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 has flown by!

In maths, we have been calculating percentages using various strategies, including finding 1%, finding 10% and using bar models. We also started our next unit on coordinates by recapping how to read and plot coordinates. In English, we started our new non-chronological report unit. We thought about the features of a non-chronological report and looked for these features in our class texts. We then learnt how to write a list using a colon and bullet points and practised writing parenthesis for facts within a non-chronological report.

In DT, we began our new DT unit where we will be making toy Viking houses. We investigated and evaluated a range of existing frame structures in order to think about how to make our own house structures. We then designed our own toy Viking houses in groups. We thought about what we need to make it, what it might look like and what steps we will need to take to build it.

In RE, we learnt about Lent and how Christians celebrate Lent to remember the sacrifices made by Jesus after his baptism. In PSHE, we learnt about the possible risks of misusing alcohol and about the effects that alcohol can have on one's body and behaviour. In History, we learnt about the law and justice systems in the Viking and Anglo-Saxon times and compared these to our modern-day law and justice systems. We considered how it might have felt to experience the justice system in Viking and Anglo-Saxon times. In French, we have begun to learn how to say, read and write different verbs.

Next week in maths, we will learn how to translate and reflect shapes and patterns. We will also learn how to calculate the perimeter of rectangles and compound shapes. In English, we will be completing a reading assessment. We will also continue with our non-chronological report unit by beginning to plan our own non-chronological report and writing a blurb about our non-chronological report. We are looking forward to celebrating World Book Day next week and will be engaging in different activities to celebrate the day, including 'Books and Blankets' in the afternoon.

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

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

Congratulations to our half termly values winners:

Adam, Mason S, Ruby, Charlotte, Amalia

MAson W & Adam

Zachary & Theo

Amelia V & Isabella

Niamh & Maya

Charlotte, Isla N & Freya

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Rockers

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

Noori

Theo

Olivia

Joseph

Henry

Amalia

Mason S

Charlotte

Niamh

Fred

Zinzile

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

Highllights of the Week (Wb 23.02.26)

In DT this week we designed our Viking houses.

Highlights of the Week (Wb 13.02.26)

In Art this week, we used water colours to create some fantastic pictures in the style of Daniel Mackie. In Science, we investigated water resistance by dropping some bluetac of different shapes into the water to see if the shape affected how quickly it sunk through the water.

Highlight of the Week (Wb 02.02.25)

In maths this week, we used multilink cubes to build cubed numbers. Well done to all the Achievement certificate winners for this week!

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.