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. 

Spring Term 2

As we enter the second half of our Spring term we will be covering the following topics:

English: This half term, our English work will be based around the book,

‘The London Eye Mystery' by Siobhan Dowd. We will also focus on explanatory texts.

RE:  Memorial Sacrifice and Sacrifice

Science: Properties and Changes of Materials

History: The Ancient Greeks

Art: Greek Vases

Computing: Text Adventures and Networks

Music: You got a Friend

Spanish; The People around 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 6 will receive weekly activities on SPaG. Com

PE

The children will complete PE and Swimming on a Wednesday.                             

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.