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Term 5 & 6 Newsletter – Class 5

Welcome back to our final terms of the year. We have so much to fit in this term, including the French trip for year 6, sports day, and of course the end of year school production. After an intense but positive start to the term with OFSTED visiting, it is great to be rewarded with some excellent weather as we work towards the Year 6 SATs tests, for which the children are already being the best they can be.

With so much to look forward to, I’m sure we will have a great end to the school year together.

Mr Boorman

History

Our main theme this term is the British Empire. We will be finding out about the origins of the empire, where the empire reached, and the goods that were brought back to Britain from the different parts. We will also consider the effect that the Empire had on the countries under British rule, both positive and negative. After half term, we will start to look in more detail at the Atlantic slave trade.

Maths

Over this term, we will be looking at concepts including measures, shape and space (including geometry and position and direction), and statistics, while also revising topics such as fractions and percentages.

Art

In science we will be learning about evolution, adaptation and inheritance in plants and animals, moving onto fossils after half term.

French

In French we will be learning some key words and phrases to help children when visiting France.

PSHE

Our two PSHE topics this term are ‘Relationships’ and ‘Changing Me (including SRE – Sex and Relationships Education)’.

Computing

In computing, we will be learning about how AI is being used today. We will also be learning how to use search engines effectively.

Music

In French we will be learning some key words and phrases to help children when visiting France.

English

In the first part of the term, Year 5 children will be working from the text ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ with Mrs Riley while the Year 6s revise for the SATs tests. After the SATs tests, we will be reading the book ‘Race to the Frozen North’ by Catherine Johnson. In whole class reading, we will be reading an abridged version of ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare. We will also be focusing a lot on our speaking and listening skills as part of the end of year production.

Spellings

There is a spelling session each day where children in Key Stage 2 are split into their year groups in order to cover the year group objectives. Children will also be given a list of words each term from their year group’s statutory spelling list. These lists will be need to be learned over the whole term, and we will be doing dictation sentences using the words each Friday. Each term’s list will be added to the class page on the school website.

Science

In science we will be learning about evolution, adaptation and inheritance in plants and animals, moving onto fossils after half term.

RE

Our two questions this term are: ‘What kind of King was Jesus?’ and ‘How does faith help when life gets hard?’

PE

In PE, children will be working with All Star Soccer on their athletics skills. Miss Zara will also be returning in term 6 to work on children’s conditioning and fitness. We will also be continuing to improve our skills in cricket. In term 6, Year 6 children will be taking part in swimming sessions at Cross in Hand School.

Geography

Over this term, we will be looking at concepts including measures, shape and space (including geometry and position and direction), and statistics, while also revising topics such as fractions and percentages.

Homework

Homework will be set each week on a Wednesday. A homework menu will be given out which will feature mainly reading and writing tasks. Maths tasks will also be set, either on paper or on Mathletics. Homework is handed in the following Monday.

During SATs revision weeks, Year 6 children will be set homework separately based on their revision sessions in class. This will take the form of pages from their revision books or test papers from their packs.

Don’t forget, you can do some extra work at home on Times Table Rock Stars, and make sure you keep reading. Children can bring their books from school home to read, and they can bring books from home into school.

Monday: Homework handed in. PE with Mr Boorman (Term 5)/Miss Mayhew (Term 6). Year 6 swimming (Term 6 only)

Tuesday: PE with All Star Soccer Academy/Zara Breeze

Wednesday: Homework handed out.

Friday: Spelling dictation sentences.

Key Dates

Monday 12th May – Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling tests

Tuesday 13th May – Year 6 Reading test

Wednesday 14th May – Year 6 Arithmetic and Reasoning tests

Thursday 15th May – Year 6 Reasoning test

Wednesday 21st May – Year 6 French trip

Friday 23rd May – Last day of term 5

Monday 16th June – Year 4/5 trip to Cutty Sark

Wednesday 25th June – School Sports Day

Thursday 26th June – Year 6 Leavers Service at All Saints Church

Wednesday 2nd July – RESERVE sports day

Friday 11th July – Moving up morning

Monday 14th July – Year 6 Leavers Treat

Wednesday 16th July – School performance (afternoon and evening)

Thursday 17th July – School performance (evening)

Friday 18th July – Last day of term 6. End of term cup assembly

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