Week beginning 1st December
This week, we have been hard at work practicing our song for our carol concert (Tuesday 17th December at 6:30 if anyone wants to come!!) It is sounding really good and we can't wait to perform it for you! Today, we performed it to Year 3 so we are getting all the audience practice too!
Today, we have also finished off our letters for the shoe boxes. We are asking parents for ONE item to bring in to fill shoe boxes. These need to be in by next Friday.
This week has been filled with quizzes! We have done reading, maths and grammar quizzes. We have shown so much confidence and resilience. Our stand out success is every single one of us improved our SPAG test results by at least 8 marks! That is amazing!
In Maths, we have been dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. It's really easy when you know the sticky knowledge: Move all the digits (one, two or three) places to the right. Decimal point does not move!
On the 1st December, we have started our Advent calendar book: Stepfather Christmas. Is Nick Father Christmas or not? We are split down the middle and we can't wait to see where the plot takes us!
Mrs Carr note:
Sorry about the lack of blog last week, I was off poorly for most of the week! The children were absolutely incredible in my absence, showing their maturity and high expectations. I am so proud of them!
Week beginning 17th November
This week in PE, we learnt about dodging and marking in PE. We learned about being light on our feet and mirroring our opponent to try and intercept the ball! It was so much fun!
The highlight of our week was music! We learned about how to turn rhythms into musical notes and the "value" each note has. We really are enjoying our Viking chant and all our improvisation skills are giving us so much confidence!
We have been rained off gardening for quite a while, so it was lovely to be back out there again today. We did SO much weeding and Mrs Carr temporarily fixed the shed roof. We are going to need to invest in a new shed which is a BIG project!
In Maths, we have been exploring how to multiply whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100 and 1000. We have been really resilient as it has been tricky at times!
On Thursday, four children from Chaplaincy went to the Cathedral to be commissioned by the Bishop. It was a very special occasion to be blessed by the Bishop and to receive the blessed badges from the Deacon. More information will be on the Chaplaincy page soon.
Finally, our writing has improved SO much in the short space of time. Our recent Sci-Fi work was so good, parents are going to see it tonight! We can't wait to show you!
Our next purple write is all about Vikings- YIPPEE!!
See you next week!
Week beginning 10th November 2025
Year 5 blog
We have started a new music scheme. We learned a Viking song which has absolutely stuck in our heads! We could sing with confidence, as we channelled our inner Vikings!
On Friday, we had odd socks day to represent the fact that everyone is equal for anti bullying week.
We also had a cake sale organised by 7 of our class to raise money for the Convent. We can't wait to tell you how much we raised!
In PE, we got rained off on Friday but we watched professionals play netball. We were astonished about how quickly the ball was passed and how quickly the players were moving. This has inspired us for our lesson on Tuesday.
In Maths we have been looking at how place value holders help us with mental addition and subtraction of decimals. Once we choose our strategy, it is actually really easy!
In REACH time, we have started Operation Christmas which is where we start getting ready for all things Christmas! We have started planning the shoe box appeal AND we have started preparing for our Christmas Carol concert.
On Tuesday, we commemorated Remembrance in the Hall; lead by Year 6 and Reception. It is always a very solemn occasion to remember all those who died in the wars.
Week beginning 3rd November 2025
Year 5 Blog
This week was the first week back of Autumn 2 and it was Stroud Literacy festival! We had an Author visit; Sian Hughes, who did some workshops with us. Her books are about a girl who is a robber who hired a cat to help her. The title of the book was "Wanted: Cat!"
As part of Stroud Literacy lesson, we had a live workshop with Louie Stowell who wrote books about Loki. She guided us about how she illustrated her books and we got to draw Loki too! We also did some acting about what it would be like for Loki coming to Earth as a kid instead of an Ancient Norse God.
In gardening, we had a huge leaf collecting push as we need them for the summer holidays and to protect the beds over the winter. We split into teams and collected leaves from all around the school! We filled 13 bags! Another group did some weeding at the front of the school so it can keep looking really smart!
We have been preparing for 11th November Remembrance as well. We hope you will join us for the Remembrance ceremony.
See you next week for another jam packed week!