Year 5 Friday Blog - 11.7.25

Date: 8th Jul 2025 @ 9:12pm

Dear parents

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Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.

Every Friday, the blog will be shared with the class to recap our learning and make them aware of their homework. Moving to online homework has allowed us to become a more eco friendly school. Throughout the week we will be learning about the spelling rule in preparation for the quiz on Thursday. Spelling frame can be used for practise along with the spelling strategies shared on the blog below.

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Question prompts are provided within reading records asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference.

Spellings - Please note: There are no new spellings to learn! Instead, we will have a fun quiz on the spellings we've already covered. It’s a great chance to show what you’ve learnt! 🌟

We encourage you to review past spellings. A little practice can go a long way! You might challenge each other with flashcards or use the words in sentences. Learning can be fun!

Times tables - Please use the Times Tables Rock Stars website to practise the times tables. We will be revising all times tables in year 5 and further developing related division facts. Times tables test will take place each Friday.

I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes, every night, on each of the websites.

Our learning this week in Year 5

Discovering : Our Half-Term Spotlight 🌍

This half-term, we're excited to learn all about our spotlight country Romania! Each week, we’ll share a fun fact about this amazing country. Children may want to get involved at home. If you find out something interesting about Romania, bring that information into school.

Fun Facts about Romania

Here are some more fun facts about Romania for kids.

1. The Scarisoara Glacier in the Bihor Mountains is Europe's second largest underground glacier, weighing 75,000 cubic metres and existing for over 3,500 years.

2. The Parliament Palace in Bucharest is the second largest building in the world after the US Pentagon. It is 84 metres tall. It is also the heaviest building in the world.

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3. Romania has the 15th largest rail network in the world. It’s the 4th largest in Europe and runs for 22,298 kilometres around the country

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Creating Myths: A Week of Creativity in English!

This week, our classroom has been buzzing with creativity as the children wrote their own myths! 📜✨

From brave heroes to magical creatures, the children used their imaginations to tell exciting stories. Each child crafted their own unique myth, showcasing their ideas and writing skills.

After writing, they worked together to edit their stories, learning how to improve their work. This important step helped them understand the value of revising their writing. ✍️

Their hard work resulted in a wonderful new original book of myths in the class library! 📚❤️

This Week in Maths: Learning Percentages and Fractions! 📊✨

This week, the children have been working hard in maths! They tackled some important concepts around percentages and fractions. Here’s what they have been up to:

🔍 Understanding Fractions:
The children learned about percentage equivalents for halves (1/2), quarters (1/4), fifths (1/5), and tenths (1/10). They enjoyed converting these fractions into decimals and percentages!

✏️ Exploring 10s and 25s:
They also looked at fractions with denominators that are multiples of 10 and 25, like 2/5, 3/5, and 4/5, while gaining confidence in their skills!

📈 Solving Percentage Problems:
The children had fun solving a variety of percentage problems.

We are thrilled with their progress and encourage you to keep supporting them at home!

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This Week in RE: The Book of Daniel 🌟

This week in RE, we explored the book of Daniel. 📖 The children recapped the story and discussed how Daniel and his friends had their names changed by King Nebuchadnezzar. This led to a conversation about the importance of our names and how it might feel to have our names altered.

We also talked about our own talents, inspired by Daniel's gift of interpreting dreams. 🌍✨ Each child shared their unique strengths and how they can use them to help others.

Finally, we chatted about the difference between wisdom and advice. What does wisdom mean to us?

Safeguarding - morning routine

If you are dropping off your child at the classroom door / KS2 entrance door and need to pass a message on to a member of staff please do so by speaking to the staff member who monitors the door in the morning.

If you need to enter school for any other reason, adults can only enter the school building via the main school entrance and seek assistance from the school office team. If you are attending a meeting with a member of staff you must sign in at the front desk as a visitor and have an ID lanyard.

Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school and children safe.

Safeguarding - End of the day routine

To ensure the safetyof all children, we would like to remind everyone of our end of day proceedure.

At the end of each day, Y5 will line up on the playground football pitch.Each child will be dismissed individually, only when a member of staff has seen the adult who is collecting them. If you need to speak with the class teacher at the end of the day, please allow them to dismiss the class first.

If your child is being collected by somebody different, please inform the school office.

If your child is not attending out of school club, please inform out of school club.

Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school and children safe.

Other news

🎤 Well Done to Everyone Who Auditioned for the Euxton Factor! 🎉

We are so proud of all the talented children who auditioned for the Euxton Factor! 🌟 Your performaIf you need to speak with the class teacher at the end of the day, please allow them to dismiss the class first. nces showed the incredible range of skills in our class.

We can’t wait to see you shine on stage next week in the final. 🌈✨

Thank you to everyone for participating.