Year 5 2025-2026 Blog

Well done to everyone who received a hard earned award in Year 5 this week.  A high standard of work, being friendly and helpful to others and being Ready, Respectful and Safe are the reasons for these awards, as well as achieving 50 and 100 star points for Bronze and Silver awards!  Fantastic work!  Mrs Blomeley

Year 5 enjoyed putting their new inflatable planets of the Solar System to good use yesterday!   As part of their Earth and Space topic, the class were able to identify and order the planets from their position to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.  The Solar System has now taken its residency in the reading corner, together with a motarised version that rotates to bring the planets to life!  

:To begin their new Science Topic - Earth and Space - Year 5 went out to the playground yesterday when I asked the question: "What shape is the Earth?"  What did they see?  What did it look  like? What shape did they say? The conclusion was that they couldn't really say for sure, although most children think the Earth is spherical.  The class followed this up with an activity about the Flat Earth Theory versus the Spherical Body Theory.  They found more evidence that the Earth is a sphere, but, amazingly, there are still people around the world who think the Earth is flat!

Our new topic in Year 5 will stretch our geographical skills, as we learn about the importance of rainforests to our planet.  This will lead us into the ongoing debate about Climate Change, where we will learn more about Greta Thunberg and her efforts to save our planet.   Find our Topic Information and Home Learning Challenge Grid below.