St Marie's Catholic Primary School

Thank you, Y5 for such an enjoyable World Book Day 2026! You looked great in your costumes or dressed in something that made you unique! In class, we focused on the book Perfectly Norman , by Tom Percival. We created story maps, to practice our sequencing events skills and made emoji maps that tracked the emotions and feelings of characters throughout the book.

As we celebrate national science week next week, Y5 have been busy preparing their projects ready to take to a showcasing event at Standish Community High School. The theme of science week this year is 'curiosity'. We have been set a space themed task where we have to protect the 'astronauts' in our landing craft by creating a shock-absorbing system for our lander. Well done, Y5, you were extremely resourceful!

Do all Superheroes wear capes?

Thank you to all the Year 4 Parents and grandparents who have supported us in class as Mystery Readers. We have loved welcoming you into our classroom and it has showed us all the importance of reading for pleasure.

Y5 had a wonderful time at the Liverpool World Museum. We visited the permanent ancient Egypt exhibition where we saw: mummies, 'shabti' statues and other amazing artefacts from ancient Egypt. In our mummification workshop, we all took part in 'mummifying' a body and learned about the reasons behind many of the rituals of mummification. We also had chance to visit the aquarium and space exploration floors!

In R.E. we have started our new topic Desert to Garden. We have read and discussed the story of The Prodigal Son, creating freeze frames to represent different scenes.

Please see attached for all the information for Y5 next half term. Please don't hesitate to contact Mr Farley if you have any further questions

Well done, Y5, on all your homework from this half term. Y5 have worked hard to produce some very persuasive letters, poster and presentations on which rainforest animal we should adopt and which charity to support. Next half term, we will announce the animal and charity that the class will be adopting!

We had a great time learning about different countries and their cultures on Diversity Day. In our own class, we focussed on Nigeria, learning about its landscape, wildlife, languages, currency, national food and popular sports. We even learnt a Nigerian song and dance!

We are thoroughly enjoying using our music skills to learn to play the African drums.

In Science, we worked scientifically to test the properties of liquids.

In our P.E. topic of gymnastics, Y5 have been working on creating their own sequences of balances and rolls. Well done, Y5.

In PSHE, we discussed and made posters about the features of a good community.

Are Dragons real or are they a Fantasy?