Year 5 Blog

Page 2

Archive

16/01/26
End of Spring 1 Week 2 Messages and Updates
What a fantastic week we have had in year 5 this week. Continuing our narratives genre of writing has been great and the children have really enjoyed being creative with their work, more and more of the children have found themselves being successful in their maths this week as we move towards maste...
Read Full Story
15/01/26
Creating the Solar System
Year 5 have had a lovely start to our new Science unit, Earth and Space. We have begun creating our own solar system using paper mâché, and the children have been working together to create the planets. This has been thoroughly enjoyable for everyone involved and we can't...
Read Full Story
09/01/26
End of Spring 1 Week 1 Messages and Updates
What a fantastic start to the new year we have had this week in year 5. We have been mastering multiplication, publishing our non-chronological reports, starting new topics in history, art, computing, science, Spanish and P.E. and we even survived our first snowfall of 2026! The children hav...
Read Full Story
08/01/26
Dancing through life!
The children have recently started an exciting new dance unit in their PE lessons. They have been working creatively to design their own 8-step dance routines, exploring a variety of movements and styles. Throughout the unit, the children are experimenting with different ways of moving their bodi...
Read Full Story
19/12/25
End of Autumn Term Messages
Wow! What a fantastic term we've had at Rosehill in year 5. We've learnt loads, created wonderful D+T and art projects, made progress in our core subjects and produced a Christmas performance to be proud of. Thank you from the Y5 team for all your support this term...
Read Full Story
18/12/25
Rosehill's Christmas Carol
What a fantastic way to end our first term back! The children have worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks to recreate their own version of the Rosehill Christmas Carol. They put on an absolutely incredible performance, showing confidence, teamwork, and creativity throughout. Their effort...
Read Full Story
12/12/25
End of Autumn 2 Week 6 Messages and Updates
What a wonderful week we've had in Y5 this week. In a week which has been anything but normal, the children have had a wonderful time enjoying a mixture of lessons and special events. The Tech She Can lesson on Wednesday was fantastic, as was the Christmas dinner which many of the ch...
Read Full Story
10/12/25
Everyday Robotics
This week, Year 5 enjoyed an exciting lesson from Tech She Can, all about how we use robots in everyday life. The children explored the many ways robotics support us at home—such as vacuuming, cooking, or helping with reminders—and learnt how different types of programming allow robots t...
Read Full Story
09/12/25
End of Autumn 2 Week 5 Messages and Updates
This week has been a really challenging and rewarding week for the children as we have carried out our very first assessment week of the year. The children have responded really positively to the challenges of sitting tests and you could see them trying their best to show all the progress t...
Read Full Story
29/11/25
Design Engineers
This week, Year 5 continued their Design & Technology project on bridges. After researching a range of famous bridge types and the features that make them strong, the children worked in groups to design their very own bridge structures. Each team chose different features to focus on...
Read Full Story
28/11/25
End of Autumn 2 Week 4 Messages and Updates
What a great week this week has been. We really enjoyed the pantomime yesterday - before anyone comments - oh yes we did! We've also really enjoyed planning our designs for our bridges, learning about water resistance in science, learning about the different parts of a volcano in geography...
Read Full Story
21/11/25
Strengthening Materials
This week, Year 5 became young engineers as they explored different ways to strengthen materials for their bridge projects. The children tested techniques such as folding, layering, tubing, and adding triangular supports to see how each method improved stability. They experimented with paper, car...
Read Full Story

Rosehill Junior School

Year 5 Blog

Page 2

End of Spring 1 Week 2 Messages and Updates

Creating the Solar System

End of Spring 1 Week 1 Messages and Updates

Dancing through life!

End of Autumn Term Messages

Rosehill's Christmas Carol

End of Autumn 2 Week 6 Messages and Updates

Everyday Robotics

End of Autumn 2 Week 5 Messages and Updates

Design Engineers

End of Autumn 2 Week 4 Messages and Updates

Strengthening Materials

Page 2

Contact us