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Lincolnsfield - Day 1

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Good evening all,  I am delighted to let you know that we arrived safely at Lincolnsfield and have had a fantastic first day! Since arriving, the children have thrown themselves into a variety of activities. We started with some team-building games. We then spent time exploring the woods, hunting for minibeasts and creating nature colour palettes using the wonderful range of colours we could find in the environment around us. The children have been brilliant throughout the day and have shown great enthusiasm, curiosity and teamwork. They are currently enjoying some well-earned downtime before we head off for dinner. This evening, we are all looking forward to our soft play session, which I suspect may use up some of the energy reserves the children seem to have in endless supply! Afterwards, we will be winding down with a movie night before heading to bed. Tomorrow is our exciting Children at War day, where the children will learn all about life in Britain during the Second Wo...
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Spellings

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22/05/2026

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On Monday, Year 5 were incredibly lucky to welcome a very special STEM visitor, Sarah, who came in to speak to the children about her work at ESA and the James Webb Space Telescope. The children were completely fascinated and asked some brilliant questions throughout the session. Sarah shared lots of exciting information about space exploration, scientific discoveries and what it is like to work in such an important field. It was wonderful to see the children so engaged and inspired — there were certainly lots of future scientists and engineers in the room! A huge thank you to Sarah for giving up her time to visit us and help bring STEM learning to life for the children. We are very grateful for such a memorable experience. A huge congratulations to all of the children for completing the Oakmere Mini-Marathon today! The children showed fantastic determination, resilience and enthusiasm throughout the event and should all feel very proud of themselves. It was lovely to see everyone enc...
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Spellings

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15/05/2026

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Happy Friday all! We’ve got another busy and exciting week ahead in Year 5! CGP Homework Please complete Progress Test 2 (pages 48–51) for next week PE Timetable Our PE timetable has now changed. PE will take place on: Monday – 1 hour Wednesday – 1 hour Friday – 30 minutes Please ensure children have their PE kits in school throughout the week. Exciting STEM Visitor  On  Monday , we are incredibly lucky to have a special STEM visitor coming in to speak to the class about her work at NASA! The children are very excited and I’m sure they’ll come home full of interesting facts and questions. Open Afternoon This Wednesday is our Open Afternoon and we hope many of you will be able to join us and see some of the fantastic learning taking place in Year 5! Residential Information Meeting A reminder that the  Parent Information Meeting  for our upcoming residential trip to Lincolnsfield will take place on  Wednesday 20th May at 15:30 . Oakmere Mini-Mar...
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Spellings

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Spellings

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