Year 5/ Year 6 Class

Teacher: Mr Bell

Teaching assistants: Mrs Bromley

English

In English this term we will be mainly writing fantasy narratives linked to the books Kensuke’s Kingdom and Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo. Our main focus in English will be on sentence structure where we will ensure we punctuate sentences correctly and we are confident at using a wide range of sentence types.

Maths

In maths we will begin with place value which is one of the most important areas of maths. Once the children have mastered this we will move onto addition and subtraction of increasingly larger numbers. Later in the term, we will cover written multiplication and division and try to use our knowledge to be able to solve problems. In the second part of the term, we will look at fractions and we will be learning about mixed numbers and multiplying and dividing with fractions. Even though the children in Long Mynd have completed their statutory times tables test in Year 4, their recall of their times tables is still vitally important as it applies to so much of the maths objectives covered in Year 5 and 6. We complete work on Times Tables Rock Stars and Maths Shed with the aim of improving speed and accuracy.

Topic

Our topic is called ‘How have children’s lives changed?’ where we will be looking at various sources of evidence to enable us to answer this question. We are also going to investigate ‘What life is like in the Alps?’ looking at human and physical features where we will be looking at maps and other sources. We will also carryout a local fieldwork investigation.

Science, DT, Art and Computing

Our first science topic is ‘Animals including Humans’ where we will learn about: the circulatory system, what is in our blood, how the heart works and lifestyle choices to keep us healthy. In the second half term we will look at ’Light’ where we learn about: light travelling in straight lines, how we actually see and why shadows are the same shape as the object that is blocking the light. In design and technology we are going to use mechanisms to make ‘Automata Toys’. In art we are going to work around the theme of ’Still Life’ and looking at various sketching and drawing techniques. Long Mynd will learn about searching the web effectively and how to communicate and collaborate effectively over the internet.

Reading

In Long Mynd, we have a mini challenge to see who can read the most ‘Top 20 recommended reads’. Alongside these books there is a wide range of books for your child to choose from in class. We ask that your takes care of the books that they read, so that others may enjoy them too. In school, we provide daily reading opportunities, some of which are guided where we focus on the following skills: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising. We are going to start the term with a book called ’Kensuke’s Kingdom’ by Michael Morpurgo. Later on in the term, we will look to read a book called ’The Witches’ by Roald Dahl.

Other

In PSHE we will cover ‘Me and My Relationships’ where we will discuss team work, friendships, assertiveness, emotions and stereotypes. Long Mynd class will continue to receive music lessons and will use the ukuleles every week. In French we will cover the topics ’Greetings, Classroom and Family’. Whereas PE this term will be football, tag rugby, hockey and dance. Within RE we will have a focus on Christians and their beliefs on God and Jesus.