This week in Sussex 5:

Week beginning 2nd March 2026

Dear parents and carers,

Forest School is on Wednesday afternoons.  It is incredibly muddy in the woods at the moment so please send your child into school with wellies and be prepared for the children to come out of school muddy.

We have learnt a new piece of grammar this week - passive voice.  We have used actions to turn a simple active sentence into a passive sentence.  The benefit of using passive voice is to remove the subject (who did the action).  We became experts by the end of the lesson, but struggled to actually use it in our own writing!  We'll keep practising

In maths we have learnt about tenths, hundredths and thousandths. We are now practising ordering them, remembering to use place holders to compare different numbers.

In science we continued our learning about the human life cycle, comparing children of different ages and finding out what they can do at different ages and stages.

In RE we acted out some different disaster scenes where Jesus 'saved' the situation.  The sun was shining so we went onto the field and acted out the scenes.

In Forest School the children had to follow a trail around the woods while blindfolded.  They tell me that they managed to get to the end without peeping.

We took our completed maps of Aves Wood to the DC on Tuesday to present to Ms Latty.  She was very impressed by their efforts and the children were proud to show off their work.  Mums will have a chance to see them after the Mothers' Day breakfast next week.

We're excited for World Book Day tomorrow!

Mrs Townshend and Ms Walker.

Please find the home learning at the top of this page.  

Spellings are set on a Wednesday for testing on the following Wednesday.

Times tables will be tested on a Friday - this week we will be testing  mixed times table and mixed teens times table.  

Curriculum Overview

The Year 5 Team

A typical week in Sussex 5