Week ending 17 th October 2025

This week, the children in year 5 have had an amazing week of concluding their learning across different topics we have explored this term. They have created some amazing leaflets about Antarctic animals, using the internet to research facts and Microsoft publisher to publish their writing! We have had a creative last week of term, creating colourful prints of the 'memory drawings' we have been working on in Art and recapping all of our knowledge in Geography by creating posters about California. We are all looking forward to a well-deserved break and more new and exciting learning after half term! Please note: The children do not have to complete every question given for maths homework, it is purely an opportunity to practice their addition and subtraction skills over the half term. 

Week ending 10th October 2025

We started the week with a wonderful church service all about Harvest, where the children in year 5 performed their 'Harvest Rock and Roll' song beautifully. The children have been learning more about the Anglo-Saxons in history this week and have been developing their memory sketches in art, which we will produce prints of next week. We have come to the end of some of our topics, such as addition and subtraction in maths and our book, 'Shackleton's Journey' in English. To conclude, the children have been writing some amazing informal letters from the perspectives of characters on the Endurance. We have also had the wonderful treat of watching the Talent show this Friday! 

IMPORTANT: please note that 5H forest school will be on Wednesday 15th October instead of 16th. 

Week ending 3rd October 2025

Year 5 have had another incredible week of learning, writing informative biographies about the life of the intrepid explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton and developing their knowledge in maths surrounding addition and subtraction. This week, the children continued their learning in different subjects, exploring almond growing in Geography and more about the Anglo-Saxons in History. 5H had an amazing week with their buddies at Forest School and 5N enjoyed learning about programming in computing! Some of year 5 have been courageous enough to audition for the upcoming school talent show, and we are really looking forward to this event next Friday! Next week, we will have our Harvest Service at church, so there will be no rugby on Monday. A letter has been sent out about our upcoming lesson about puberty as part of our science topic next Wednesday. 

IMPORTANT: please note that 5H forest school will be on Wednesday 15th October instead of 16th. 

Week ending 19th September 2025

This week, the children have been continuing their learning across all subjects. They have shown great passing in Rugby and have been developing tone and depth in their artwork. Year 5 have also started writing their narratives about Shackleton's challenges in Antarctica, using amazing vocabulary and semi colons in our stories. The children visited their buddies again this week and have been setting a great example for the Squirrels and Badgers. 5H flourished in their first Forest School session of the year, where they created a cafe, went to war (not a real one, of course) and also learnt how to use a palm drill and key drill to make log medallions for the winners! We also begun our Science topic, 'Animals, including Humans' and learnt about how humans change over time.

IMPORTANT: please note that 5H forest school will be on Wednesday 15th October instead of 16th. 

Week ending 12th September 2025

The children have had another amazing week of learning in Year 5. We have started lots of new and exciting topics and have been learning more about place value in Maths, Anglo-Saxons in History. On Monday, the children enjoyed their first session of Rugby with the Tonbridge Juddians in PE. 5N had an amazing first Forest School session and 5H are looking forward to theirs next Thursday! We have listened to the journey of Ernest Shackleton in English this week, writing poems and setting descriptions based on the story as well as drawing out the outline of the famous ship and Antarctic animals on the playground before getting caught in the rain! The children were thrilled in Year 5 and EYFS as they met their new buddies, read stories and got to know each other. 

Week ending 5th September 2025

The children in Year 5 have settled in beautifully this week, making new friends and enjoying time with their new teachers. We have learnt so much about each other and have learnt how to be amazing role models for the rest of the school, getting back into our routines and creating class charters so that our classrooms are a fun and safe space to learn. On Friday, the children in both Year 3 and 5 had a magnificent day at Carroty Wood full of adventurous team-building activities such as field games, low ropes, orienteering and toasted marshmallows with camp fire songs with Mrs Kyte. All the children had an 'epic' day with their new classes, making lots of memories and friends. We are looking forwards to next week's rugby session on Monday and another great week of learning and starting new topics.