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  • 12/12/25

    End of Autumn 2 Week 6 Messages and Updates

    What a wonderful week we've had in Y5 this week. In a week which has been anything but normal, the children have had a wonderful time enjoying a mixture of lessons and special events.  The Tech She Can lesson on Wednesday was fantastic, as was the Christmas dinner which many of the ch...
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  • 10/12/25

    Everyday Robotics

    This week, Year 5 enjoyed an exciting lesson from Tech She Can, all about how we use robots in everyday life. The children explored the many ways robotics support us at home—such as vacuuming, cooking, or helping with reminders—and learnt how different types of programming allow robots t...
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  • 09/12/25

    End of Autumn 2 Week 5 Messages and Updates

    This week has been a really challenging and rewarding week for the children as we have carried out our very first assessment week of the year.  The children have responded really positively to the challenges of sitting tests and you could see them trying their best to show all the progress t...
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  • 29/11/25

    Design Engineers

     This week, Year 5 continued their Design & Technology project on bridges. After researching a range of famous bridge types and the features that make them strong, the children worked in groups to design their very own bridge structures. Each team chose different features to focus on...
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  • 28/11/25

    End of Autumn 2 Week 4 Messages and Updates

    What a great week this week has been. We really enjoyed the pantomime yesterday - before anyone comments - oh yes we did! We've also really enjoyed planning our designs for our bridges, learning about water resistance in science, learning about the different parts of a volcano in geography...
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  • 21/11/25

    Strengthening Materials

    This week, Year 5 became young engineers as they explored different ways to strengthen materials for their bridge projects. The children tested techniques such as folding, layering, tubing, and adding triangular supports to see how each method improved stability. They experimented with paper, car...
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  • 21/11/25

    End of Autumn 2 Week 3 Messages and Updates

    What a great week we've had this week.  We have sent homework home for the first time and had nearly every piece back - thank you for your support with this.  Times tables - please spend a little time each night practising times table questions with the children. They will come h...
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  • 15/11/25

    Michael Rosen Morning

    For Michael Rosen Day, Year 5 enjoyed a wonderful poetry morning inspired by one of his funniest poems, Hot and Cold Food. The classroom was full of creativity as pupils wrote their own versions, adding imaginative twists, surprising foods, and plenty of humour. After writing, the children teamed...
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  • 14/11/25

    End of Autumn 2 Week 2 Messages and Updates

    Another great week at Rosehill for team Y5 this week.  We've had a big push on times tables and we started to see the results already in our class work. P.E. kit - it is getting colder now so jogging bottoms/jumpers are a great idea to include for P.E. kit on Tuesday. Times ta...
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  • 08/11/25

    Continental Drift

    This week, Year 5 used play dough models to explore how tectonic plates move and why the continents drift. Pupils shaped different coloured dough into plates, fitting them together like a giant Earth jigsaw. They then pushed, pulled, and slid their plates to see what happens at different boundari...
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  • 07/11/25

    End of Autumn 2 Week 1 Messages and Updates

    What a great start back we have had this week. We've had a great end to the week as well with so many children dressing up as rock stars for the launch of our battle of the bands competition. We've also had so many children logging their home reading on Boomreader so thank you to all the...
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  • 25/10/25

    Ancient Greek Vases

    This week, the children completed their final piece in our Printing unit — and what a wonderful way to end the first term! Using their carefully developed final designs, the children created beautiful repeating patterns, which they then applied to their own Ancient Greek-style vases. T...
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