Hello and welcome to our class

We are a mixed year 5 and 6 class

                 
​        Summer Term 2021

        Our topic: 'Shakespeare's Stratford' 

​English:  Most of our English work this term will be based on our topic, including reading some of Shakespeare's work - our fiction writing will be based on the story of The Tempest.  The pupils will also be researching the life of Shakespeare for a biography and composing their own poetry. We will continue to use the 'Talk for Writing' process this term to help pupils develop their writing skills in a range of fiction and non-fiction text types.

Maths: Number work will focus on: developing efficient arithmetic skills; improving accurate recall of number facts; fractions, decimals & percentages.  Reasoning & problem solving using number, shape, space and measures will be ongoing this term. 
Science: Living things and their habitats - life cycles; Animals including humans- stages in growth and development.
History: A local history study, including investigating Shakespeare's Stratford.
Geography: Local study: using fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area.
Computing: Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect & correct errors in algorithms.
RE:  What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?
PSHE: First Aid skills; 'Being my Best'.
French: Revise talking about ourselves and our family.
Music: Listening and composing; exploring music      processes. 
 
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Homework
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Each week we would like our Y5/6 children to:

• Read every day 
• Practise their times tables at least 3 times each week using their personalised log-in on 'Times Tables Rockstars' - their progress is recorded every time they play, and will also be regularly tested in school​
• Practise and learn spellings (set & tested on Wednesdays; spelling lists are in our Teams files)

Any extra homework tasks will be in the files on our class Teams page this term.

Meet the teachers...

Mrs Watt
Monday and Tuesday

Mrs Banks
Wednesday - Friday

Mrs Dyer
Teaching Assistant
Monday - Friday (Mornings)

Mrs Dunbar
Teaching Assistant
Monday-Friday