Year 5- Spring 2- Week 4
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 4:34pm
What a wonderful week we’ve had in Year 5! We made the most of the beautiful weather by spending lots of time learning outdoors and enjoying hands‑on activities across the curriculum.
In English, we have been researching the life of the remarkable astronaut Chris Hadfield. Using our notes, we began writing his biography, focusing carefully on clear text structure, using a range of sentence types and adding extra detail with brackets. We can’t wait to publish our finished biographies in our Author Books next week!
In Maths, we began the week by continuing work on ordering and comparing decimals up to 2dp. We then moved on to drawing and interpreting line graphs.
In RE, we learned all about Pentecost, why it is such an important event for Christians and how it is celebrated today.
In History, we explored the Greek gods and goddesses. We played a board game to help us remember each deity’s symbols and then chose our favourites to research in more depth.
On Tuesday, we had a fabulous day at Mere Sands Nature Reserve. Highlights included, exploring the woodland and wetlands, building mini‑shelters, minibeast hunting, catching frogs and bird spotting with binoculars. The children were enthusiastic, curious and brilliantly behaved.
This week’s outdoor learning session focused on progressing our fire‑lighting skills. We put these skills to good use by boiling water in the Kelly kettles and enjoying some delicious hot chocolate made outdoors.
Reminders:
- Outdoor learning on Thursday.
- Finish for Easter on Friday 27th March.