--- title: "Year 5 Highlights" url: "https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2023-01-26-year-5-highlights" school: "The Palmer Academy" --- # Year 5 Highlights ![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/news/5.png) 26 January 2023 Year 5 have shown such resilience and determination this week. In Maths, we have been learning all about short division and how to use it when dividing a 3 or 4 digit number by a 1 digit number. Some of us found it really tricky at the start but felt such a sense of achievement when we finally understood it! In Geography, we have been learning about coasts. This week, we have learnt about how coasts are formed and the difference between coastal areas and inland areas. We sorted some well-known locations onto a Venn diagram earlier on the week and then had to explain our thoughts and reasoning. During this lesson, we all collaborated well when working as a team. Here is some of the work we completed... [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/100x100c/news/22.jpg)](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2023-01-20-year-2-highlights) Previous ### [Year 2 Highlights](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2023-01-20-year-2-highlights) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/100x100c/news/number_day(1).png)](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2023-01-27-nspcc-number-day-3rd-february) Next ### [NSPCC Number Day 3rd February](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2023-01-27-nspcc-number-day-3rd-february) ### News & Events - [News](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news) - [Upcoming Events](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/events) - [Newsletters](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news-events/Newsletters) - [![Absence Reporting Link](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/partners/1(1)_(1).png)](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/absence-reporting) - [![Accelerated Reader](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/partners/2(1)_(1).png)](https://login.renaissance.com/12d2ca4f-6beb-4887-82ee-ddfbdb0b88d4?state=145e0c43-7ae1-46eb-a2d3-c9224036ffb3) ##### Location 70 Northumberland Avenue Reading Berkshire RG2 7PP ##### Contact Us 0118 9375481 ##### Stay Connected - [X](https://twitter.com/R2PalmerAcademy) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePalmerAcademy) © Copyright 2015–2026 The Palmer Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)