Spring Term 2026

W/C 5th January

We had a great first week back in Year 5. We have hit the ground running, ready to start 2026!

We have picked up where we left off before Christmas with Maths, continuing our work on fractions. We started off the week by subtracting from a mixed number, before looking at breaking the whole. We then completed our first unit on fractions by looking at subtracting two mixed numbers. Next, we moved onto our new unit of Multiplication and Divsion, we started off by multiplying a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number and then looked at how to multiply a 2 digit number by a 2 digit number using the area model, also known as the grid method. 

In English, we started our new unit based on the short film, 'One Small Step'. We started off our sentence stacking lessons by using complex sentences and a colon for a list. Then we looked at alliterative dialogue and another complex sentence. We also, completed an Experience Day where we read 'The Heart and the Bottle', we dicussed the feelings associated with loosing something or someone special. In our final sentence stacking lesson of the week, we looked at verbs, adjectives and inner thoughts, foreshadowing. 

This week, we also started our new Geography unit, by looking at the water cycle and how water moves around the world. We then completed our second lesson, looking at what a river is and how they are formed. We started our new Science unit, on space, looking at what a solar system is and what ours is like. We started our unit in RE, on Islam. We looked at what happens at a mosque including identifying its key features. We also completed a PSHE lesson, where we investigated jobs.