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Notices Please remember to bring your bookbag each day, with your reading book inside. Please also remember a named water bottle. As you know we go swimming in Year 5. Please remember that we walk to the Leisure Centre whatever the weather so please make sure that you look at the forecast for the day and make sure that you have a coat and appropriate footwear to walk in. Hats, scarves and gloves will definitely be needed for the colder months! 5KL will be swimming on Mondays for the first half of the school year. 5KL will also have indoor P.E. on Thursdays so please come to school in your P.E. uniform on those days. 5PB will not be swimming until the second half of the school year. 5PB will have outdoor P.E. on Mondays and indoor P.E. on Thursdays so 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. |
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Alan Peat Sentences Please refer to the attachment below and use the different types of sentences to enhance your writing. |
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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. |
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Spelling Autumn 1 This year we are introducing a new spelling teaching 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> |
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Spelling Autumn 2 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> |
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Spelling Spring 1 - words beginning with <ab> - words beginning with <col>, <com> and <con> - multi- syllable words ending with <l> - words ending with <ice> and <ise> in which /ie/ is spelled <i> - words ending with <ette> - words ending with <ty> |
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Spelling Spring 2 - adjectives ending with <ant> and <ent> - nouns ending with <ant> and <ent> - words ending with <ically> - words ending with <ual> - words ending with <ually> - words ending with <able> and <ible> - words ending with <ary>, <ery> and <ory> |
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Spelling Summer - words with <meter> and <metr> - words with <mal> - words with <ject> - words with <man> - words with <fin> - words with <trans> - words with <form> - words with <graph> - words with <port> - words with <scrib> and <scrip> |
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VE Day 8.5.25 We had a fantastic day celebrating 80th anniversary of the VE Day. We have learned why is it a significant day, read about it and tried to imagine what would it be like to take part in street party. We also had a chance to try and play traditional games on the field.
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Thursday 1st May 2025 Trip to Bosworth On Thursday, we went on a fascinating trip to Bosworth Battlefield, where we learned all about the famous battle that changed English history in 1485. We explored the site where King Richard III fought against Henry Tudor. It was quite exciting to walk where the soldiers once stood and fought. The guides told us incredible facts, and we even saw weapons and armour from the time. It was fun, educational and helped us understand what life was like during the War of Roses.
    
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Sustainable Development Goals Fortnight WC 31.3.25 During our SDG weeks we looked at the work of Chuck Close. He used pixelation in his work, dividing images into many tiny squares and then recreating the picture by assembling the pieces together. Although his work was mainly based on portraits of his family and friends, we used images that represented Global Goal 13- Climate change with themes like pollution, deforestation or extreme weather. We used song 'Truth to power' in our english work as inspiration for a free verse poem. Just like the song, the poems were written from Mothrt Earth's point of view.
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WC 17.3.25 world Poetry Day On Friday we celebrated World Poetry Day by taking part in a special assembly. Each year group performed a poem by Andy Tooze. We have sucessfully recited the poem tiled 'The perfect poem'.  |
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WC 17.3.25 Exhibition We have welcomed parents and carers to our classrooms, that turned into art galleries. Those who came had a chance to explore the work we have done on Starry Starry Night clour studies, sketching and exploring Vincent Van Gogh's life.  |
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Rights Respecting School 12.3.25 Today we considered the difference between our needs, wants and rights.. Needs are essential for healthy, safe and fulfilled life and wants are things we may like to have. Human rights , including children's rights, are universal standards that have been agreed internationally.
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World Book Day 6.3.25 This year we celebrated the World Book Day by enjoying a cosy, comfortable day of reading. During the day we had a chance to visit different classes and find out about new books and authors. We especially enjoyed the Mr Penguin series introduced by year 4 teachers. In the afternoon we read with year 2 children and were surprised with hot chocolate and biscuits to snack on.
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English WC 24.2.25
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Mayan masks Our Mayan Masks are now displayed outside our classrooms and they look magnificent. Come and see them when you visit the school next time.
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Fantastic homework Our current art -based unit and science unit focused on Solar System , seem to be very inspiring for year 5. Have a look and feel inspired to create more.
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Andy Tooze visit 12.2.25 We had an amazing day with Andy. His poetry and enthusiasm were infectious and created a buzz and inspiration .
    
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Science WC 3.2.25 Measuring distances between planets- today we went outside to see( in proportion) how vast the Solar System is. We dont think you can even see the Sun from Neptune!
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Fire and Rescue Visit 28.1.25 Today we had a fantastic opportunity to learn about fire safety. Michael, the firefighter helped us develop our understanding of fire safety and provided some invaluable survival skills in the event of fire. We now know how to plan an escape route and test smoke alarms. Further information and follow up activities can be accessed at
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English WC 20.1.25 This week we discussed what themes were covered in the Rainplayer. We then used the discussion and zone of relevance to help us write a short review of the book.
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National Space Centre Trip 16.1.25
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Jigsaw WC 6.1.25 This week, during our Dreams and Goals unit lesson, we discussed what aspirations are and discussed different jobs and careers. We listed some jobs in order from the most to the least important. We then looked at our lists and checked how much people in these jobs earned. Most of us agreed, that fotballers and singers can be hugely overpaid.  |
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Christmas Fair WC 16.12.24
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Science WC 9.12.24 As part of our unit on Properties of materials we have investigated materials that are insulators. Surprisingly both classess conducted the same experiment but got different results.
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Topic WC 2.12.24 This week we started to create our Mayan masks . We based them on the fantastic designs we produced earlier. Some look truly scary.
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English WC 25.11.24 This week we had a chance to recreate the illustriations from our class nove, Rainplayer by David Wisniewski. His intricate illustrations are created with layered paper.
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Wonderdome Mobile Planetarium Tuesday 19.11.24 What an incredible experience! Surrounded by the dark space, we got to learn facts about the Solar System and Space exploration . It will be very useful in the upcomung space unit. It was not possible to take photos inside because of the low light level but please visit the website to find out more. |
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Unit WC 18.11.24 Maya Experience Workshop On Monday, we had an incredible day filled with fun and interesting activities. We have expanded our knowledge of the mighty, ancient Maya civilasation, while having fun. Simon, our guide for the day, proved to be extremely knowledgeable and answerd numerous questions about Mayans and the part of the world where they lived.
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Anti-Bullying Week 2024 The Anti-Bullying Week is taking place from Monday 11th to Friday 15th November, with the theme : Choose Respect. On Tuesday we wore odd socks to remeber how unique and special we all are. As part of the week we also took part in an assembly discussing bullying and how to tackle it.
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UNICEF week WC 28.10.24 This week we have succesfully researched, designed and made torches. Our target audience were children in Ukraine. We also talked about how children might be affected by y conflict and displacement linking this tothe Global Goal 16.
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DT Cooking WC 14.10.24 This week we cooked and tasted vegetarian burgers. Some of us liked them and some were not too keen.
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Whole Class Reading WC 14.10.24 This week we look at poetry and we tried to identify different poetic features in a variety of poems.  |
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Computing WC 30.9.24 This week we presented data from a database as charts. We had to decide what kind of chart would be the best to answer certain questions too.
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Science WC 2.9.24 This week in science we investigated air resistence. We were able to feel the result of it using an umbrella.  |
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PE WC 9.9.24 5KL continues with the swimming lessons and 5PB are enjoying developing the fundamental movements. Both classes are also learning the basics skills needed for playing tennis. It is a lot of fun.
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