Notices
Please remember to bring your bookbag each day, with your reading book inside. Please also remember a named water bottle.
Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday. Please come to school in your P.E uniform on those days. Please ensure you have warm clothes and suitable shoes for outdoor P.E. sessions.
5JW: Monday Outdoor PE and Wednesday Indoor PE
5SC: Monday Indoor PE and Wednesday Outdoor PE
TT Rockstars
Children should be fluent in their times tables up to x12. TT Rockstar practise will support this and we highly encourage regular play to improve fluency and speed.
Boom Reader
We really encour
age children to be reading at least 4 times per week and logging this on Boom Reader.
Year 5 Reading Spine
Regular reading is so important. Please have a look at the Year 5 Reading Spine which shows you some of the books and authors recommended for Year 5 readers. Many of these books will be available at our school library. If not, you may be able to borrow them from Loughborough Library.
Autumn 1 Spellings
We use a spelling scheme called Sounds and Syllables. This half term we will be studying following spelling patterns:
-words with /oo/ and /yoo/ spelled <eu>
– words with /ee/ spelled <ei> and <ie>
– words with /w/ spelled <u>
– words with /r/ spelled <rh> and <wr>
– words with /k/+/s/ spelled <cc> and <xc>
Autumn 2 Spellings
This half term we will be studying following spelling patterns :
– words ending with /n/ spelled <gn>
– words ending with <re>
– words ending with <the>
– words ending with <i+ consonant+e: in which /i/ is spelled <i>
– words ending with <ine> in which /ee/ is spelled <i>
-words beginning with <fore>
Our Learning
WB 06.10.25 – Science – Solubility of Materials
In our Science lesson this week, we tested different materials to find out whether they dissolved in water. Materials that can dissolve in water are soluble and materials that cannot dissolve are insoluble. If a material completely dissolves in water, it is called a solution. We discussed the key differences between melting and dissolving as well as exploring what factors might increase the rate of dissolving such as stirring the mixture and increasing the temperature of the water.
WB 06.10.25 – Maths – Investigating Factors
We really enjoyed our Maths investigation this week! We worked systematically to find factors of numbers 1-30, building arrays with counters to help us. We looked for patterns within the factors of different numbers, identifying which numbers had an odd or even amount of factors.
WB 29.09.25 – Geography – Extreme Weather
As part of our Geography learning this week, we studied extreme weather and how it affects different parts of the world. We explored events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, droughts, and heatwaves, focusing particularly on those that often occur in the USA. As Geographers, we discovered how climate, location, and physical geography influence these powerful weather patterns. To showcase our understanding, we created eye-catching double-page spreads combining explanations and illustrations to explain and compare the different forms of extreme weather.
WB 29.09.25 – English – Writing Dialogue
In English this week, we revisited direct speech and learnt how to use dialogue to advance the action in our writing. We explored how conversations between characters can reveal emotions, build tension, and move the story forward. To deepen our understanding, we took part in a creative activity to practise using speech punctuation correctly and starting a new line for a new speaker. We created some dialogue between two characters from our class text, ‘Floodland’.
WB 15.09.25 – Geography – Landmarks in the USA
Today we used our research of key landmarks within the USA to create a visual map. We used an atlas to identify where each state was on the map to then label the landmark in the correct place on our map. We added an illustration as well as some key facts.
WB 08.09.25 – Geography – Human and Physical Features
This week, we explored human and physical features within the USA including famous landmarks such as The Statue Liberty, The Golden Gate Bridge, The Grand Canyon and The White House. We conducted our own research to find out key facts about each landmark as well as which state each one can be found in. We also used the VR headsets to visit some of the landmarks! We will be using the information we found out to create our own labelled map of the USA.
WB 01.09.2025 – Science – Investigating Materials
Year 5 have spent their first couple of science lessons investigating different materials and their properties. In the first lesson, they conducted 3 simple tests to explore the properties of transparency, hardness and magnetism in a range of materials and made comparisons between them. In the following lesson, they built electrical circuits to investigate whether each material was an electrical conductor or electrical insulator. We’re looking forward to testing thermal conductivity in our next lesson!
Alan Peat Sentences
Please refer to the attachment below and use the different types of sentences to enhance your writing.