Year 5 have finished reading the book ‘The Explorer’. It was an epic tale and lots of the class enjoyed reading out loud. This improved their performance and tone of voice. As we approach the end of this term, we are reading ‘Five Children and It’ by Edith Nesbit. It features five children who are granted three wishes by a grumpy Sand-fairy. They find it difficult to make up their minds

In English, we have been studying how to write a persuasive argument. We started with a simple text that suggested that having pink hair is the best. We adapted this to our own opinions about owning different pets. We have improved our spelling and punctuation.

In Maths, we have built on our understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division by applying it to decimal numbers with up to three decimal points. We have worked hard to understand how to convert a range of measurements.  We also solved problems using coordinates.

In Science we have studied living things and their habitats. We compared the differences between mammals, birds, amphibians and insects. We applied our knowledge to the life cycles of insects and birds.

I have enjoyed teaching year 5 this year and I am proud of the progress we have made in our learning. I am also pleased with the good behaviour we have seen this every day and the good example we have set for others. This can be seen in the stars we have earned on their star charts. I wish them well as they move to Mr Phillips in Year 6.