Year 5 Blog 2026/27

 Today we have had our first RE Day of Year 5. We talked about belonging and what this means to us. We then explored the importance of belonging for Muslims and looked at some examples of how a Muslim might show this. We finished the day with some Islamic art. 

 Ian Dickens is the great-great-grandson of the famous Victorian author Charles Dickens. Whilst he was in school today, he talked to the children about his grandad and his writings. The children knew some of the books and the film The Muppets Christmas Carol which of course is a take off from the original ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Ian also talked to the children about the Charles Dickens Trail which was created in 2024 as a tribute to his grandad as it marked the 175th anniversary of his last visit to the island.  Here is a copy of the trail in case you fancy something to do over half term.  Furthermore, he introduced a new writing competition for all ages. The only stipulation is that it should be a story that has no more than 500 words. No more but it can be less than 500 words. The deadline for this is the first week in December. 

 This week, the children recapped the chords: GCEA. Then they played a Clave, repetitive rhythm in F chord to the song Iko, Iko by the Dixie Cups. 

We took a break from the normal French lessons to celebrate the European day of languages, which is celebrated every year on the 26th September. The country and language allocated to Year 5 was Portuguese.The children learnt about the country including traditional foods, greetings and counting to 10 in Portuguese. They created a visual fact file about Portugal, which included colouring in the Portuguese  flag and  identifying where Portugal is on the map.