St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 5: Blog items
Year 5 Blog Friday 14th June 2024
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 7:37am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Next week we will be writing about My Special Place. If you haven’t already, please have a think about your special place at home in preparation for our writing in school. Your special place could be a room in your house, a place you have been on holiday, etc. You could share ideas with people at home and draw or look for pictures.
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.
definitely mischief veil protein receive achieve ascent photograph peace alter telephone piece assent altar weigh
Counting
Count out loud in:
Square numbers from 1 to 144 and back again 1, 4, 9, …
7s from 0 to 84 and back again 0, 7, 14, …
12s from o to 144 and back again 0, 12, 24, …
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 Elliott who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – boys v girls
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English we have done lots of exciting writing. We wrote a descriptive piece about D Day, we planned our own sequel to Varjak Paw, and we wrote a performance poem about nature. We also learnt about D Day in our history lesson. We looked at some documents from the National Archive and then used them to solve clues and figure out the planning that took place for D Day.
In maths, we have been finding equivalent fractions and then adding and comparing fractions. This is tricky but everybody has done a fantastic job.
In RE, we continued with our learning about the Ten Commandments. We shared our ideas about which Commandment we think is the most important. We then read God’s People from the book of Isaiah. This scripture describes things that please God. We used the ideas to write own our instructions about living in God’s way. Here is the scripture we examined:
God says:
Be clear about what is right and what pleases me! Giving up things and putting on a miserable face does not impress me. What brings me joy is everything that brings freedom: a kindly word for someone who is worried; a helping hand for someone in trouble. When people share food with the hungry and help the homeless find shelter; if they give clothes to those in need and work at bringing happiness to their family and friends, I see my love growing in them. This is what pleases me, and they will become signs of hope for everyone, like a bright sunrise after a long dark night. (Isaiah 58: 3-8)
In music we practised singing the songs for Bugsy Malone. The lyrics to the song can be found on this blog.
Year 5 Blog Friday 7th June 2024
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 8:40am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
As part of a whole school project, we are going to be completing a piece of writing called – My Special Place. Please have a think about your special place at home in preparation for our writing in school. Your special place could be a room in your house, a place you have been on holiday, etc. You could share ideas with people at home and draw or look for pictures.
Please also bring your favourite fiction book into school next week to have a look at in our English lessons.
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes.
Please bring your favourite book into school on Monday – we are going to spend next week looking at how to write a good first chapter.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
necessary prejudice environment competition changeable dependable herd guessed aisle guest heard isle island compliment
Try to use the strategy of writing the words without vowels and then rewriting with the vowels.
necessary n_c_ss_ry
Counting
Count out loud in:
Quarters from 0 to 2 and back again one quarter, two quarters, three quarters, one whole, …
Fifths from 0 to 2 and back again one fifth, two fifths, three fifths, four fifths, one whole, …
Thirds from 0 to 2 and back again one third, two thirds, one whole, …
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 Elliott who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Competition – individual
It has been a great week in school this week. It is clear that everybody is now getting ready for Year 6 – excellent role models at all times.
In English we finished reading our class novel Varjak Paw. We started to think about a sequel to the novel and are looking forward to writing the first chapter of our very own sequel.
In maths we have been using a protractor to measure and calculate angles. We recapped the names of different angles including acute, right angle, obtuse, and reflex.
In RE we have been looking at the Ten Commandments. We spoke about reasons why Christian’s still follow God’s Law so many years later. We also compared which of the commandments we all consider to be the most important.
In geography we examined different maps of Europe to learn about different countries. One map told us which countries have the highest annual income. We spoke about what it would be like to live in a country which has a high income in comparison to a country with a low income.
In PE we had a practice of the relay race ready for Sports Day next week. We also practised some tennis skills and played a really fun game. Everybody was so kind encouraging others.
Have a happy weekend.
Year 5 Blog Friday 24th May 2024
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 12:57pm
Happy Friday, happy Half Term and welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a fantastic half term in Year 5.
Everybody has worked so hard.
Have a look at our galleries to see some of our learning.
Have an amazing week off, try to spend some time outdoors enjoying the nature.
There are some Sumdog and Times Tables Rockstars competitions and challenges if you would like to have a go, and try to keep up with some reading.
#30 Days Wild
As a school we are going to take part in a celebration of everything nature has to offer. This is an initiative set up by The Wildlife Trust. In June, we will be providing opportunities for all children to experience and learn about the wildlife on their doorstep, helping to nurture happier, healthier children, and create allies for our precious natural neighbours.
Attached to this blog are the lyrics to the songs you need to know for Bugsy Malone. Please practise them at home.
Year 5 Blog Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 8:21am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Pick 3 words you haven’t used before and say them in your own sentence.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
Try to use the strategy of writing the word once, tracing over it, and then copying it.
exaggerate yacht physical serious nature adventure jealous famous hideous television invasion aloud wary allowed weary
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.25s up to 2 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, ...
0.5s up to 4 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, ...
0.3s up to 2.4 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, ...
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 Maizie who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic week in Year 5.
In English, we have been learning about the features of a newspaper report and then writing our own about the mysterious vanishings from our class novel Varjak Paw.
In maths, we have been solving problems involving measures. These were tricky but everybody tried really hard. We have also been learning at reflecting shapes, and fractions.
In geography, we continued with our new topic all about Europe. We used maps of Europe to so that we could identify the countries we have visited. We also used an atlas to locate the countries which have qualified for the Euros 2024. Come on England!
In PE, we played different games to practise our underarm throws. Everybody is getting very good at this! We finished off our PE lesson with a game of cricket which was so much fun!
In RE, we spoke about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how we can use these gifts for good. We then wrote prayers for the Year 4 children who will be doing their First Holy Communion this weekend.
Have a happy weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 12:59pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Practise using different voices.
Read the Rain Player story attached to this blog.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
certain cemetery frequently purpose muscle soldier transferred preferred adorable century shoulder tolerable reliable sensible incredible
Try to use the strategy of splitting the words into memorable chunks.
For example,
Cemetery: cem-et-ery
Sensible: sens-ible
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.4s from 0.4 to 4.8 and back again. 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, ...
0.7s from 0.7 to 8.4 and back again. 0.7, 1.4, 2.1, ...
0.5s from 0.5 to 6.0 and back again. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, ...
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 Phoebe who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – Dogs v Cats v Frogs
Spelling Challenge
It’s been a lovely week in Year 5 this week. We have only had four days in school, but have done lots of exciting learning.
In history, we started our new topic about Ancient Maya. We tried some of the food the Maya people used to eat including avocado, cocoa and corn. We thought about clues these foods gave us, such as the Maya people must have lived near rainforests and were gatherers. We also watched a video to introduce the topic.
We followed our history lesson with an art lesson. We read a story called Rain Player - you can read the story in the file attached to this blog. This story was set during the Mayan times. It tells the story of a boy who challenged a God to a game of pok-a-tok (similar to football) and won! We then used the illustrations from the book to create our own piece of art. They are all amazing!
You can see our art work here.
In RE we watched a video and read some scripture about the Ascension. We then retold it in our own words. We also attended Ascension Mass in church.
In maths we have been using our knowledge of multiplication and division to convert between measures.
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
1 kilometre = 1000 metres
1 litre = 1000 millilitres
Have a super sunny weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 3:30pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at different ways the author has started sentences.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
various disappear pressure vicious expectation innocent delicious incredible horrible occupy queue symbol forty identity develop
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s from 25 to 125 and back again 25, 35, 45, …
100s from 301 to 1,301 and back again 301, 401, 501, ..
1000s from 7,983 to 17,893 and back again 7,893 8,983, 9, 983 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition - PNE v Blackburn Rovers
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great week this week, made even better by a little bit of sunshine.
In English we continued reading our class novel Varjak Paw. We have been learning about subordinating conjunctions. We used this video to help us remember what a subordinating conjunction does, and some examples. Have fun singing and dancing along at home.
In maths we have been multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 and using these skills to solve problems, including converting between measures such and centimetres and metres.
In RE we enjoyed re-enacting the conversion of Saul to Christianity. We thought about the feelings and experiences of the different people who were there.
We started our new geography topic all about Europe and Greece. We recapped the continents by singing our beloved continents song.
Have a super weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 8:20am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Try to find as many adjectives as you can in your reading. Remember an adjective describes or adds information to a noun.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
peculiar opposite particular possession height separate imagination surprise occasion centre uncovering enjoyable sentence befriender address
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
50s from 0 to 500 and back again 50, 100, 150, …
30s from 0 to 300 and back again 30, 60, 90, …
40s from 0 to 400 and back again 40, 80, 120, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – Traffords v Whitworths
Spelling Challenge
We have had a lovely week this week.
In English we wrote poems all about Earth Day. We used this poem as an example.
Our planet Earth.
Our planet Earth – so beautiful,
A planet of land and water,
How will it look for your children?
Or your great grandson or daughter?
Ask yourself, “Am I bothered?”
Ask yourself, “Do I care?”
Ask yourself, “Can I make a change?”
It’s a responsibility we all share.
Are you prepared to make a change?
Instead of driving, will you walk?
Or catch a bus or cycle?
Or is this just all talk?
We can all do our bit to help.
We can use less plastic each day.
We only have one planet Earth.
Let’s make a change, what do you say?
In maths we have been learning about prime numbers. A prime number only has two factors, one and itself. We have also been practising multiplying three-digit numbers by two-digit numbers. Everybody did such an amazing job.
In RE we have been learning about the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. We spoke about why Jesus died for us and how the disciples felt at the time.
We started our new topic in science all about animals including humans. We revised some features of mammals and their life cycles. We also looked at the life cycle of some insects including butterflies.
Have a super weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 19th April 2024
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 12:52pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at different ways the author has started sentences. Which is your favourite? Write it down and bring it into school.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They are some of the spellings you need to know by the end of Year 5.
twelfth rhyme rhythm explanation pronunciation convenience criticise interrupt guarantee committee community thorough
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
20s from 0 to 400 and back again 0, 20, 40, …
25s from o to 500 and back again 0, 25, 50, …
9s from 0 to 108 and back again 0, 9, 18, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – boys v girls
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Rockstars
Complete the session and take part in the different games. You are all doing so well so far!
Below are some links for the website and for a video for parents and carers.
Video for parents and carers about Times Tables Rockstars
Link for Times Tables Rockstars
It has been a great week back after the Easter holidays.
In English, we started our new class novel – Varjak Paw by S.F.Said. We are loving it! We have spent the week writing a non-chronological report all about Mesopotamian Blues which are the cats in the story. The purpose of our non-chronological reports is to teach the Year 4 children about the cats to help them understand the novel when they read it next year.
In maths we have been learning about factors and common factors.
The factors of 21 are 1, 21, 3, 7
The factors of 9 are 1, 9, 3
The common factors of 21 and 9 are 1 and 3.
In Art we started our new topic all about architecture. We are going to be looking at different architectural designs, making our own, and discussing if we think architects should fill the world with big and beautiful buildings or build more modest, eco friendly buildings.
We also started our new topic in PSHE. It is called: How can drugs common to everyday life affect health? We discussed drugs that are legal and illegal and spoke about different drugs which are used as medicines.
Have a happy weekend!
Well done for an amazing week this week!
Year 5 Thursday 28th March 2024
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 4:32pm
Welcome to your Easter Blog
We have had a brilliant last week of the Spring Term
We retold some chapters of our novel in our own words and as characters from the story. Everyone has tried to improve their presentation this week, well done Year 5!
In maths we have been revisiting the formal written method for addition and subtraction. We have been working with 4 digit numbers and remembering our place holders.
In In Science we researched the planets in our solar system and created fact files for each planet.
In DT we completed our straw house designs. They all stood up on their own and resisted some rigorous testing!
In French we learned how to ask for help at the doctors and how to describe our condition. Tres bien!
Have a fantastic Easter break and keep up the regular home reading!
The Year 5 Team
Year 5 Blog Friday 22nd March 2024
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 3:39pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look out for speech, discuss how it is punctuated.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
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favourite |
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temperature |
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opportunity |
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opportunities |
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identity |
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identities |
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cemetery |
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cemeteries |
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community |
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communities |
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curiosity |
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curiosities |
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dictionary |
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dictionaries |
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vegetable
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Counting
Count out loud in:
7s from 0 to 84 and back again 0, 7, 14, ...
8s from 0 to 96 and back again 0, 8, 16, ...
12s from 0 to 144 and back again 0, 12, 24, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. You either have your own tables target or please practise dividing by 12.
Sumdog
The winner of last week’s maths competition was …
Freya - well done :)
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
Year 5 Blog Friday 15th March 2024
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 2:06pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Tell somebody your favourite thing about the book you are reading.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Most of them contain the letters -ei or -ei.
achieve leisure mischievous neighbour soldier sufficient variety ceiling belief believe experience weight quite quiet quit
Counting
Count out loud in:
1s from 5 down to -20 and back again 5, 4, 3, …
5s from 5 down to – 60 and back again 5, 0, -5, …
3s from 3 down to -36 and back again 3, 0, -3, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. You either have your own tables target or please practise square numbers e.g., 2 x 2 = 4, 3 x 3 = 9.
Sumdog
The winner of last week’s maths competition was …
THE DOGS by one point!
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great week this week. On Wednesday we were joined by Freddy Fit and enjoyed our workout. We spoke about the importance of both physical and mental wellbeing.
In English we continued reading our class novel - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We finished our character description of the professor using dialogue and action. Our objective was to describe a character who sounds eccentric to the reader. We then read our descriptions to Year 4. We didn’t tell the children our objective. After reading, we asked them to write a word to describe the professor. When they wrote unusual, strange, etc, we knew we had achieved our objective.
In maths we learnt about negative numbers and different methods to add and subtract. We spoke about where we might see negative numbers including lifts, football matches, and thermometers.
In RE we started our new topic all about Lent. We thought about giving. We also had a visit from Father Michael. He spoke to us all about saying sorry for things we had done wrong. We then each had the chance to say sorry to God with Father Michael.
In history we started to learn about the Vikings who arrived in Britain around 790AD. We discussed what the Vikings were like and reasons they might have come to invade Britain.
We have had a fantastic two weeks with Atsuya and the other Japanese students. It was amazing to learn about their culture. We were lucky enough to play with some traditional Japanese toys which we loved! Safe travels back to Japan.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 8th March 2024
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 12:54pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Try to find 3 new words to bring into school.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They are homophones. This means they sound the same but have different meanings. You need to know how to spell them and also what the different spellings mean.
isle aisle aloud allowed are our affect effect herd heard past passed led lead definite
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s from 217 to 417 and back again 217, 227, 237, …
1000s from 99 to 10,099 and back again 99, 1099, 2099, …
0.001s from 2.199 to 2.229 2.199, 2.2, 2.201, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. You either have your own tables target or please practise dividing by 7.
Sumdog
The winner of last week’s maths competition was …
THE GIRLS
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition – Cats v Dogs
Spelling Challenge
We have had a very exciting week this week. We are very lucky to have been joined by 4 Japanese students who are training to become teachers in Japan. Atsaya has spent the week with us in Year 5 and has been very impressed.
In English we started our new class novel – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. So far, we have been introduced to the main characters and are starting to learn about Narnia and The White Witch. In our writing we have been using action and dialogue to describe the professor from the story. We all agreed that he was an eccentric character so we have been discussing things that an eccentric character would say (dialogue) and do (action).
In maths we learnt about the place value of numbers up to 3 decimals places. We also used our knowledge of place value to order and compare numbers.
In RE, we considered different parts of the Eucharist and discussed their significance. We read the Eucharistic prayer and wrote our own prayer to God remembering Jesus and the sacrifices he made for us.
We had a fantastic World Book Day. It was wonderful to see all of the different book characters and discuss our favourite books. We even managed to take part in our dance lesson dressed as the characters!
Happy Weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 1st March 2024
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 8:01am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at how speech is used. Try to use good expression when reading speech. Next week we will be writing a character description from our new book. If you have a character that you like, bring your book into school.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They are words which have apostrophes for contraction. This means a word or group of words have been shortened. The apostrophe represents missing letters. It is important that you remember to put the apostrophe in the right place.
don’t they’re can’t doesn’t won’t I’ve I’ll she’s he’s you’re you’ve couldn’t wouldn’t shouldn’t persuade
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s from 0 to 60 and back again. 5, 10, 15, …
Tenths from 0 to 2 and back again. 0.1, 0.2, 0.2, …
Halves (0.5) from 0 to 10 and back again. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. You either have your own tables target or please practise dividing by 9.
Telling the time
Visit the following website to practise telling the time.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition – boys v girls
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week this week.
In English, we wrote two different adverts to persuade different audiences. The first was an advert to persuade children to go to the circus. The second was an advert to persuade an adult to donate money to a charity which helps animals. The language we used was very different in each advert as they had different audiences and different purposes. We also recorded our adverts and used our voices as an additional way to persuade our audience. We tested out our circus adverts on Years 2, 3 and 6 who gave us a star rating for how likely they were to go to the circus after hearing our advert. There were lots of 7/7 ratings.
In Maths, we calculated the area of different shapes and also solved problems involving time. This included converting between 12-hour and 24-hour times and reading analogue and digital clocks. If you are not confident with reading the time, please practise at home this week.
In RE we made links between the Passover and the Last Supper. We discussed how Jesus would have celebrated the Passover each year to celebrate his people being freed from slavery. We also discussed how the Last Supper was a very special Passover feast as this was when Jesus knew he was going to die, and was the first time Jesus turned the wine into his blood and the bread into his body.
In art, we started our new topic about landscapes. Throughout the topic we will be using different media to create pictures of landscapes. These will include pencil, ink, paint, charcoal, pastels, etc. This week we used different sketching pencils. Everybody did such a fantastic job.
Year 5 Blog Friday 23rd February 2024
Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 3:27pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Discuss the characters and what you know about them.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. These are some of the words you need to know by the end of Year 5. Some of the spellings have the suffix -ly.
competition definite definitely immediate immediately special especially sincere sincerely frequent frequently desperate desperately
Counting
Count out loud in:
6s from 0 to 72 and back again.
7s from 0 to 84 and back again.
12s from 0 to 144 and back again.
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. You either have your own tables target or you can practise square numbers.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Challenge
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week this week.
In English, we finished reading our class novel Street Child. We wrote a persuasive radio advert to persuade children to go to the circus, this was after reading about the circus that the main character Jim visited. The focus was on using vocabulary and sentences that would persuade a child.
In Maths, we have been solving problems involving multiplication. We used different strategies including doubling and halving, and drawing bar models.
In RE, we watched videos about the Jewish festival Passover. We then wrote a diary entry as if we were one of the slaves freed from Egypt. We focused on what life had been like and how Passover would be remembered in the future. We also made our Lenten promises, we spoke about saying sorry for the things we have done wrong and turning over a new leaf. We all decided something we would do during the season of Lent to become a better person.
We had a sporty day on Thursday with a dance session from South Ribble and our PE lesson. We loved learning a new dance and in PE we did some tag rugby and gymnastics. Everybody was amazing!
Have a happy weekend
Year 5 Blog Thursday 8th February 2024
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 3:27pm
Happy Half Term and welcome to your weekly blog
Please spend this half term:
Resting
Relaxing
Having fun
Spending time with loved ones
Try to keep up with the reading – you can do all of the above whilst reading.
If you would like to go on Sumdog, there will be challenges available to practise times tables and the Year 5 and 6 spellings.
We have had a wonderful week this week.
On Monday, we finished our set designs for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They all look amazing! Take a look at our gallery to see us in action and our finished pieces.
This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme this year is My Voice Matters. This theme was chosen to help us develop the skills we need to express our opinions, beliefs, values and feelings. We spoke about ways we can express ourselves including:
- Making choices
- Talking to a trusted adult
- Writing a letter or note to ourself or somebody else
- Voting on decisions
- Drawing a picture
- Creating a journal or diary
- Writing a song
- Having a check in system with somebody
We also celebrated our achievements and spoke about these proudly. We then came up with some positive affirmations all about My Voice Matters.
- I have important contributions to make
- When I speak, people listen
- I take time to listen and learn from others
- I feel empowered when I share my thoughts and feelings
- MY VOICE MATTERS
Have a happy Half Term.
Year 5 Blog Friday 2nd February 2024
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 1:19pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Talk to somebody at home about the punctuation used in speech and look out for it when you are reading.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Most of the words have double letters, try to remember where the double letters are. These are tricky spellings; you will need to practise every day.
accommodate attached apparent appreciate community communicate especially exaggerate conscience conscious government environment equipped according excellent
Shape Practice
Next week in maths we will be learning about perimeter and area. Visit the following websites to recap your learning from Year 4.
Times Tables
Please practise a mixture of times tables including squared and cubed numbers.
Sumdog
Maths Competition: Boys v Girls
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
This week in maths we ordered and simplified fractions. This was tricky but everybody embraced the challenge and did an amazing job!
In English we wrote stories all about time travel. Everybody decided where in time their character would travel to and decided how to make their stories interesting to the reader.
In RE we spoke about different Christian communities. We discussed some of the differences between the different denominations, but we focussed on the similarities, especially that we all share Jesus’ mission. Christians believe that we should love one another.
In art we started our set design for the chocolate room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was amazing to see everybody use their imagination. We can’t wait to see the finished pieces!
Have a happy weekend.
Year 5 Blog Friday 26th January 2024
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 1:03pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look out for speech, see if the books follow the rules that we came up with in class.
- Opening speech marks before the spoken words.
- Capital letter for the first spoken word.
- Punctuation after the spoken words.
- Closing speech marks after punctuation.
- Use a comma to separate the speech and the rest of the sentence.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
science mischief quiet medieval ancient glacier weigh neither height restaurant vegetable cemetery temperature
Times Tables
Please practise cubed numbers or your own individual target.
Counting
Count out loud in square numbers from 1 to 144 and back again.
1, 4, 9, ...
144, 121, 100, ...
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Fractions Challenge
Reminders
Online Safety
Please try to find a cardboard box for art over the next couple of weeks. A shoe box would be perfect.
Remember to bring in anything else you want for our model set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's chocolate room.
Here are some ideas you came up with in class:
Plastic cup
Paper cup
Cellophane
Bottle caps
Fabric
Pom poms
Lollipop sticks
Maths
In maths we learnt how to find equivalent fractions. We also compared fractions by finding a common denominator.
English
We revised the rules for speech and wrote our own conversations.
We came up with some funny conversations between the teachers in the staff room.
We also became sub-editors by reading sports reports and checking them carefully for spellling, punctuation and grammar mistakes.
PE
We enjoyed learning some hockey skills and playing little matches to put our new skills into practice. Everybody played fairly and had a great time!
Computing and Science
We made PowerPoint presentations all about Earth and Space.
This week we recapped our skills and managed to:
Add new slides
Change the background
Insert wordart and textboxes
Change the font
Import, move, rotate and resize an image
We also learnt how to:
Add bullet points
Add outlines and fill colours to our text boxes
Have a very happy weekend!
Year 5 Blog Friday 19th January 2024
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 2:55pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Try to find one amazing word and bring it into class - we will add these to our English display.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They all contain the letters ei. Can you figure out what different sounds the ei makes and identify any patterns or rules?
ceiling receive receipt deceit perceive vein rein reign veil
weigh eight neighbour weird their height
Counting
Count out loud in:
Tenths from 0 to 1 and back again one tenth, two tenths, three tenths, (ten tenths = one whole)
Thirds from 0 to 4 and back again one third, two thirds, three thirds or one whole, one and one third, ... (three thirds = one whole)
Fifths from 0 to 2 and back again one fifth, two fifths, three fifths, ... (five fifths = one whole)
Times Tables
Please learn cube numbers or your own individual target.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition in teams
Reminders
Please remember to collect things for our art project this half term when we will be making a model set for the chocolate room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
You might collect:
Fabric
Cardboard
Plastic
Chocolate and sweet wrappers
Cocktail sticks or lollipop sticks
Maths
In maths this week we have been using our new method to divide and interpet remainders. It is so important that we know our times tables!
Our new method includes looking at our times tables and using related facts
2,600 ÷ 5 =
We can partition 2,600 into 2,500 and 100
25÷ 5 = 5
So 2,500 ÷ 5 = 500
100 ÷ 5 = 20
So 2,600 ÷ 5 = 520
English
In English we read more of our class novel Street Child. We also wrote a non-chronological report all about the Victorians.
A non-chronological report gives the reader facts about a topic and can be read in any order.
RE
In RE we spoke about Jesus' mission to teach, preach and spread the Good News. We read Good News for the Poor from Isaiah which was one of the scriptures Jesus first read when he started his mission in Nazareth. We thought about how the words would have helped and comforted people. We then came up with ways we can comfort people when they need us.
Geography
We thought about different ways humans have affected the landscape in Britain and had a really interesting discussion about: what if the government banned any more building in the United Kingdom?
Have this discussion at home, does everybody agree?
Science
In science we carried out a fair test to find out the effect water resistance has on different shapes.
We know that water resistance is a force which slows objects down as they move through water, it is a type of friction.
We made different shapes out of playdough and timed how long they took to fall to the bottom of a cylinder of water.
Have a happy weekend.
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 4:14pm
With your children returning to 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 continuing with 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
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
Year 5 Blog Friday 12th January 2024
Date: 9th Jan 2024 @ 2:33pm
Happy New Year.
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Find the meaning of new words and try to use them in your own sentences.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Please use your favourite strategy and Sumdog to practise every day.
centre bicycle calendar peculiar woman women suppose quarter century unfinished undone unable unlikely
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.3s from 0.3 to 3.6 and back again 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, ...
0.4s from 0.4 to 4.8 and back again 0.4, 0.8, 1,2. ...
0.6s from 0.6 to 7.2 and back again 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, ...
Times Tables
Please practise the 12x tables or your own individual target.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition - individual
Reminders
Year 5 will have PE on a Friday for this Half Term. Children will need spare shoes and socks for cross country.
Please start to collect materials for our art project this half term, we will be making a model set for the chocolate room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You might want to start collecting:
Fabric
Cardboard
Plastic
Chocolate and sweet wrappers
Cocktail sticks or lollipop sticks
Maths
We have been learning different methods to multiply and divide.
Partition to multiply:
64 x 4
60 x 4 = 240
4 x 4 = 16
64 x 4 = 256
Known facts:
1,200 ÷ 4
12 ÷ 4 = 3
120 ÷ 4 = 30
1,200 ÷ 4 = 300
English
We started our new class novel Street Child by Berlie Doherty.
We have been carrying out research about the Victorian times to help us understand the novel.
RE
We started our new topic all about our mission and life choices. We started by learning about inspirational people. We watched this video all about Thomas Barnardo and spoke about what made him inspirational.
History
We continued with our learning about Anglo-Saxons. We learnt that Britain used to be split into seven kingdoms each with its own king and government. We located these kingdoms on a map.
Year 5 Blog Thursday 21st December 2023
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 1:16pm
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all
Home Practice
Have an amazing happy time with family and friends.
Reminders
PE will be on a Friday for the 5 weeks after the Christmas holidays.
Please bring in spare shoes and socks for Cross Country.
We have had such an exciting week.
On Monday we watched the All Hallows roadshow where we saw lots of children performing our favourite Christmas songs.
On Tuesday we went to church for a Christingle service led by Year 6.
On Wednesday we enjoyed our Christmas lunch in our Christmas jumpers. We also had a farewell assembly for Mr Mears.
On Thursday we LOVED our Australian themed celebration day for Ollie. The effort made by everybody was super!
Year 5 Blog Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 4:59pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Talk about your impression of each character.
Spelling
Everybody has brought home their own spellings this week. Please practise using one of the strategies we have used in class. One of the favourite strategies was trace, copy, replicate.
There is also a Sumdog challenge to practise the words you need to know by the end of Year 5.
Counting
Count out loud in:
12s from 0 to 144 and back again. 12, 24, 36, ...
9s from 0 to 108 and back again. 9, 18, 27, ...
6s from 0 to 72 and back again. 6, 12, 18, ...
Times Tables
Please practise the 12x table or your own individual target.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths Competition
Reminders
On Thursday 21st December we will be having our Australian themed celebration. Children are invited to come in Australian themed clothing. Please see the letter brought home last week for more information.
After Half Term, children will need spare shoes and socks for cross country in PE.
Maths
We learnt about multiples, factors and common factors.
12 is a multiple of 4.
4 is a factor of 12.
3 is a common factor of 12 and 15.
English
We used The Highwayman poem to create our own booklet, we also created some artwork to go with it.
RE
We learnt about Advent and Christmas for Christians and created posters.
PSHE
We started our new topic - What decisions can people make with money?
We spoke about:
Ways to spend money
Ways to earn money
Ways to save money
Influences
Have a super weekend.
Year 5 Blog Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 7th Dec 2023 @ 1:05pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at how speech is punctuated.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Some of them are homophones, this mean they sound the same but have different meanings. You need to know how to spell these words as well as their meaning.
led lead steel steal alter altar allowed passed
aisle bridal bridle occupy occur opportunity parliament
Counting
Count out loud in:
3s from 0 to 36 and back again 0, 3, 6, ...
8s from 0 to 96 and back again 0, 8, 16, ...
7s from 0 to 84 and back again 0, 7, 14, ...
Times Tables
Practise your tables target every day.
Make sure you know the square numbers up to 144 and the square root.
1 x 1 = 1
2 x 2 = 4
5 x 5 = 25
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Tables Challenge
Maths Competition in teams
Reminders
Everybody has brought home a letter about an Australian themed celebration we will be having in Year 5 on Thursday 21st December.
Start thinking about what you want to wear for the celebration.
Maths
We have been learning about multiples and divisibility.
A multiple is a number made by multiplying two whole numbers greater than one.
English
We have been reading The Highwayman poem.
We have been learning about famous highwaymen and finding the meaning of new words by exploring their context in the sentence.
RE
We have been learning about Advent. We talked about how Christians are waiting in hope during Advent for the coming of Jesus, and how we can use the period of Advent to do good deeds and remember Jesus.
All Hallows PE day
The children were fantastic taking part in various sports including football, dance, netball, handball, basketball, etc.
You can see our gallery on the Year 5 class page.
Year 5 Blog Friday 1st December
Date: 29th Nov 2023 @ 4:59pm
Happy Friday and Happy December.
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
On Wednesday, we brought home a sheet of paper with a list of things that we need for our DT work.
Our DT brief is to design, make and evaluate a Greek snack.
We have decided as a class to make pitta breads. School will provide the ingredients for everybody to make the pitta bread.
Most children decided they wanted to include something along with the pitta bread. This is what they need to bring in from home, for example: feta cheese, olives, salad, tzatziki, etc. The children also wrote a list of utensils we will need. Anything that we can borrow would be much appreciated, but if not, don't worry.
We will be making our Greek snack in school on Monday 4th December.
In Geography this week, we used maps and our knowledge of the UK to plan a trip for somebody coming to England. Our trip had to include a flight to our closest airport, a visit to our local area and some local attractions, and finally a visit to the closest capital city to us and some points of interest. Everybody's knowledge of the UK was very impressive and we came up with some exciting sounding trips.
In History, we have been learning about the Anglo Saxons. We discussed why we thought the Anglo Saxons settled in Britain. Some of the reasons we discussed included:
They settled in Britain to fight the Britons after they were left weak.
They were invited to help out when the Romans left the Britons vulnerable to attack.
They came because the land in Britain was better for growing crops.
They came for a better life where there would be more opportunity to earn money.
In RE we have started our new topic Advent.
Advent is a time to remember God’s promise to send a Messiah. It is about waiting in joyful hope for the coming of Jesus at Christmas.
In Maths we have been naming, measuring, and drawing different angles including:
Acute angles - between 0 and 90 degrees.
Right angles - 90 degrees.
Obtuse angles - between 90 and 180 degrees.
Reflex angles - between 180 and 360 degrees.
Home Practice
DT
Don't forget to bring in anything from home that you want to use in DT.
We will make our pitta breads on Monday 4th December.
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes.
Counting
Count out loud in:
9s from 0 to 108 and back again 9, 18, 27, ...
90s from 0 10 1,080 and back again 90, 80, 270, ...
25s from 0 to 500 and back again 0, 25, 50, ...
Visnos angles
Test somebody at home on their angles knowledge.
Times Tables
Please practise your tables target every day.
Next week in maths we will be using our times tables - you will find it much easier if you are quick and confident with your tables.
Spellings
Your spellings will be uploaded onto the blog next week. In the meantime, they are on the Sumdog challenge and on the sheet you brought home on Wednesday, so try to practise every day.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition
Have a happy weekend, enjoy your Advent calendars
Year 5 Blog Friday 24th November 2023
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 11:02am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog.
We have had a super week this week.
As you know, this week we did our RSE lessons. We talked about changes that males and females go through during puberty including physical and emotional changes. The children were extremely mature and sensible, and asked lots of questions. The children said they felt happy to learn about the changes they are experiencing or will experience in the future, and said that it was good to know that it is all normal.
In English we continued reading our clas novel Room 13, we have nearly finished now and it is getting very exciting. We have really enjoyed this book and can't wait to find out what our next novel is.
This week we have been focussing on starting our sentences in different ways so that our writing is more interesting for the reader. We found sentence starters in some books and pieces of writing and then tried to use these in our own writing. Here are some that we came up with:
Adverbials of time
At the stroke of midnight,
Eventually,
Suddenly,
Adverbials of place
The abandoned house...
Out of the darkness...
Somewhere in the distance...
Adverbials of manner
Hesitantly,
Carefully,
In maths we have been using bar charts, tables and line graphs to answer questions. We know that before answering questions we need to first look at the graph to learn:
What is it about?
What steps are the axes counting in?
In science we planned and carried out a fair test to investigate the amount of friction on different surfaces. We chose 5 different surfaces and measured how far a toy car could travel on each surface.
In order for our investigation to be a fair test, we knew we could only change one thing, and everything else would have to stay exactly the same.
We then made our predictions by stating which surface we thought would produce the most friction and which surface would produce the least and why.
We carried out our investigation in groups, recording our results in a table. Finally we wrote a conclusion where we stated whether our not our prediction was correct and how we could make the investigation more accurate. We also spoke about anything that surprised us.
Everybody did an amazing job at working scientifically.
In PE we did some rugby skills and also some handball skills. In rugby we learnt how to throw and receive a swing pass, and then we played some games to put our new learning into practice.
Home Practice
Angles
Next week in maths we are going to be measuring and identifying different types of angles. Please go on the Visnos website to have a go at measuring angles and deciding if they are acute, right angle, obtuse, or reflex.
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Please write down any sentence starters that you find interesting to share with the class.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Please practise every day.
incredible incredibly sensible sensibly reliable reliably respectable respectably aggreeable aggreeably enviable enviably awkward vegetable competition
Counting
Count out loud forwards in 1s from:
-7 to 17 -7, -6, -5, ...
-1 to 21 -1, 0, 1, ...
-51 to -31 -51, -50, -49, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your tables target every day. Make sure you know the related division facts too.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths Competition in teams: Gryffndor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin
