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Big Question: Why are pioneers important in shaping our future?

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Our books for this term are all linked to our theme of pioneers:

Manfish by Jennifer Berne

Skyfish by Emma Carroll

Great Adventurers by Alastair Humphreys

Every time the Y6 children write they should remember:

accurate punctuation (capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas in lists and after fronted adverbials, punctuation for parenthesis and accurate speech punctuation)

legible, fluent and joined handwriting, even at speed, ensuring that capital letters and lower case letters are of a consistent size

accurate spelling of the Y3/4 statutory words and spelling patterns

accurate spelling of some of the Y5/6 statutory words and spelling patterns

Every time the Y5 children write they should remember:

accurate punctuation (capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas in lists and after fronted adverbials)

legible, fluent and joined handwriting, ensuring that capital letters and lower case letters are of a consistent size

accurate spelling of the Y3/4 statutory words and spelling patterns

beginning to have accurate spelling of some of the Y5/6 statutory words and spelling patterns

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Year 6:

Preparation for KS2 tests. Children will consolidate their understanding of place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, graphs, time, measurement, shape, area, perimeter, volume , negative numbers and Roman numerals.

Year 5:

Measurement- converting between units of length, volume and mass.

Area and perimeter

Volume

Negative numbers

Roman numerals

Consolidation of arithmetical understanding.

There will be regular times tables checks to ensure the children have consolidated, and have rapid recall of, the multiplication facts to 12 x 12.

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This term's topic is France, which ties in with the books we are studying in English, as well as wider international events such as the 2024 Paris Olympics. As part of our topic, we will be comparing the physical geography, settlements and land use of different regions and the UK.

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Computing for this term will include text adventures, networks and quizzing.

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Children will continue to work with our specialist PE coach Mr Wynne. This term, children will be learning how to play strike and field games, and participating in a range of athletics disciplines. Year 6 children will take part in House of Dance sessions with a specialist dance teacher.

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Our art this term is linked to our topic of France. Children will learn drawing and painting techniques, with a particular focus on landscapes. Children will learn about the artists Marc Chagall, David Hockney, and Sarah Trenchard.

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The children will be using wire modelling to create model animals.

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We will continue to use the Charanga music scheme. Our focus this term will be on singing, particularly songs from musicals.

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In science, the children are learning about living things and their habitats, with a particular focus on classification of living things. In the second half-term, children will learn about life cycles and reproduction; this will align with our Coram Scarf PHSE programme and published school policies.

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Using Coram Life Education, we will be equipping the children to make safe and informed decisions and helping them to develop a happy and healthy lifestyle.  This term's lessons will focus on being our best, as well as growing and changing.

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This half-term children will be learning about Judaism, including Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In the second half term, children will learn about Christianity.

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We will continue to use the popular and successful Language Angels scheme this term. We will be learning about celebrations (including festivals and carnivals) and the Olympic Games.

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Reading: In Y5/6, the expectation is that the children read every day for a minimum of twenty minutes.  This should be recorded in their Reading Records as home reading and should, ideally, be initialled by an adult.  Reading Records will be checked once a week by the class teacher.

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Spelling: The children will be given weekly spellings to practise.  They will be given a paper copy of the relevant words and they will also be on Doodle.  Spelling tests will take place on Fridays.

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Doodle Learning: There are four areas of learning on this platform (maths, times tables, English and spelling) and the children are expected to access all four.  A minimum of thirty minutes at least five times a week should ensure that the children consolidate skills and stay in the green zones.

Children also have access to Times Tables Rock Stars; this will enable the children to develop speedy recall of times tables.