Y5/6
Welcome to Year 5/6A
Summer 1
Welcome back to the first half of the summer term. This half term is going to be very busy and we have lots of fun activities planned for you all to enjoy over the next few weeks.
We will be continuing with our questions ‘Where are we going and who are we going to meet?' throughout every unit of work. We will be travelling around the world and meeting many significant individuals and looking at many different places around the world.
All of our summer 1 learning is listed below. We will be posting lots of photographs and documents to aid learning on the school website and on Dojo to keep you updated of all of the fun things we get up to. If you have any questions do not hesitate to speak to us before or after school, where a staff member will be available on the door.
Maths
This half term the children in year 6 will be completing work on pie charts, line graphs and pictograms. The children will also be working on developing their problem solving, reasoning and arithmetic skills and revising what has been learnt in year 6 so far.
The children in year 5 will be completing work on position and movement and measurements. The year 5 children will also be working on developing their arithmetic skills.
English
In English the children will be reading the book Letters From The Lighthouse by Emma Carroll.
The children will be mainly covering the grammar objectives for their year group but will cover some objectives across previous years to recap and reinforce their learning. Every English lesson begins with a daily SPaG starter. These are carefully designed to help pupils retrieve prior knowledge, correct errors and apply specific skills which in turn will support them with their independent writing.
The children will take part in 5 guided reading sessions every week which will focus on reading comprehension by using a range of questioning techniques to develop their skills. The children will also be given the opportunity to read independently or with a member of staff daily to develop their fluency.
Science
In Science the children will be learning all about materials. During this topic the children will be looking at the properties of materials, reversable and irreversible changes and separating and dissolving. This will involve lots of practical activities that allow the children to test and compare.
History
In History the children will be learning about World War 2. During this topic the children will be learning about the events leading up to WW2, what life was like during this time and how these events have shaped the world we live in today.
Art
Our art topic this half term is sculpture and 3D. During this topic the children will be learning about different types of sculptures, planning their own sculpture and making their own memory box. They will also be evaluating their own work and reflecting on future practise.
RE
Our topic in RE this half term is creation and science: conflicting or complimentary. During this topic we will be discussing the creation story and different versions of events. We will be analysing and discussing the information found and expressing our own opinions on this.
Life Education
This half term we will be learning all about safety and the changing body. During this topic the children will be learning all about the names of body parts, changes that happen to our bodies during puberty, staying safe online and basic first aid skills.
Rights Respecting Schools
This half term the children will be focussing on the following articles.
Article 16 (right to privacy)
Article 17 (access information from media)
Article 27(adequate standard of living)
Article 5 (parental guidance and a child’s evolving capacities)
Article 24 (health and health services)
Article 38 (war and armed conflicts)
French
Our topic in French is verbs in a week. During this topic the children will be look at different verbs in a range of tenses.
P.E
Our P.E topic for this term is athletics.
The children can come into school wearing their PE kit on the day they do PE, which for our class, is on Thursday. The children are required to wear-
Black shorts/tracksuit bottoms/leggings
Red t-shirt
Black pumps or trainers
Homework
Children will be given homework weekly to support the teaching that we have been doing in school. For Year 6 this is mainly in the form of the Sat Booster Booklets and for Year 5 homework will be set online on Dojo. This homework will mainly focus on developing Maths and English skills. The children can complete this work independently or with the support of parents.
It is also extremely important that as part of their homework, your child completes the below for at least 10 minutes every day-
Reading
Playing TTRS
Plays games on Spelling Shed
Please see below for more information.
Reading Books
Reading books will be changed as often as the children need to. We use accelerated reading as a tool to give the children personalised goals to work towards each half term. The children are given a specific level of books to read and once they have finished reading they take a quiz to assess their understanding. Reading quizzes monitor comprehension, while literacy skills and vocabulary quizzes extend student learning and build skills mastery.
It is important that your child reads every evening for at least 10 minutes with the help of an adult or older sibling and 10 minutes independently.
TTRS
The children will have individual logins for Times Tables Rock Stars. They can access the app at home on a laptop or iPad. Please encourage your child to access the website at home for at least 10 minutes a day as this will give them much needed practice of the Times Tables they are unsure of.
Please cut and paste the link into Google to access the TTRS website
Spellings
Children will be given a spelling list every Tuesday. Please ensure your child practices these as they will be tested on these spellings the following Tuesday. To support them further, encourage your child to access the Spelling Shed website for at least 10 minutes a day. This gives the children a variety of learning games to maintain engagement. Students are able to play live games with each other, challenge others to games, earn rewards, monitor their own progress, and even check their ranking with others across the world.
Please cut and paste the link into Google to access the Ed Shed website
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to us in the morning or at the end of the school day.
Mrs Thomas and Miss Corrigan