Year 5/ Year 6 Class

Teacher: Mr Bell

Teaching assistants: Mrs Bromley

English

In English we will be basing a piece of narrative writing around the story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ but looking to make it more descriptive of the scenery and creating a change in mood and atmosphere. The children will also write balanced arguments based on whether zoos are ethical or not. Throughout the term, we will also be looking at a variety of punctuation and grammar that Upper Key Stage 2 children should be using.

Maths

Our first topic is statistics, which includes drawing and interpreting line graphs and pie charts and calculating the mean. The second topic in maths this term is ratio and algebra.   In the second half term we will continue the vital task of practising and consolidating calculation skills and fluency with fractions, decimals and percentages.  However, we will also tackle some more extended and creative problem solving activities and investigations.  In addition, Year 6 pupils can look forward to an exciting maths project which is part of their transition to Year 7.

Topic

Our topics for this term are ‘What does the census tell us about our local area?’ where we will be using a range of historical sources to make inferences about the past. In geography we will look at ‘What are rivers and how are they used? During this topic we will investigate the human and physical features linked to rivers. Part of this topic involves fieldwork where we will be going out on canoes with Arthog to actually look at the features we are learning about and investigate issues such as river pollution.

Science, DT, Art and Computing

Our first science topic is ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’ where will explore a variety of plants and animals and examine how they have adapted to suit their environment.  We will follow this by looking at the changes that occur in humans as they develop into old age which will be closely linked to RSE (relationship and sex education). Finally, we will explore the work of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution and inheritance. In design and technology, we are going to look at ’structures’ with a focus on playgrounds. In art, we are going to work around the theme of ’Making My Voice Heard’ through sketching and drawing. Long Mynd will learn about 3D modelling using the computer program TinkerCAD.

Reading

In Long Mynd, we have a mini challenge to see who can read the most ‘Top 20 recommended reads’. The list of these books can be found inside your child’s Reading Record. Alongside these books there is a wide range of books for your child to choose from in class. 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 be reading ‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio. In addition to this, we will look at a range of shorter fiction and non-fiction texts in preparation for the SATS.

Other

In PSHE we will look at a range of topics linked to ‘Being my Best’ which covers making the right choices and community awareness. Long Mynd class will continue with ukulele lessons. In French we will cover a variety of classroom instructions, family and sport. Whereas PE this term will be athletics, rounders, gold and swimming. Within RE, we will have a focus on why other believe in God and how people find that following him can bring justics and freedom?