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 Maths, we started by estimating the area of irregular shapes using squared paper and then we calculated the area of rectangles using a formula. Once we had mastered that skill, we then calculated the area of compound shapes. In English, we continued our Narrative unit inspired by The Promise and we described settings using some figurative language. We then explored the thoughts, feelings and motives of the main character and used this to help us write a character description of her.

In Science this week we learnt all about the force of air resistance. We then had great fun exploring if we could use air resistance to our advantage (using some parachutes) to slow down the fall of an egg to prevent it from cracking! In RE, we learnt about how Jewish people remember the importance of Moses by celebrating the Passover festival. In PSHE we compared our dreams and goals to children from a different culture and we thought about if it makes a difference where you are from to what your dreams might be. In Art we used watercolour paints to create tone and in Computing we used spreadsheets to create formulae to calculate area and perimeter.

Next week in Maths we will be learning how to show volume using multi-cubes and then how to calculate volume. In English, we will be planning our own story based on The Promise and then we will be writing it, using a range of figurative language.

Have a great weekend!

Sapphire's PE days this term are Monday and Thursday.

Freya & Osman

Zinzile & Amalia

Isla T & Oscar

Henry & Adam

Theo, Jaxx & Olivia

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Rockers

Maya

Amalia

Isabella

Top Ten Rockers

Ariaana

Noori

Amalia

Isabella

Isla

Olivia

Dolly-Rose

Carter

Henry

Freya

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Readers

Amalia

noori

Adam

Olivia

Carter

Charlotte

Jaxx

Zachary

Niamh

Freya

Maya

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

Highlight of the Week (Wb 26.01.26)

This week in Art we created tone using watercolours.

Highlight of the Week (12.01.26)

In PE this week, we had great fun learning some trampolining skills. We also really enjoyed playing some of the winning Maths games from the Christmas Maths Challenge. In Science, we used force meters to measure the weight of objects and in Art we used some cross hatching skills to create tone.

Highlights of the Week (06.01.26)

Congratulations to our weekly certificate winners.

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.