Year 5 blog 1st May

Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 8:25pm

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our weekly blog where you will find out about what we have been doing in class, homework and important updates.

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A huge well done to our this weeks awards winners!

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.

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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.

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.

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English

This week in our English we began our next text The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The children have explored the characters and used inference to determine what was happening within the story. We then used descriptive language to describe the Train station from the book. The children are really keen to find out what happens next within the story.

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Maths

In Maths this week, we have been focusing on fractions. The children have explored equivalent fractions before moving on to adding fractions with the same, and then different, denominators. We also worked together to create a set of rules to help us remember the different methods needed to answer the questions accurately.

Science

In Science this week, we continued our learning about forces, with a particular focus on air resistance. The children took part in a range of practical activities to explore how air resistance works and how it can affect the movement of different objects.

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The Year 5 Team