Sapphire

Welcome to Year 5 and Team Sapphire 2025/26

Your teacher is Ms Ellis

Your teaching assistants are Miss Allwork, Miss Blackwell and Miss Green.

This week in English we have written our biographies about Marie Curie. The children worked hard to include formal language and to ensure they wrote in chronological order. In maths, we have done some Christmas-related problem-solving activities.

In science, we learnt about irreversible changes and thought about how we might know if an irreversible change has happened. We were able to know that carbon dioxide is produced when vinegar is mixed with baking powder, showing us an example of an irreversible change, because our teachers showed us how it can be used as a fire extinguisher. This was very exciting! In RE, we compared birthing celebrations from different religions. In PSHE, we looked at the differences between cultures and compared other cultures to our own. We talked about how important it is to celebrate differences in culture. We have also done some fun Christmas activities this week, which the children have enjoyed! The children did really well in the Christmas carol concert on Monday and we hope you enjoyed it if you were able to attend.

In the spring term in English, we will be looking at our new class book, ‘Misadventures of Frederick’. We will be using the letters in this book to consider the audience and purpose of letters, then we will be thinking about the features of persuasive letters, persuasive vocabulary and the language that is used in letters. In maths, we will be learning to multiply fractions less than a whole to begin with before multiplying fractions that are greater than a whole.

We hope you all have a lovely festive Christmas break. We look forward to hearing all about your time off in the new year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Sapphire's PE days are changing next term to a Monday and Thursday.

Well done to our Half termly Values winners:

Zinzile, Dolly-Rose, Oscar, Carter, Amelia V

Well done to our Challenge Readers (7 x per week):

Oscar, Zachary, Niamh, Maya

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Rockers

Ariaana

Noori

Isabella

Amalia

Top Ten Rockers

Ariaana

Noori

Amalia

Isabella

Isla

Olivia

Dolly-Rose

Carter

Henry

Freya

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Readers

Adam

Mason W

Dolly-Rose

Maya

Oscar

Freya

Niamh

Charlotte

Zachary

Fred

Emilia

Jaxx

Web links that you may find helpful

www.bbc.co.uk/history
BBC Bitesize - KS2 Science
BBC Bitesize - Dance Mat Typing Build speed of typing in a fun and challenging way
CBBC - Newsround An engaging news based website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/year/zmyxxyc BBC
Books To Make You Feel Better..pdf

Documents you may find useful

Highllights of the Week (Wb 19.12.25)

This week in Art we had great fun making our Anglo Saxon jewellery, using embossing techniques.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 08.12.25)

This week, we had great fun on our trip to the Chiltern Open Air Museum to learn about Anglo Saxon village life and we used our history skills to learn about the past in an archaeological dig too!

Highlights of the Week (24.11.25)

This week in Computing we had a computer workshop. The children became computer programmers, coding to keep a diamond (kept in a vault) safe from would-be thieves!

Highlights of the week (Wb 17.11.25)

This week in Science, we investigated which material was the best insulator to keep a cup of water warm for the longest period.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 10.11.25)

This week in Maths, we have been learning how to use the bus stop method of division. To start with, we used counters to help us understand the process.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 04.11.25)

Well done to our Achievement Certificate winners for this week. In RE this week, we were learning about the importance of looking for the good in our lives and being thankful for the things we have.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 20.10.25)

This week, in Science we investigated the properties of different materials. We tested for magnetism, permeability, hardness, flexibility and if the materials were transparent.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 13.10.25)

This week, for PSHE we had a workshop about well-being and we learnt some strategies for how to be resilient. In PE, we competed in the Cross Country event at Adeyfield School. There were some amazing runners and a really supportive team cheering them on.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 06.10.25)

In PSHE this week, we worked as a team to build the tallest tower possible using only paper and sellotape. We had to listen to each other, share ideas, cooperate and encourage each other.