Kites (year 5/6) - Miss J. Woskett and Miss D. Rickards

Kestrels (year 5/6) - Mrs S. Smith and Mrs S. Harris

Harriers (year 5/6) - Mr C. Thomas

Merlins (year 5/6) - Miss A. Pickett and Mr S. Harris

Welcome to year 5 and 6.

Our topic for the Autumn Term is ‘Stones and Bones’. Throughout this term we will focus on developing our Historical knowledge and understanding. We will be learning about how people lived during the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age and how life changed throughout these periods of time. In Geography, we will look at human features in a study of the UK, alongside learning mapping skills linked to grid references, keys and compass points.  

We will begin the term with an exciting hook day based on our new class - October, October by Katya Balen. We will focus on PSHE: relationships, overcoming challenges and accepting differences.

In Science we will learn about Evolution and Inheritance. We will recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.

We will recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents. We will also identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.

In English, we will write our own build up and problem to the story Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura and we will use what we have learnt in our history lesson to write a non-chronological report. We will also write our own campfire ghost stories, which we will share around a campfire at forest schools.

In Maths, we will focus on building and strengthening our knowledge of Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, and Fractions.

We will develop our creative skills in Art and Design and Technology. In Art we will be drawing and painting in the style of Claude Monet and Georgia O’Keefe.  In Design and Technology, we will focus on frame structures, joints and reinforcing techniques to build a model linked to our History topic.  In Music, we will be learning about musical notation and the families of the orchestra.

In CPSHE will we learn about Relationships and understanding the dynamics of healthy relationships.

In RE will we discuss What influence does believing in God as Trinity have for Christian worldviews? and

How does Hajj show what matters to Muslims in Britain?

In Computing we will learn how networks work and how data travels across the internet. We will learn how to search safely and manage our online information, including our privacy and security. We will also learn about the importance of Copyright and Ownership.

In PE we will be developing our skills in netball, tag rugby, sports hall athletics dance and gymnastics. You will not need to bring your PE kits to school but you can wear your PE kits on our PE days. Some PE will be outside so please make sure you’ll be warm enough.  

You can support us by listening to your child read regularly, helping them learn their times tables and practice their spellings. Children will receive an acorn and raffle ticket each time they read at home (you can sign their reading record book or they could upload a photo/video to Seesaw). Children can become ‘Maths Champions’ and receive a special pencil when they know all the times tables and division facts up to 12x12 and are able to use them to solve a variety of problems. Homework is set at the beginning of the year and children will be rewarded for each piece they do.

We look forward to learning lots of new and interesting things this term!