Year 5 - Spring Term 2 - Newsletter 2026

We are going to be very busy this term! There are lots of events happening across the school, all in a short5-week term!

Forest school

This term Year 5 have forest school! This will be for one whole afternoon each. The dates are below:

Tuesday 17th March – Birch

Wednesday 18th March – Elm

Thursday 19th March – Maple

Please ensure children come to school in their forest school clothes on the day, they will need to have wellies,warm layers, coats and waterproof trousers if possible.

First Aid Course.

Today, the whole of Year 5 took part in a first aid course. In this hands-on course, children moved beyond basic"bumps and scrapes" to learn essential life-saving skills.

World Book Day

On Thursday the 5th of March, we will be celebrating world book day. Children are encouraged to dress up as a book character for the day. The world book day celebration continues through the week and into the week after too. We have lots of exciting events planned: a live lesson with Michael Rosen, shared reading with different classes, a visit from Waterstones book store to swap our World Book Day Vouchers, lots of reading activities inclass, a whole school book project on Flotsom by David Wiesner, a visit from a local author and finally, on Thursday the 12th of March, a gallery for families to visit in their children’s classroom to see all of the amazing things we’ve been up to! We are so looking forward to all of this!

📚 Curriculum Highlights

English: This term, our classroom will be bursting with imagination and discovery! We’ll begin by stepping into an enchanted forest, crafting magical narratives that use the wonders of language to awaken the five senses and truly light up our imaginations. From the crunch of leaves underfoot to the shimmer of mysterious light through the trees, the children will learn how to bring their writing vividly to life. Later in the term, we’ll turn our attention to the magnificent tiger, creating detailed non-chronological reports packed with fascinating facts about this incredible animal. It’s going to be a term full of creativity, curiosity, and roaringly good writing!

Maths: This term, our mathematics work will continue to on fractions and exploring decimals and percentages.To best support your child’s learning, please continue to encourage your child to log on regularly on times tables Rockstars! We will also be focusing on word problems and how to practice them. You can support your child with this by doing some word problems with them if you would like too.

Reading: This term we will be continuing with our class reader ‘Swimming Against the Storm’ by Jess Butterworth.

Many thanks for your continued support.

The Year 5 Team