Y5 Weekly Update 24.1.25

Friday 24^th January 2025 – Y5 Weekly Update

Looking back: 

It’s been a hard working week in Year 5. The children have been exploring the Sherlock Holmes book, ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ and we are gearing up towards a couple of great pieces of writing next week. In maths, we have moved on to a little unit of work on fractions and we have been multiplying fractions this week. In History, we’ve done some really interesting work on evacuation and the Blitz.

Year 5 – Pupils’ Highlights:

• It was interesting learning about different sacred texts in RE.
• We liked researching the Blitz and watching some poignant videos about this..
• We are enjoying exploring the art of Henry Moore with Mrs Riddell.

Family discussion questions:

• Can the children tell you any interesting information about evacuation?
• Can the children tell you what has happened in The Hound of the Baskervilles so far?

Looking forward:

Next week, the children will be undertaking a couple of interesting writing tasks based on our Sherlock Holmes graphic novel.

In Maths, we will be practising how to calculate a fraction of a number.

In History, we will be learning about rationing and the work of Alan Turing.

We will be planning and conducting an experiment on thermal insulation in science.

Have a great weekend!