Saffron

Welcome to Year 5 and Team Saffron 2025/26

Your teacher is Miss Summers

Your teaching assistants are Mrs Archer and Mrs Brewster

This week in maths, we have continued with our fractions unit. We have learnt to add and subtract fractions, including mixed numbers and improper fractions. We have used our knowledge of equivalent fractions to help us add and subtract fractions. In English, we have learnt to plan ideas for writing a biography about Mary Anning by thinking about the audience and purpose. We have thought about how to use adverbials and relative clauses for cohesion and to add detail in a biography. We have also planned a biography about Marie Curie, which we will write next week.

In science this week, we have learnt about reversible changes using the water cycle as an example. We made our own water cycles to see this working in action. In PSHE, we had a P4C discussion after watching a video about child labour on a cocoa plantation in Ghana in order to compare our lives with those of the developing world. In RE, we compared Christianity's advent to Judaism's Hanukkah and thought about the importance of light in both religions. Lastly, we had our history trip to the Chiltern Air Museum. We had a fantastic time and the children were absolute role models. They enjoyed an archeology workshop and a workshop on the life of an Anglo-Saxon. Everyone participated well in the activities, and it helped consolidate what we have learnt about the Anglo-Saxons.

Next week in English we will be writing a biography about Marie Curie using adverbials and relative clauses. In maths, we will be doing some Christmas-related problem-solving activities. We are very much looking forward to the year 5 and 6 carol concert on Monday too and hope to see many of you there!

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Saffron's PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday for swimming.

Well done to our Half-termly Award Winners

	Autumn 1:	Autumn 2:	Spring 1:	Spring 2:	Summer 1:	Summer 2:
	Abdullah Connie Elissa Jax Fatimah
Rocked 5 times each week	Connie Elissa Ziggy
	Andreea Connie Elissa Ilinca Lola

Well done to our Weekly Award Winners

Millie

Jax

Andreea

Kleo

Sophie

Tyler

Jack C

Ruby

Lucy

Ruby

Ilinca

Kleo

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Rockers

Elissa

Connie

Ziggy (x6)

Jasper

Top 10 rockers

1)Ziggy 2) Fatimah 3)Elissa 4)Lucy 5)Jasper 6)Connie 7)Darius 8)Abdullah 9)Jack 10)Tyler

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Readers

Kleo

Ziggy

Rishil

Connie

Jasper

Elissa

Jack C

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

Science lesson 16.12.25

In science, we learnt about irreversible changes. The children observed what happens when baking powder is added to vinegar and then saw that carbon dioxide is used as Miss Summers used the gas created as a fire extinguisher to put out some tea light flames.

Chiltern Air Museum 11.12.25

The children were absolutely fantastic on the trip. They enjoyed an archeology workshop in the morning and then a workshop on the life of an anglo-saxon in the afternoon. What an amazing day! Our Elf Edith even made her way with us.

Science 05.12.25

The children worked hard in science this afternoon, researching different scientists in order to learn about what they invented. We thought about the impact scientists have on the world.

Computing workshop 25.11.25

The children listened really well and worked really hard in our computing workshop today. They programmed a microbit and tested to see if their programming had worked.

Art 21.11.25

In art, we designed some Anglo-Saxon-inspired jewellery which we will make using embossing before the Christmas break. The children worked hard to think of different designs.

Science and Cool to be Kind Week - 10.11.25

In science, we investigated which material would insulate a container the best. We discussed how to make it a fair test and recorded our results over time. Whilst waiting for the results, we started off Cool to be Kind week by the children sharing 5 compliments with their learning partners. We talked about how good it feels when someone is kind. I am looking forward to seeing how the children continue to show kindness throughout the week.

History - 07.11.25

The children explored clues about an Anglo-Saxon Discovery - Sutton Hoo - to think about who may have been buried there.

Resilience workshop - 22.10.25

We had a resilience workshop today where we learnt about what resilience is and talked about strategies to help us to manage big emotions. One of the strategies we practised was finger breathing. The children listened and contributed really well.