Year 5/ Year 6 Class
| Autumn 2026
Teacher: Mr Bell TA: Mrs Bromley PE: Wednesdays & Fridays (jewellery to be removed or taped up please) |
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English
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In English this term we will be mainly writing a biographical piece on Ernest Shackleton in addition to reading ‘King Kong’ by Anthony Browne with the main focus being on writing an action story. 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. |
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Maths
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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 with the aim of improving speed and accuracy. |
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Reading
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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 child takes care of the books that they read, so that others may enjoy them too. Rewards are on offer for achieving milstones on the children’s word count:
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. 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 ’Holes’ by Louis Sachar. Plus we will look at a range of non-fiction texts linked to the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age and the Mojave Desert. |
| Topic | Our history topic ‘Would you prefer to live in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age?’ will help us understand how people lived a very long time ago and to place events on a timelines. We will make deductions from different artefacts and discuss their limitations. Our geography topic is ‘Would you like to live in a desert? Willl involve examining hot desert biomes by mapping the world’s major deserts and investigating the physical features of the Mojave Desert. |
| 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 see and why shadows are the same shape as the object that is blocking the light. In design and technology, we are going to cook and look at nutrition – specifically looking into the dish ‘Bolognese’. In art we are going to work around the theme of ’Architecture’. Long Mynd will learn about searching the web effectively and how search engines rank results before looking into what makes a good webpage. |
| RE & PSHE | In PSHE we will discuss and cover team work, feelings, solving friendship problems, behaving and acting appropriately, respecting differences and challenging gender stereotypes. Long Mynd class will continue with ukulele lessons. In French we will cover family and sport. Whereas PE this term will be football, tag rugby, hockey and dance. Within RE, we will have a focus on Judaism. |
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Key skills to work on at home |
We ask that children work on three basic skills at home – reading, spellings and times tables. These are all taught in school but require lots of practise both in school and at home!
Reading: Aim to complete 4 reads (20 minutes or more per read) a week at home. Record this in the Reading Record and hand this in on Friday morning. If 4 reads per week are completed and recorded, 2 Dojo will be awarded. Your child can change their book as soon as they have finished reading it or if they are not enjoying it. As soon as your child has finished their ’take home’ book, they can take an Accelerated Reader quiz. It is expected that the children take regular quizzes on their books (at least 3 a half-term).
Spellings: Spellings will be set on Mondays as 15 online games on Spelling Shed ( www.spellingshed.com ). If you have trouble accessing these at home, your child can also practise their spellings in their Home Link book—they need to handwrite each word at least 3 times. Your child will receive a Dojo point for completing this every week. Spelling tests will take place every Monday.
TTRS: Times Tables homework will be set on Mondays using Times Tables Rock Stars (https://ttrockstars.com/login). Your child will receive a Dojo point for completing all set games on Times Tables Rock Stars by the following Monday. This can be completed on paper if they prefer – they just need to ask for one. Your child also has access to Maths Shed if they wish, which offers a chance to work on various maths skills.
There is access to online homework resources during most lunch times if needed, but this relies on your child choosing to do this.
All homework will be rewarded with a Dojo point each week so this will enable you to keep track of how much is being completed. Completing homework regularly is helping your child to prepare for Secondary school and also encourages them to take responsibility for their own learning and progress.
4 Reads = 2 Dojo Points TTRS Homework = 1 Dojo Point Spelling Shed Homework = 1 Dojo Point
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| Useful websites to support your child | BBC Bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
Mathsbot Tutorial Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGNX79pnVQ9GoWe-fjZu1kvQiPeM1gsyE |
