Year 5 Learning Update - Friday 6th February 2026

Year 5 have had a busy and productive couple of weeks, with lots of hands-on learning across the curriculum.

🧪Science

In Science, the children have been experimenting with substances, solutions and mixtures. They took part in practical investigations using sieves, filters and magnets to explore different ways of separating materials.

💬English

In English, we have been completing our work on Rooftoppers. The children focused on persuasive writing, producing letters and appeals linked to the story. To finish the unit, they also included dialogue between characters, showing a strong understanding of voice and viewpoint.

🧗‍♂️PE

Our gymnastics lesson this week involved work on the wall bars, box tops and benches. The children applied everything they have learned about balances and shapes in a carousel of activities, demonstrating confidence, control and teamwork.

🔵Art

In Art, we are coming to the end of our pointillism unit. The children worked collaboratively on small squares of different paintings, layering hundreds of coloured dots to build larger artworks and explore how colour combinations create different effects.

We are counting down the days to a restful half term at the end of next week before learning begins again in Spring 2. Well done, Year 5, for all your hard work!

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our SATS and Liddington parent briefing this week.  We hope you found it a useful session, and that your children are feeling excited about our residential and, if not excited, not too nervous about our upcoming tests!

As part of our preparation for SATS, we'll be sitting a round of papers next week to see where we've made progress since the autumn.  We're sure the children will approach them with dedication and care - they've done a great job in all the tests we've done so far, and they're now at the point where they can start to see real progress being made.

Beyond this preparation, our regular learning continues.  In English this week, we've brought our biography writing to a close; when you come to our next parents' evening we're expecting to have lots of this work on display, so you'll be able to learn about a wide range of singers, footballers, scientists and actors (among other things).  In history, we've started to dig deeper into the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and we've also started to explore the science of light.  We'll do more of these things in the next couple of weeks as we head towards half term - during this time, we'll include some clay work in art as well as developing our gymnastic routines further in our PE sessions.  Then a week off, one week back, and we'll be away for the week - preparations for this are now well in-progress behind the scenes!

Year 6 have jumped straight into the new year with a wide range of learning.

In English, we've started our biography unit by writing the life stories of our teachers - next week, we'll have the chance to write about a celebrity of our choice (as long as we come in with notes on Monday - if not, we'll have to choose for them!)  We've kicked off our Ancient Greece unit in history, and we've also started new topics in art, PSHE, PE, RE and music.

In maths and guided reading, we are shifting our focus a little more in the direction of SATS.  Over the next term, Year 6 will see an increase in test materials during lessons so we become more familiar and comfortable with the style of questions we'll need to answer in May.

More excitingly, though, our trip to Liddington is now on the horizon.  This week, we recieved our provisional activity list and our room allocations, so the Year 6 team can begin making more specific plans for how the week will be arranged.  We also placed the order for our Year 6 hoodies this week - they will arrive in time for Liddintgon to give us an additional layer of warmth.

Don't forget our combined SATS / Liddington briefing meeting at 5pm on Tuesday 27th January - we hope to see lots of you there to learn more.

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It has been a whirlwind of a week in Year 3! From mastering fractions to inventing "metallic" treats, the children have been incredibly busy. Here is a look at what we’ve been up to:

• Maths: Time & Fractions. We’ve been tackling the tricky task of converting 12-hour to 24-hour time. We have also jumped into fractions, learning how to find 1/2 and 3/4 of a number.

 Home Challenge: Please keep practising time at home! Focus on o'clock, half past, quarter past, and quarter to, as well as reading the clock in 5-minute intervals.

• English: Iron Man Feasts. We are still thoroughly enjoying The Iron Man! This week, we wrote detailed instructions for a very specific task: designing a delicious meal suitable for the Iron Man. From rusty tractors to crunchy bolts, the menus were certainly unique. Yum!

• Gymnastics: Balance & Control. The children have been continuing in small groups to choreograph routines. Each routine features 5 distinct balances, focusing on core strength and smooth transitions and holds between moves.

• PSHE – Next week we will be talking about first aid and how to make an emergency call. The children will learn how to dial 999, how to stay calm, and what information to give the operator, such as their location and the nature of the emergency.

• Art: Paolozzi Inspiration. Next week, we are launching our new Iron Man Art project. We will be drawing inspiration from the tremendous mechanical works of Eduardo Paolozzi.

 Parent Call-out: If you have ever seen any of Paolozzi’s incredible artwork in person, we would love to share your photos with the class! Please email your child’s teacher if you have any. 

Year 5 Learning Update - Friday 6th February 2026

Year 5 have had a busy and productive couple of weeks, with lots of hands-on learning across the curriculum.

🧪Science

In Science, the children have been experimenting with substances, solutions and mixtures. They took part in practical investigations using sieves, filters and magnets to explore different ways of separating materials.

💬English

In English, we have been completing our work on Rooftoppers. The children focused on persuasive writing, producing letters and appeals linked to the story. To finish the unit, they also included dialogue between characters, showing a strong understanding of voice and viewpoint.

🧗‍♂️PE

Our gymnastics lesson this week involved work on the wall bars, box tops and benches. The children applied everything they have learned about balances and shapes in a carousel of activities, demonstrating confidence, control and teamwork.

🔵Art

In Art, we are coming to the end of our pointillism unit. The children worked collaboratively on small squares of different paintings, layering hundreds of coloured dots to build larger artworks and explore how colour combinations create different effects.

We are counting down the days to a restful half term at the end of next week before learning begins again in Spring 2. Well done, Year 5, for all your hard work!

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our SATS and Liddington parent briefing this week.  We hope you found it a useful session, and that your children are feeling excited about our residential and, if not excited, not too nervous about our upcoming tests!

As part of our preparation for SATS, we'll be sitting a round of papers next week to see where we've made progress since the autumn.  We're sure the children will approach them with dedication and care - they've done a great job in all the tests we've done so far, and they're now at the point where they can start to see real progress being made.

Beyond this preparation, our regular learning continues.  In English this week, we've brought our biography writing to a close; when you come to our next parents' evening we're expecting to have lots of this work on display, so you'll be able to learn about a wide range of singers, footballers, scientists and actors (among other things).  In history, we've started to dig deeper into the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and we've also started to explore the science of light.  We'll do more of these things in the next couple of weeks as we head towards half term - during this time, we'll include some clay work in art as well as developing our gymnastic routines further in our PE sessions.  Then a week off, one week back, and we'll be away for the week - preparations for this are now well in-progress behind the scenes!