Class Teachers : Mrs Grant and Miss Williams

Terms Five and Six 

Our enquiry is: Why are humans unique? 

English 

We will be learning grammatical features through our daily writing lessons based upon The Man Who Walked Between The Towers by Mordical Gerstein. These lessons will explore literary techniques, grammar, comprehension skills and provide opportunities to create fiction and non-fiction pieces of work. The class will also be reading When the Mountains Roared by Jess Butterworth as our reading comprehension text. 

Maths

Year 4 and 5 children will be largely focusing on the four operations and how to apply their skills in written methods to complete reasoning and problem-solving questions. Year 6 children will be starting a programme devised by TKASA, to prepare them for secondary school expectations. 

R.E

In R.E we discuss what is meant by suffering and why some people experience suffering in their lifetime.

PSHE

During term five we will be focusing on human rights, diversity and money. In term 6 we will be looking at reproduction in humans. A separate letter will follow about the content of this unit.

PE

Our P.E. day is Monday and Wednesday.
This term, we will focus on developing gross motor skills—particularly spatial awareness and jumping.

 

Home learning

For home learning, children should be doing the following every week: 

• Reading as often as possible – ideally 5 times a week

• Practising times tables on TT rock stars (go into jamming and select the times table to practise)

• Spelling shed – complete the assignment (specific words) set each week 

TT Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/

Spelling Shed: https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

Children have logins for the websites above in their reading records. Please let Mrs Grant or Miss Williams know if the children need another copy of their log-in details. 

Year 6 – Your child has been given SATS workbooks with page numbers to complete at home and be returned to school the following Monday – unless otherwise stated.