St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 5: Blog items
Date: 28th Mar 2025 @ 4:11pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
referring referred referral preferring preferred transferring transferred reference referee preference transference different suffering differing suffered conferring offered offering
Counting
Count out loud in:
9s up to 108 and back again 0,9,18,27…
60s from 300 to 840 and back again 300, 360, 420 …
15s from 850 backwards to 575 850, 825, 800 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. Well done Year 5 with all the super effort to win last week’s TTRS competition. There is a new session set for this week.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on geometry– individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
Golden Assembly stars
Bella – star of the week
Agatha – Superstar writer
Leo H – special mention for his science knowledge in the STEM session
Florence, Eliza M, Zachary M – super learners for spelling
Xabier – bookworm
Leo W – marvellous mathematician
Year 5 have had another rich and varied learning week in school.
They have been working in teams to create newspaper front pages this week. Everyone had a specific job to do and they all enjoyed making news!
In Maths they have been investigating how to reflect shapes using grid sheets. The class have also been carrying on with extended times tables work ,as well as arithmetic.
This week in RE, the whole class wrote an acrostic prayer about heaven and had some super discussion about what heaven is! They also attended parish mass, along with stations of the cross.
BAE systems came to visit Year 5 this week and everyone was lucky enough to find out more about STEM, as well as experiment with programming robot vehicles.
Finally, the class enjoyed a trip to Judge’s Lodgings to discover more about life in Victorian times. They spent time in a Victorian schoolroom, learned how to set the table of a grand house as a servant and tried out some Victorian toys. Well done Year 5 on a very successful day!
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 3:35pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
develop dictionary determined disastrous embarrass environment equipped especially exaggerate excellent existence explanation familiar foreign forty frequently government harass
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 104 and back again 0,4,8,12…
50s from 250 to 850 and back again 250, 300, 350 …
20s from 2120 backwards to 1680 2120, 2100, 2080 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. There is a competition on between Year 4 and year 5. Good luck Year 5 – the more people that join in the better chance we have of winning!
Sumdog
Maths practise based on measurement– individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a great learning week in Year 5.
Year 5 have been focussing on writing about characters from the novel this week and have done a great job of comparing and contrasting two characters from our Varjak Paw novel. They have also done an outstanding job in this week’s spelling tests with everyone showing a significant improvement. Well done!
In Maths, we have been examining and applying different methods in multiplication and division. Year 5 are now moving on to recollecting knowledge on measurement facts.
This week in RE, the whole class has been focussing on prayer in Lent and they have discussed and debated what it is to follow your conscience, as well as writing some beautiful personal prayers of thanks.
In music, Miss Campbell has been most impressed with the raps that have been created by the class. There is clearly a lot of musical talent!
Year 5 have also been getting interactive with databases and learning to sort records, using search fields.
Finally, the class were lucky enough to all enjoy a silent disco this week and show off their dancing skills! Well done Year 5!
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 4:11pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
doubt island lamb solemn thistle knight badge bomb butcher ghost knee answer comb
Christmas honest knife sword crumb
Counting
Count out loud in:
7s up to 105 and back again 0,7, 14, 21 …
30s from 390 to 840 and back again 390, 420, 450 …
10s from 2110 backwards to 1790 2110, 2100, 2090 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on prime numbers and multiplication – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a great learning week in Year 5.
Year 5 have been creating reports about Russian Blue cats and discovering about the strange vanishings in our novel Varjak Paw. We also enjoyed a visit from the Japanese students who taught us how to write our names in Japanese!
In Maths we have been identifying prime numbers and also practising our grid method for multiplication, using 2 digit numbers x 3 digit numbers.
This week in RE, we have been acting out real life scenarios where we could choose to sin or follow one of God’s commandments.
In history we are all working hard to create informative reports about Victorian life in Lancashire! We learned about the Industrial Revolution and how much life changed at this time.
PE was varied this week – a mixture of Freddy Fit, Tag Rugby and handball. Well done Year 5 for giving everything a go!
Finally, it was British science week so Year 5 spent time looking at lifecycles as well as trying to create static using our whiteboards. It was lots of fun!
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 4:17pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
Possible horribly visible incredibly legible possibly terrible visibly sensible legibly horrible terribly incredible sensibly forcible forcibly impossible impossibly
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 110 and back again 0,5,10,15 …
50s from 550 to 1350 and back again 550,600,650,700…
10s from 1080 down to 890 1080, 1070, 1060, 1050…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on factors and multiplication – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had a super learning week in Year 5.
In English, we have been practising using direct speech in our writing. We also debated the character’s actions in the novel. Everyone is enjoying Varjak Paw.
In Maths we identified factor pairs and learnt the divisibility rules of numbers. It’s been a lot to learn, but we rose to the challenge superbly. It’s lovely to see us all trying our best.
This week in RE, we reminded ourselves of Jesus’ temptations during his 40 days in the desert and we discussed the temptations we face too!
In geography we started to learn about earthquakes: what they are, where they happen and why. We also established that they don’t really happen in our country as we are not sitting on a plate boundary!
Finally, we all embraced World Book Day by coming to school dressed as a character. We also had a lovely visit from Tom, who used to work at Longton library, to talk about ideas for this summer’s reading challenge.
Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 3:52pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult. Don't forget to add them to your vocabulary book!
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
adorable enjoyable reliable applicable readable tolerable changeable noticeable dependable
reasonable comfortable understandable considerable reasonably considerably reliably
shoulder soldier
Counting
Count out loud in:
2s up to 46 and back again 0,2,4,6 …
60s from 540 to 900 and back again 540,600, 660 …
11s from 132 down to 0 132, 121, 110…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables and division. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on addition and subtraction – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Sumdog have just launched a new fluency booster that is automatically available when your child signs into the app. This feature will direct you to skills that your child needs to improve on to boost their number fluency and will automatically update to meet their fluency needs.
We advise that your child spends at least 10 minutes a day on their booster feature as well as completing the maths focus and times tables challenges.
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 had a fabulous week full of poetry – everyone wrote and performed some amazing poems. We have a lot of very talented poets! We also started reading our new novel - Varjak Paw.
In Maths we practised lots of different ways to complete addition and subtraction calculations. Well done Year 5!
This week in RE, we explored symbols relating to Ash Wednesday and thought about the meaning of Lent, which starts next week.
In PSHE we talked about different medicines and drugs, especially the contents of cigarettes and vapes. The children were very knowledgeable about this and we had lots of conversation about the negative effect they can have on physical health.
In Science, we started our new topic about animals and human life cycles. We compared an average human life span to that of other mammals.
Well done Year 5 - a super week with lots of learning!
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 4:17pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Please keep reading over the half term holidays!
English
We have finally completed our ‘Street Child’ novel and everyone really enjoyed our last piece of writing; an advert encouraging people to visit the Victorian circus.
Maths
The children tried really hard with their bridging addition and subtraction. To be continued after half term!
Science
We have now completed our topic on space and our solar system. This week we learned lots of facts about the moon and why it changes its appearance.
Art
Year 5 ended their art unit on set building. There was so much detail in everyone’s recreated workhouses – it was fantastic to see!
Computing
There’s been some fantastic powerpoints created on the Vikings. This week everyone finished them off and added transitions and animations! Well done Year 5!
RE
Finally, we have spent the week giving a lot of thought as to how we could make the village of Longton a more loving place to live in, as part of our theme of mission. There were some fantastic ideas, including friendship clubs, fund raising ideas and ways to help the environment and protect the world God has given us.
Year 5 Friday Blog Friday 7th February 2025
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 4:16pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
innocent innocence obedient decent decency frequent frequency confident confidence intelligent independent independence obedience transparent transparency client parent accomplishment
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 120 and back again 0,5,10,15 …
80s from 0 to 480 and back again 0,80,160 …
11s from 132 down to 0 132, 121, 110…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. There is a new task set up on TTRS for children to access.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on number value – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 have been learning how to use skills, such as using relative clauses and metaphors in a coherent way. Everyone is enjoying reading about Jim and his adventures in Victorian London.
In Maths we have been busy practising lots of arithmetic and reasoning, as well as starting our new topic on place value.
This week in RE, we have all enjoyed trying to decipher the true meaning of The Lord’s Prayer. We created new scripts for the prayer, to break it down into modern language and we spent time thinking about why we call God a father.
We practised using Google Earth maps in geography this week. Everyone worked in pairs to locate famous volcanoes around the world and label a world map with all their names. Well done Year 5!
In PSHE we have been talking about respect, as well as identifying our character traits and how we can strengthen them. The children made fabulous respect posters and we also practised our mindful breathing by completing a mini meditation.
In computing, there has been some really amazing effort put into the Vikings powerpoint presentations with most of the class adding hyperlinks, 3 D shapes , importing pictures with special effects and using various animation and background effects. Super job Year 5!
Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 3:48pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
observant hesitant tolerance substance reliant vacancy observance hesitancy
assistant reliance defiant vacant expectant tolerant assistance defiance sustenance infancy
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s up to 220 and back again 0,10,20,30 …
25s from 0 to 350 and back again 0,25, 50 …
12s from 144 down to 0 144,132, 120…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. All children (who weren’t sure about accessing this app) have been shown how to log on to TTRS so they can use it at home.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on timetables and time – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
In English, we have been learning how to blend all types of parentheses (brackets, dashes and commas) into our writing in a natural way. This is quite tricky to do and we have all tried so hard.
In Maths, we have been revising how to tell the time on an analogue clock before moving on to telling the time using the 24 hour clock. Some of us have found this hard, so we have practised this at home too.
This week in RE, we have all been learning about The Transfiguration. We all wrote a super witness statement as Peter, the disciple. We also all enjoyed examining how this event has been depicted in art by many artists from all over the world. We enjoyed comparing three art works from Russian, Italian and African artists.
What a fantastic week we have had in art this week. We have been creating stages made from boxes based on the workhouse from our Victorian novel, Street Child. The creativity has been amazing!
In PSHE, we have been talking about bullying and cyberbullying. We really engaged with this and showed a lot of sound knowledge on the subject. We have also been journalling about how we have used our character strengths this week.
In Hiistory, we explored how we know what happened in the Viking era and we learned about some of the Anglo Saxon and Viking kings. Finally, we ended our week by adding some special features to our powerpoint presentations about Vikings, including adding a hyperlink. Well done Year 5!
Year 5 blog - 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 4:09pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
controversy convenience correspond criticise curiosity definite desperate determined develop dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equipment especially exaggerate equipped special
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 125 and back again 0,5,10,15 …
70s from 0 to 490 and back again 0,70,140 …
9s from 99 to 142 and back again 99,108,117…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. All children have been encouraged to practise on this week’s ‘gig’ that has been set on ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ app.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on multiplication – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
In English, we wrote a letter as the character Jim, from our novel. We also practised where to put commas in sentences in order to clarify meaning.
In Maths, we explored various different ways of multiplying using different numbers, but still arriving at the same answer. Secure knowledge of all times tables is critical to this, so well done to everyone who has completed extra practise this week to help achieve this.
This week in RE, we retold the story of The Good Samaritan and discussed how the parable shows virtues of love, hope and charity.
In computing, we continued with our powerpoint presentations about The Vikings. We learnt new skills such as creating text boxes over images and altering the artistic effects of a picture.
We developed our charcoal art skills this week and produced two pieces of work for display in the classroom. Fantastic work Year 5!
In PE, we developed dance sequences - there were some extremely creative interpretations of various scenarios! We ended the session by practising our happy breathing.
This linked to our Happy Mind session, when we also self-reviewed our character traits and journalled about how we could strengthen some of them.
Finally, we ended our week by learning more about volcanoes and where the tectonic plate boundaries are in the world.
Year 5 blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 4:11pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
infectious subheading conscience official conscious interact impatient irrelevant refresh
disappoint misbehave interrelated inactive illegible antisocial unable autograph vicious
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 108 and back again 0,4,8,12 …
25s from 0 to 425 and back again 0,25,50 …
7s from 49 to 147 and back again 49,56,63…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Please access Times Tables Rockstars to practise.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a super learning week in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 have been writing about the kind of lives children faced in Victorian times. We have also been practising using exciting and descriptive sentence openers.
In Maths we have been continuing to learn about fractions and how to simplify them and how to write thousandths as fractions. Well done to everyone who also completed extra maths revision sheets at home.
This week in RE, we have been spending time discussing how we could live out Jesus’s greatest commandment: to love God with all our hearts, our souls and our minds. Everyone wrote a personal letter to God to explain how they were going to live their lives for God and there were some fantastic ideas. Amazing!
In computing we have started to create powerpoint presentations about The Vikings, linking in with our current history topic.
We have also started to use charcoal in art, practising skills that could be scaled up for set design
Finally, we have been learning more about our solar system and how the earth orbits the sun. Great work Year 5!
Year 5 Blog Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 4:06pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
official special artificial partial confidential essential martial crucial torrential racial
prudential beneficial presidential social glacial commercial initial partially
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 108 and back again 0,4,8,12 …
40s from 800 to 1200 and back again 800,840,880 …
9s from 81 to 180 and back again 81,90,99…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great first week back in Year 5.
In English, we wrote complex sentences using simile starters and subordinating clauses. We also started our new class novel called 'Street Child' and explored some of the characters within it.
In Maths, we started our new topic about fractions and although we found this tricky, we tried our best with this.
This week in RE, we discovered the meaning of The Beatitudes and explored how they link to the Ten Commandments. We discussed how both The Beatitudes and Commandments guide us on the right path through life.
We also thoroughly enjoyed watching the brass quartet that came in to perform for us this week. We then got an opportunity to try out a wide range of brass and woodwind instruments as well as learn how to create a drum loop on the music technology bus that visited us.
In art, we started learning about set design in theatres and we explored some of the terms and materials used in set building.
Finally, we started our new topics about earth and space in science, and volcanoes and earthquakes in geography. We will continue them in the weeks to come.
A fantastic start to Spring term Year 5 – well done!
Year 5 Blog - Friday 20th December 2024
Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 2:51pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Please keep reading over the Christmas holidays!
We have had a jam packed week...
English
We finally completed our ‘Room 13’ novel and really enjoyed the dramatic ending!
Maths
We worked hard on long division calculations – we will consolidate this learning in the New Year.
Science
Everyone took part in the practical lesson on simple machines which included trying out the pulleys and levers in class as well as building gear mechanisms.
Art
We ended our monotypes art unit with some printing onto collage. We also made calendars and Christmas cards.
Computing
We created some fantastic videos in Year 5 this week. We worked in threes to film, edit and import content into video. The results were amazing!
RE
Finally, we ended the week by reflecting on the joyful mysteries, including the Annunciation and the Nativity, and baby Jesus was laid in the manger in our crib.
Year 5 have been outstanding this term - thank you to all of you! We will see you back in school on Monday 6th January 2025
Year 5 Friday blog 13th December 2024
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 4:12pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
vicious conscious malicious infectious suspicious fictitious nutritious cautious precious
ambitious gracious spacious vivacious delicious tenacious rhyme rhythm library
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 135 and back again 0,5,10, 15 …
40s from 800 to 1200 and back again 800,840,880 …
9s from 81 to 180 and back again 81,90,99…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Everyone will be doing a mixed times table test next week.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on multiplication and division – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had another lovely week of learning in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 completed their fantastic bat reports. We have nearly completed Room 13 and discovered what’s inside the mystery room.
In Maths we delved into common factors of numbers and the multiplication factors of larger numbers.
This week in RE, we discussed why David’s skills and characteristics as a shepherd made him suitable to be selected by God to be a king. This led us on to investigate what leadership qualities are and how we can develop them.
Christmas activities have continued this week with our Christmas biscuit making day. The children did an amazing job, producing tasty biscuits in colourful packaging to give as gifts.
Finally, we all enjoyed watching the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ panto and the Rock Steady show this week. Many of Year 5 took part and showed impressive musical skills. Well done!
Year 5 Friday blog 6th December 2024
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 4:06pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
immature impatient irrelevant refresh redecorate submarine immortal imperfect redo irresponsible return subdivide submerge impossible irregular redo reappear subheading reimburse
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 88 and back again 0,4,8,12, …
75s from 500 to 1025 and back again 500, 575,650,725 …
6s from 66 to 126 and back again 66,72,78…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Sumdog
Maths practise has been set based on multiplication and division – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had another great week of learning in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 have been researching and collecting information about bats, ready to write a non-chronological report. We all now know an awful lot about bats!
Our multiplication work has continued in Maths with a lot of tricky work involving factors of large numbers. Everyone has tried so hard with this.
During RE, we examined various artworks relating to the O Antiphons sung at Evensong during Advent. We also listened to some of the songs, including ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel.’
Christmas activities have started in Year 5 this week with the creation of some special Christmas cards for display in Booths over the festive season.
The whole class also enjoyed a special session of handball on Monday with Dave. Year 5 clearly showed a lot of skill in this session and have also really improved their teamwork skills. Well done Year 5!
Finally, Year 5 went to parish mass at the end of week and spent time with Father Michael afterwards, discussing advent and what their wishes were for Christmas.
Year 5 Friday Blog 29th November
Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 3:55pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
This week we spoke to the children about using technology and the internet safely. We discussed how to use internet devices safely in school and at home and signed our revised safer use agreement which you can find below. The children signed this to say they read and understood the content.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
interact intercity international interrelated supermarket superman superstar antiseptic
anticlockwise antisocial autobiography autograph interactive antidote antibiotic intersect
superimpose
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s up to 250 and back again 0,10,20,30, …
25s from 500 to 1050 and back again 0, 25,50,75 …
7s from 77 to 126 and back again 77,84,91…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Well done to Xabier for answering the most questions this week in Times Tables Rock Stars.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on multiplication and division – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.
This week we have been learning about listening skills in PSHE. We explored how to show great listening.
We also talked about how we change and grow in RSE this week and the children learned about the emotional, physical and social changes we go through as we move from middle childhood stage to adolescence.
In English, Year 5 have been writing the missing chapter from Room 13, using adverbial phrases. They have also reviewed their work and used synonyms from a thesaurus to improve it.
In Maths we have started a new maths topic about multiplication and division and how to spot multiples of a number. A great start Year 5 – they tried so hard.
During RE, we discovered that King David is in a long line of descendants that leads to the birth of Jesus. We also spent time examining the Good News bible and discussing the old and new testament.
In computing we have started working in groups to create a video on the ipads, using various camera techniques and everyone has made a start on creating storyboards and scripts.
Finally, we finished the week with an art lesson where we continued to experiment with mixing acrylic paints to create large backgrounds of colour. Another wonderful week of learning!
Year 5 Friday blog 22nd November 2024
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 3:58pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
disappoint misbehave disagree disobey misspell mislead incorrect illegal inaction
impossible midday unaware unable invisible inactive illegible misunderstood misplace
Counting
Count out loud in:
9s up to 108 and back again 0,9,18,27, …
40s from 0 to 640 and back again 0, 40,80 …
5s from 2490 to 2550 and back again 2490, 2495, 2500, 2505…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Well done to Joe for answering the most questions this week in Times Tables Rock Stars.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on statistics – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.
This week we learnt about neuroplasticity and our neural pathways in My Happy Mind. We explored how we improve when we practise and how we can calm down when things get difficult.
In English, Year 5 learnt how to develop characters through direct speech this week as well as writing some very imaginative poems based on dreams.
In Maths we practised measuring lots of angles, shapes and lines. We really rose to the challenge and gave 100% effort even though it was tricky.
During RE, we continued to discover more about King David and learnt some challenging words about his kingship such as ‘majestic’ and ‘glorious’.
Everyone enjoyed our day out at All Hallows this week when we tried out different PE lessons based on various sports, including handball, basketball and football. The teachers at the school were very impressed with the effort and skill that we showed.
Finally, we finished the week with an art lesson where we listened to a poem, created a mood board based on it, then explored mixing different paint colours to reflect the images from the poem! Well done Year 5 for showing some real artistic flair in this lesson.
Year 5 Friday blog 15th November 2024
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:45pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
available average awkward bargain bruise category cemetery committee competition
conscience conscious controversy convenience correspond criticise curiosity definite desperate
Counting
Count out loud in:
8s up to 112 and back again 0,8,16,24, …
70s from 0 to 840 and back again 0, 70,140 …
2s from 2490 to 2510 and back again 2490, 2492, 2494, 2496 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Well done to Freddie for answering the most questions this week in Times Tables Rock Stars.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on statistics – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.
This week, we carried on exploring our 'Happy Mind' brains together and practising our happy breathing that helps us regulate ourselves emotionally.
In English, we continued to share the class novel – Room 13. We discovered how to use figurative language effectively in our writing, including how to use similes and metaphors.
In Maths, we have started a new topic about statistics, analysing and interpreting data on charts and graphs.
During RE, we further developed our knowledge of who David was in the Bible. Everyone enjoyed hearing the story of David and Goliath and how David overcame Goliath using his faith and skill.
We all enjoyed preparing the Year 5 assembly, based on the theme of friendship and acceptance! Well done Year 5 for working so hard on this. What a fantastic assembly!
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 4:22pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
people because different achieve bargain category dragged completely happily limitation
simply limited forgotten information various accept knot peace
Counting
Count out loud in:
2s up to 44 and back again 0,2,4,6, …
60s from 0 to 540 and back again 0, 60,120 …
10s from 1980 to 2210 and back again 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.
We all enjoyed our first Happy Minds session together, learning about our brains and the best way to make all the parts of it work together in harmony. We also practised our happy breathing!
In English we started our new novel – Room 13 by Robert Swindells. We have been learning how to build suspense and tension in writing. Well done Year 5 for your fabulous use of vocabulary, ellipsis and rhetorical questions!
We all very much enjoyed a surprise visit by the well known Liverpudlian poet – Levi Tafari. He inspired us all to write a poem about what makes us smile in life!
In Maths we have been practising our subtraction of large and small numbers (including decimals), using exchanging. There has been a lot of progress this week – a great effort by all.
We started a new topic in RE - Prophecy and Promise. We discovered who David was in the Bible, and what it was about David in particular that led God to choose to have him annointed as a king.
On Thursday, we all had a fantastic experience on our school trip to Rock and River in Mawdesley. Everyone really entered into the spirit of it and gave everything a try. Fantastic work Year 5! There are plenty of pictures of the day on the Year 5 gallery section of the website.
Finally, we finished our week with an outdoor art session, creating images inspired by nature.
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:14pm
Welcome to your weekly blog
Well done to Year 5 for a very successful first half term. Please enjoy your well deserved break.
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Well done to Joe who was our times table rockstar last week.
We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.
We finished our Narnia novel and wrote some great summaries of the ending.
In Maths we used the written method to tackle tricky additions.
We enjoyed taking part in a quiz all about our RE topic of ‘Creation and Covenant’.
Finally, we learnt all about the different skills that the Anglo-Saxons brought to England and we made some fabulous brooches based on authentic artefact designs.
Year 5 Friday blog 18th October 2024
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 4:10pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
accept except ball bawl berry bury grate great groan grown knot not mail male
peace piece scene seen
Counting
Count out loud in:
3s up to 42 and back again 3,6,9, …
40s from 0 to 400 and back again 0, 40, 80, 120 …
10s from 980 to 1210 and back again 980, 990, 1000, 1100 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Well done to Dominic who was our times table rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.
In English, we have been writing, using relative clauses for extra information. Well done Year 5!
In Maths, we have been exploring number problems, continuing to use a wide range of addition/subtraction strategies and also trying to answer a variety of arithmetic questions.
We have continued to discover and discuss who our ‘neighbour’ is and how we can help them in our ‘love thy neighbour’ RE topic. We have been writing some lovely prayers to God to help us on our path in life.
In Science, we explored when forces are helpful and when they are unwanted. Everyone came up with great answers for this.
Finally, in Art, we finished our 3D maps of Narnia. They look fabulous displayed in the classroom.
Year 5 Friday Blog 11th October 2024
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 4:04pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
information adoration sensation preparation admiration poisonous dangerous mountainous
famous various tremendous enormous jealous humorous glamorous vigorous courageous
serious
Counting
Count out loud in:
even numbers from 50 to 80 and back again 50, 52, 54, 56, …
60s from 0 to 600 and back again 0, 60,120, …
8s from 0 to 104 and back again 0,8,16,24, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Well done to Joe who was our times table rockstar for the second time last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a super learning week in Year 5.
In English we have been writing short stories using co-ordinating and sub-ordinating conjunctions. We are also reaching the climax of our Narnia novel where the queen and Aslan finally meet at the stone table.
In Maths we are continuing to practise addition and subtraction using number lines, compensation methods and partitioning. The children have also been tackling some challenging maths problems and have shown great resilience in searching for the answers. Well done!
Our topic in RE this week was all about loving God and loving all people. We learnt about how much our little acts of love and kindness every day can make a big difference.
Finally, in science, we explored the idea of forces working against each other and how to make things go faster through the air. The children really enjoyed making streamlined paper planes and competing against each other to see whose plane could go the furthest.
Year 5 Friday blog 4th October 2024
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 4:05pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
beginning beginner gardening forgotten gardener limiting forgetting limitation basically
angrily gently nobly simply humbly dramatically preferred usually
Counting
Count out loud in:
even numbers to 40 and back again 0, 2, 4, 6, …
40s from 0 to 400 and back again 0, 40, 80,120, …
11s from 0 to 154 and back again 0,11,22,33, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
There is a competition between Year 4 and Year 5 this week on Times Tables Rockstars. Fingers crossed Year 5!
Well done to Joe who was our times table rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had another great week in Year 5.
In English, we continued learning about adverbials. The children wrote some fantastic spy letters to the Queen of Narnia, using fronted adverbials for cohesion in their writing.
In Maths, we moved on to our new topic of addition and subtraction. We have been practising partitioning and considering other suitable methods we could use.
Our focus in RE this week was the Catholic virtues. We discovered that virtues are simply the habit of doing good things in life.
Jazz continues to be the theme in music and everyone enjoyed learning a new piece on the djembe drums.
Finally, in Geography, Year 5 enjoyed going on a virtual field trip to Malham in Yorkshire and learning about the rural aspects of England.
Year 5 Friday blog 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:09pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
dragged dragging stopped playing stopping speedily sadly played completely usually
finally frantically comically supporting supported creatively happily working worked
accidentally
Counting
Count out loud in:
Odd numbers to 31 and back again 1, 3, 5, …
30s from 0 to 330 and back again 0, 30, 60,90, …
12s from 0 to 144 and back again 0,12,24,36, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to William who was our times table rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English we have done lots of challenging and enjoyable writing. We wrote a persuasive letter from the queen of Narnia to the children. Everyone worked very hard on this. We also spent time learning about and using adverbs and adverbial phrases.
In Maths we have been continuing with rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000. We have also been practising ‘what is 100/1.000/10,000/100,000 less than’, using 6 digit numbers.
Our topic in RE this week was all about making the right choices in life so that we stay close to God, our families and friends.
In music we have been listening to jazz music and trying to identify instruments. The children enjoyed learning about Louis Armstrong and his trumpet.
In French the children celebrated European day of Languages and found out about the benefits of learning other languages from Europe.
We conducted another experiment in science this week relating to friction. We measured the newton force required to move shoes along different surfaces. The children worked really well as young scientist explorers.
Finally, in art the children once again showed their creative side by creating drawings on maps. Well done Year 5.
Year 5 Friday blog 20th September 2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 4:26pm
Happy weekend and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
accommodate achieve ancient attached awkward accompany aggressive apparent
available bargain according amateur appreciate average bruise category cemetery committee
Counting
Count out loud in:
50s backwards from 500 500,450,400 …
20s from 0 to 450 and back again 0, 20,40, …
2s from 50 to 99 and back again 50,52,54,56 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Every pupil has been given their tables target
to practise at home.
Sumdog
Maths - number ordering
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Rockstars
Tables challenge
We have had another great week in Year 5.
In English we have all been creating great questions to ask the class about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as well as practising writing direct speech and using modal verbs.
In Maths we have been learning about place values, including numbers with decimals. We have also been re-capping where large numbers sit on a number line. Year 5 have once again put 100% effort into this.
We continued to follow the life of Moses in RE this week by learning about the time that he heard the ten commandments from God. As a class, we have been discussing their meanings and how they apply to us today.
In Art the children have created their own fonts in typography using inspiration from mechanical items and nature.
We were able to play full games of netball in PE this week and the children were able to demonstrate both their passing skills as well as practise their shooting. The sun shone and everyone tried so hard which was great to see.
After last week’s delve into gravity in science, this time we discussed other forces at work on our planet. We went on to experiment with magnets and discover how useful magnetic force is in our world. Well done Year 5.
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 9:26am
With your children now back in school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas.
Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find guides on new devices and WhatsApp.
To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
