Living and Learning Together - Shining in our Faith
Please have a look at the Year 5 and 6 Knowledge Organisers, which are contained within the link above.
Welcome to Year 5 and 6!
Hello and welcome to Year 5 and 6
We look forward to sharing our learning on our class page! We are excited to show you the wonderful things that we are doing in class.
Our class teacher is Mrs Sykes. This term, Mrs Geldart will be supporting in class.
Important information about Year 5 and 6
The day begins at 8.55 and ends at 3.20.
Children do not need to bring in pencil cases as all equipment is provided.
At morning break you can bring in a healthy snack or fruit to eat. We are a nut free school, so please do not bring any food items into school which contain nuts or traces of nuts.
Please bring a named water bottle into school. This needs to be taken home daily to be washed thoroughly.
Lunchtime is at 12.00 and the children have one hour for lunch.
Within Year 5 and 6, the children have many roles and responsibilities. The children can apply for a range of monitor roles in school. These roles include PE, library, assembly, classroom, ICT and register monitors.
At the beginning of the Autumn term, each class will vote for a school council representative who will represent the class within the school council meetings.
Summer Term 2
As we enter the second half of our Summer term, we will be covering the following topics:
English: This half term, our English work will be based around the poem, The Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen. Also, the book, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
RE: Freedom and Responsibility and Stewardship.
Science: Living Things and Their Habitats
History: Early Islamic Civilisation Non- European society
Design Technology : Textiles
Computing: Networks, Quizzing and spreadsheets
Music: Music and Me
Homework
Each week, the children will continue to receive spellings to learn. The spellings will be tested in class, the following Thursday. The children will receive spelling activities on Purple Mash which should be completed weekly. Year 5 and 6 will receive weekly activities on SPaG. Com
PE
The children will complete PE on a Wednesday and a Friday.
Please can I remind all children that they should wear a full PE kit into school on a Wednesday and a Friday. Thank you in advance for your support with this.
Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Sykes if you have any questions that you would like to ask such as the concepts or methods taught within Maths or if you wish to support your child further at home.
As we progress through this term, additional resources and links will be added to help support the children’s learning.
Please keep an eye on our class page for updates and snapshots of learning. Through exploring our web page, you can keep up-to-date with our learning journey, check out our curriculum and explore subject specific websites which can support your children’s learning.