Year 5 Blog 2025/26

 This morning, we had a visit from Adam who works at the library in Cowes. Adam introduced the new reading scheme which is linked to music this year. In order for the children to gain stickers and prizes they need to read six books over the summer.  The competition is happening in every library on the island but each one has different prizes. 

 Year 5 practised  saying  planet vocabulary and saying the planets in order. They then had a go at saying some of their own sentences before identifying nouns, pronouns and adjectives in French, noticing the position of some adjectives in sentences. 

 Today, the children leant all about communities. They began defining what a community is and how they are part of a community. Then, they identified the importance of communities for Muslims and how they follow the five pillars. The children then discussed how the pillars are important to them and why they think they are important.  To enhance their learning they created Islamic Tiles and some created a presentation on Canva.   

 Today, the children were really engaged with the class discussions about a book that has been banned in 3 countries. We looked at And Tango makes three, which is about 2 male penguins who tried to hatch a stone. After listening to the story, the children soon began to debate if the book should be banned because two male penguins wanted to have a family.  All of the children, came up with virtually the same answer that the book should not be banned but it might need to have an age restriction on it. A very sensible debate in Hawthorn Class. 

 This week the children focussed on understanding how we can look after our mental, physical and emotional health when using digital devices both negatively and positively.  They focussed on the following vocabulary. Digital well-being means that we are maintaining a healthy relationship with technology. This can be achieved by using it in moderation, safely and knowing when to stop as well as making thoughtful choices.