Class Teachers – Mrs Collins and Mrs Brown

Term Five and Six

Our enquiry is: Why are human's unique? 

This term, the children will be exploring the big question:“ Why are humans unique?” To help us investigate this, we will work through a series of mini-enquiries. How is sound made? How far can you hear? Why do we need a digestive system? Are all teeth the same? How do we care for our teeth? How do living things get energy to survive? What happens when we get older? Through stories, class discussions, and shared experiences, children will have the opportunity to reflect on their own uniqueness and develop an understanding of belonging.

English 

We will be learning grammatical features through our daily writing lessons based upon The Man Who Walked Between The Towers by Mordical Gerstein. These lessons will explore literary techniques, grammar, comprehension skills and provide opportunities to create fiction and non-fiction pieces of work. The class will also be reading October, October by Katya Balen as our reading comprehension text. 

Maths

Year 5 children will be largely focusing on fractions. Year 6 children will be starting a programme devised by TKASA, to prepare them for secondary school expectations. 

R.E

In R.E we discuss what is meant by suffering and why some people experience suffering in their lifetime.

PSHE

During term five we will be focusing on human rights, diversity and money. In term 6 we will be looking at reproduction in humans. A separate letter will follow about the content of this unit.

PE

Our P.E. day is Monday and Wednesday.
This term, we will focus on developing gross motor skills—particularly spatial awareness and jumping.

 

Home learning

For home learning, children should be doing the following every week: 

• Reading as often as possible – ideally 5 times a week

• Practising times tables on TT rockstars (go into jamming and select the times table to practise)

• Spelling shed – complete the assignment (specific words) set each week 

TT Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/

Spelling Shed: https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

Children have logins for the websites above in their reading records. Please let Mrs Brown or Mrs Collins know if the children need another copy of their log-in details.