Year 5 blog 16th January

Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 9:16pm

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 

Homework 

This week's spellings are listed below. There are activities assigned on Spelling Shed for your children to complete based on our new spellings. The children are tested weekly on a Thursday.  Please do encourage your child to log on and practice these words. 

Reading 

We ask the children to read as much as possible as there are huge benefits to this within all areas of the curriculum. Children can bring their book back into school any day and they are able to change them independently.  Could you please encourage your children to read as much as possible and record this in their reading record. 

Times tables 

Please encourage your child to access their TT Rockstars account and complete tasks and challenges on the website to practice their times tables. 

English 

In Enlgish this week we have continued our work on The boy at the back of the class. We have been thinking about how Ahmet would have felt on his first day of school. We have explored the thoughts and feelings of the charater and created our own diary entry from his perspective. 

Maths 

In maths we have finished our topic on fractions. The children have been able to confidently simplify, order and compare them. The children have worked extreamly hard this week. 

RE

This week we were lucky enough to have Praggs come into school and deliver an assembly all about hindusim. The children then took part in a cooking workshop. They made their own chapati and got to eat this with a delicious curry. The children really enjoyed this. Please have a look at the imagess in our gallery. 

The Year 5 team !