journey Ahmet took to reach the United Kingdom. They have included many of the different writing features we have been focusing on in class. We have been so proud of how hard the children have worked and the powerful emotion they have created within their writing.
Maths
The children have begun working on decimals. They have been identifying the value of each digit and then ordering decimals. The children then moved on to reasoning and problem-solving questions. Can you answer the question below?
Geography
This week, the children have completed their final lesson based on migration. We explored the push and pull factors for migration, the countries within Eastern Europe, and the benefits of people migrating to our country. Take a look at the amazing work the children have created!
The Year 5 Team