Welcome to Years 5 and 6!

A warm welcome to the Year 5 and 6 page. If your child is in Year 5 or 6 please familiarise yourself with this page as it will let you know the various activities the class are currently involved in. This page does not replace the school newsletter - these can be accessed below.

This week's Timetables

Please see below our class timetables to show what we will be learning this week;

The Year 5 Orange class agreement

We promise to:

• Be respectful to everyone
• Remember to put our hand up to share
• Be resilient and work as a team
• Be kind and polite to others
• Look after our own things & tidy them up
• Watch out for one another 
• Be positive, happy & above all have fun!

Year 6 Class Agreement

• We are prompt and respond quickly to instructions.
• We listen carefully to who is talking and we put our hand up to speak.
• We believe in each other and learn together.
• We think forward and are optimistic and positive.
• We are not in the past or the future - we are living in the present.
• We treat everyone fairly and respect each other.
• We are kind and polite and don't leave anyone out.
• We set a good example and take care of our classroom.
• We try our best, aim high and we work hard to succeed.
• We have fun and enjoy spending time together.

Year 5 and 6  -  Spring Term

Year 6 will have P.E. on a Thursday - please come to school in P.E. Kit

Our main topics this term will be Our Changing World  and Inheritance and Evolution.

Also the Golden Threads for this term will be Invention and Change and Diversity. The children will be encouraged to conduct their own research into the topic, and will represent this information in various ways, including writing and art.

Maths - We will be using White Rose Maths and Classroom Secrets resources in our maths lessons. This term we will be developing our understanding of number including fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio and also learning more about measures and statistics. We will be applying our understanding in each of these areas by solving a range of problems and developing our reasoning skills.

Please encourage your child to read every day and to record it in their red reading record book. Please discuss the book with your child and ask some questions to check their comprehension and understanding of the plot. Reading records will be checked each week to ensure children are reading regularly and that they are reading a range of books.

Spelling lists will be sent out every Friday on Microsoft Teams for the children to practise ready for a spelling test the following Friday.

All of Years 5 and 6 will be using Times Tables Rock Stars online to help them to practise their times tables. 

We will also set project homework on Microsoft Teams, at the beginning of each half term to work on throughout the half term. The homework will be clearly detailed in an information sheet which will be sent home at the beginning of term.

Sometimes extra maths or SPAG homework will also be sent home. 

Here is a list of the activities that take the children outside the classroom this term

• PE will take place outside and inside the hall this term.
• Year 5 and 6 will be completing the Daily Mile at least twice a week.
• We will be visiting the Wild Woods on several occasions to support our learning.
• We are investigating ways in which educational visits can happen under the current climate and will keep you informed of the situation, but we hope you understand that these are very difficult to carry out at the moment.