<![CDATA[Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School Blog Feed - Y5]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D41%26amp%3Bnid%3D13 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Fri, 6 Nov 2026 15:34:10 GMT Fri, 6 Nov 2026 15:34:10 GMT <![CDATA[ Welcome to Y5 ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1829 Click here to check out our Autumn newsletter! 

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:44:09 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1829 <![CDATA[ Friday Success! ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1969 Here are the scores and awards for this week in Y5!

CLIC Y5AR – Well Done Luther, Harrison and Junior for achieving 12 out of 12!

CLIC Y5DT – Well Done Rayaan, Tiwa and Dolly for achieving 12 out of 12!

Beat That Y5AR- Well done to Hamza, Evelina, Shatw and Maryam for achieving 50 or more on their Beat That!

Beat That Y5DT - Well done to Amani, Aahil and Rayaan for achieving 50 or more on their Beat That!

Timetable Rocket Y5AR -

Timetable Rocket Y5DT - Dhiyara

Handwriting Y5AR –

Handwriting Y5DT –

Postcards:

Y5AR – Value Being Special - Darcie H, you have just been an absolute super star this week! You have worked so hard in every single lesson, and done it all with a huge smile on your face. We are so proud of you!

Y5DT – Value Being Special – Riley, for always trying to set good examples, and trying to be a good role model for others. We are so proud!

Star of the Week (for next week):

Y5AR – Harrison!

Y5DT-Summer!

P.E. Star of the Week: Poppy!

]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2026 15:34:10 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1969 <![CDATA[ Y5 Toy Cars D&T ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1968 Today, we started our D&T topic. We explored and played with toys for our target audience! We had a fantastic time.

]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2026 15:31:23 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1968 <![CDATA[ Y5 Cuisenaire Fractions ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1965 This week in Y5 we have been understanding fractions. We have used Cuisenaire rods to show equality!

]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2026 09:39:02 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1965 <![CDATA[ Highwayman Story Maps ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1940 Here are our amazing story maps from our learning about the Highwayman 

]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:09:02 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1940 <![CDATA[ National Space Centre Visit ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1937 We are planning an exciting visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester on Wednesday 20th January 2027. We are setting off early to make the most of our day, and so children need to be in school for 8.00am and leaving for 8.15am. We aim to return to school by 4:30pm traffic permitting. We will be travelling to the National Space Centre via coach.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:00:11 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1937 <![CDATA[ Roman Day ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1932 Here we are trying Roman foods and playing Roman games. 

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:43:01 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1932 <![CDATA[ Friday scores ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1929 Here are the scores and awards for this week in Y5!

CLIC Y5AR – Well Done Luther, Harrison and Junior for achieving 12 out of 12!

CLIC Y5DT – Well Done Rayaan, Tiwa and Dolly for achieving 12 out of 12!

Beat That Y5AR- Well done to Hamza, Evelina, Shatw and Maryam for achieving 50 or more on their Beat That!

Beat That Y5DT - Well done to Amani, Aahil and Rayaan for achieving 50 or more on their Beat That!

Timetable Rocket Y5AR - Well done Harriett!

Timetable Rocket Y5DT - Well done Tiwa!

Handwriting Y5AR – Well done Joey!

Handwriting Y5DT – Well done Blake, Aahil, Benj and Kairo!

Postcards:

Y5AR – Reflect and Share – Lucas, you have been working so hard recently to improve your writing. We can see how much care you’re putting into your work. We are so proud of you. Keep it up!

Y5DT – Reflect and Share – Teegan,

Star of the Week (for next week):

Y5AR – Maryam!

Y5DT: Sufyan!

P.E. Star of the Week: Rakaan!

 

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:35:42 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1929 <![CDATA[ Amazing Volcanos ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1927 Have a look at some of the amazing volcanos our children have made for home learning. More pictures to come!

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:29:52 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1927 <![CDATA[ Idling Engines ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1914 As you may have already seen, we are having a focussed week on keeping our roads safe.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:16:46 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1914 <![CDATA[ Y5 Friday Scores! ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1906 Here are the scores and awards for this week in Y5!

CLIC Y5AR – Well Done Luther, Evelina and Maryam for achieving 12 out of 12!

CLIC Y5DT – Well Done Aahil, Blake, Advik, Rayaan, Kairo and Dolly for achieving 9 on their CLIC, this weeks CLIC was tricky but they still achieved a great score!

Beat That Y5AR- Well done to Joey, Hamza, Evelina, Shatw and Maryam for achieving 50 or more on their Beat That!

Beat That Y5DT - Well done to Aahil for achieving 50 or more on their Beat That!

Timetable Rocket Y5AR - Well done Harrison, Noor, Mikayl and Zainab!

Timetable Rocket Y5DT -

Handwriting Y5AR – Well done Darcey, Mikayl and Tassie and Hamzah!

Handwriting Y5DT –  Well done Leela!

Postcards:

Y5AR – Solve Problems – Joey, you have become a brilliant friend to your classmates and you always want to help them feel better if they’re ever feeling down. We are so proud of you!

Y5DT – Enjoy challenge – Leela,

Star of the Week (for next week):

Y5AR – Ava C!

Y5DT –Kairo!

P.E. Star of the Week: Darcey S!

 

]]> Fri, 9 Oct 2026 15:30:14 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1906 <![CDATA[ Amazing maze! ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1897 Today, the Y5s took their coding lesson outside to design and follow our own mazes. The children did brilliant following instructions!

]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2026 12:54:07 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1897 <![CDATA[ Friday Scores ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1890 Fri, 2 Oct 2026 15:40:55 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1890 <![CDATA[ Typography - Y5 ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1884 Here we are doing our amazing Typography!

]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2026 11:02:35 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1884 <![CDATA[ Friday Success ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1871 Please enter an introduction for your blog post here.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:12:24 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1871 <![CDATA[ Y5 Debugging ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1862 Today the Y5s worked brilliantly in their debugging lesson. We used our skills to fix codes that didn't work correctly

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:06:16 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1862 <![CDATA[ Y5 AR Science ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1853 ]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:09:56 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1853 <![CDATA[ Y5 Escape from Pompeii ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1847 Today, we acted out some of the key scenes from our book "Escape from Pompeii". The children produced some amazing improvisations 

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:31:14 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1847 <![CDATA[ Roman Invasion Game ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1844 Yesterday in history we played an invasion game. We discovered the reasons why countries are invaded and the 'pros' and 'cons' of Roman Conquest 

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:32:44 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1844 <![CDATA[ Y5 Scratch ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1843 Today, in Y5 we were brushing up our coding! The children used their amazing skills to learn how to modify existing codes 

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:11:16 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1843 <![CDATA[ Y5 Autumn Newsletter ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1842 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:43:23 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1842 <![CDATA[ Y5 in Amy's Garden ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1730 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:13:22 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1730 <![CDATA[ Y5 Sports Day Medal Ceremony ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1718 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:36:58 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1718 <![CDATA[ Mayan trade game ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1696 Thu, 21 May 2026 14:54:50 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1696 <![CDATA[ Sports Day ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1685 Click here for more info on sports day for Y5!

]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:27 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1685 <![CDATA[ Tie Dye in Y5 ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1679 Our Summer Term Art project is titled festival fashion. As part of this, we will be creating some tie dye t-shirts. This week, we experimented with colours and techniques.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2026 10:57:57 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1679 <![CDATA[ Prom donations ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1676 Thu, 14 May 2026 12:06:58 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1676 <![CDATA[ Y5 Science- classification ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1615 In our new Science topic, we have been learning how scientists classify animals into different groups.

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:42:07 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1615 <![CDATA[ Summer Newsletter ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1595 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:55:29 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1595 <![CDATA[ Y5 Beeley Wood ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1571 ]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:39:09 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1571 <![CDATA[ Music in the round String Quartet ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1569 Mon, 9 Mar 2026 12:48:57 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1569 <![CDATA[ Painting on the floor! ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1562 As part of celebrating world book day, we have been creating artwork based on our favourite books. We had a lovely relaxed afternoon with the tables out of the way and working on the floor!

]]> Fri, 6 Mar 2026 11:57:21 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1562 <![CDATA[ Y5DT D&T Exhibition, Tuesday 17th March 9.00-9.30am ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1554 Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:35:21 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1554 <![CDATA[ Y5JB D&T Exhibition, Monday 16th March 9.00-9.30am ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1553 Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:32:43 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1553 <![CDATA[ Beeley Wood Visit ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1520 We are planning an exciting trip to Beeley Woods!

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:52:44 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1520 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Home learning ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1510 Mon, 9 Feb 2026 20:16:20 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1510 <![CDATA[ Y5 Reading workshop Thursday 12th February 2.30-3.00pm ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1496 Y5 will be holding a reading workshop on Thursday 12th February from 2.30-3.00pm. This will be a lovely opportunity to see the books that children get to read in Year 5 and maybe even reminisce about some of the books you read as a child!

]]> Wed, 4 Feb 2026 18:17:22 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1496 <![CDATA[ Reading fluency project ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1495 Wed, 4 Feb 2026 14:27:16 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1495 <![CDATA[ D&T ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1494 Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:56:43 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1494 <![CDATA[ Y5JB Clarinet music performance ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1465 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:35:40 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1465 <![CDATA[ Y5 London Residential ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1458 We are delighted to once again be able to offer all of the children in Y5 this year a fantastic opportunity to visit London, and participate in the Science Museum’s special programme “Science Night”, this year on Friday 19th to Saturday 20th June 2026.

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:17 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1458 <![CDATA[ National Space Centre ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1456 We are currently driving back from the National Space Centre with nearly 60 very exhausted children. A wonderful day was had by all. We took part in a workshop to learn all about the phases of the moon and to discover why we have night and day.  The highlight was an amazing iMax tour of the night sky! Enjoy the pictures of our day.

]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:51:42 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1456 <![CDATA[ Science and D&T ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1437 In Science, we have begun learning all about Space. We found out about the size of the different planets and learnt about the different lengths of orbits and how this affects how long a year is on these planets. We also had our first piece of space home learning from Kurt!

In D&T, we have continued work on creating our cars, carefully measuring (measure twice, cut once!) out the chassis and axles and then using junior hacksaws to cut our wood.

]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:43:41 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1437 <![CDATA[ Spring Newsletter ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1377 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:26:57 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1377 <![CDATA[ Y5 Reading Badges ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1412 Well done to all the children who received their Autumn bronze reading badge for recording 40 reads!

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:56:46 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1412 <![CDATA[ D&T and Guided Reading ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1408 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:16 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1408 <![CDATA[ Y5 Geography and D&T ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1380 Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:17:01 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1380 <![CDATA[ Y5 Step into Christmas ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1379 Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:12:07 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1379 <![CDATA[ It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1366 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:12:00 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1366 <![CDATA[ Typography ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1360 In art this half-term, we have been learning about typography.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:03:39 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=13&storyid=1360