Welcome to Class 5 2025 -2026
Career Encounter
A big thank you to Michael Pierre for talking to class 5 all about how he has recently published a children’s book. He told us all about his career journey and how he uses computing to make books.
Thanks again – we all really enjoyed it!
Letter to Luke Akehurst Local MP
Hello Luke
We hope this email finds you well.
I am forwarding letters to yourself on behalf of my year 6 children at Nettlesworth Primary School. This week is recycling week and we have learnt all about the impact plastic pollution is having on our oceans.
We have written letters to raise awareness of this matter.
We were hoping that you would be able to read them and hopefully reply, letting us know what the government are currently doing to help with this issue.
We will look forward to hearing from you soon.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Homework for Friday 17th October
This week in class we are finishing off our materials topic in Science. Please work with your child to complete the task, showing off their newly acquired scientific knowledge.
Meditation
We loved joining in with the whole school meditation session to celebrate mental health awareness day.
Chocolate Bars
In DT we have designed and made our very own chocolate bar. We thought carefully about the ingredients we would like to include. We then melted the chocolate carefully and added in all the lovely ingredients before popping them in the fridge. We are excited to eat them!
Music with Mr Stokoe
We are continuing to impress with our amazing music skills. We are experts at reading musical notes and playing. We can not wait to show off our new skills with the whole school.
Cross Country
A massive well done to our year 6 runners … we are so proud of you all!
Homework for Friday 10th October
This week in class we are looking at shape. Please work with your child to recap the key information learnt in previous years.
Any questions, please ask.
Class debate
In Literacy we have learnt all about Apollo 13. The end result being that we wrote a balanced arguments so that people can make their own informed opinions. To put our knowledge to the test we held a class debate. We defiantly have some future Politian’s in class 5! What wonderfully, clear speakers we have!
Homework for Friday 3rd October
This week in class we are beginning to learn about the Apollo 13 mission. For homework we are reading a little more about the mission and enhancing our knowledge of the project, ready for our writing task on Friday.
Baking with Mrs Burton for Macmillan
We had an amazing time baking with Mrs. Burton ready for our coffee morning. We loved looking at the recipe and measuring out the ingredients. We must say … the results were amazing!
Local places of worship
In Class 5 we are really enjoying our RE topic of researching and learning all about the different local places or worship. We learnt so many facts about the different ways that people who follow Christianity worship. We loved presenting our findings to the rest of the class.
Homework for Friday 26th September 2025
This week our homework is focusing on Science. In class we are learning all about different materials and carrying out different investigations to learn about their suitability.
Jeans for Genes Day
Everyone looked amazing in their denim today! Thank you all for your kind donations for such a wonderful charity.
Athletics with Mr. Beveridge
We are all working so hard in our PE sessions to improve our athletics skills. This week we focused on running and being be to run for a sustained amount of time. Well done to everyone, you all ran so well.
Homework for Friday 19th September 2025
This week in numeracy we are looking at addition and subtraction. We are working hard on our mental and written methods of calculation.
Day of the Dead Skulls
In art we have created a day of the dead paper mache skull. We looked at designs and then created our own personalised one. We then used paint and other materials to transfer our design onto the 3D structure.
Science Investigation
This half term our Science theme is materials. This week we carried out an investigation around the properties of given materials. We used a variety of tools to test the hardness, magnetism and transparency of different everyday materials. We were then able to draw conclusions based on what we found.
Ukulele with Mr Stokoe
This week we began our music lessons with Mr Stokoe. He was impressed with our knowledge and understanding of musical notes. We played the instruments so well!
Cricket Legends!
We are so proud of Harry and Archie for having the honor of walking out with the England cricket team at the weekend. What an amazing opportunity and exciting event for you!
Homework week commencing 8.9.25
This week in class we are enjoying reading our key text ‘Journey to the River Sea’. We are loving listening to the story and then using what we have heard in our writing.
This week for homework we are working on our comprehensive skills. Please complete the reading comprehension attached.
Memorable Experience
Hola Mexico! Class 5 enjoyed tasting traditional food and drink from Mexico! We are all now amazing at making tacos and watermelon smoothies!
Welcome to Year 6!
Welcome back to school everyone and a very big welcome to year 6! I hope you have enjoyed your summer break and are looking forward to the new school year. We are so excited to see you all and are ready to learn lots of new exciting things! I am looking forward to all of the exciting things throughout the final year of your primary school journey.
We are excited to begin our new topic of Hola Mexico! Tomorrow we will have our engagement activities … we are looking forward to them!
