Year 5 & 6

Welcome to Year 5 and 6 Class Page

Meet the Staff

Mrs Edwards – Class Teacher

Mrs Zoumides - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Bates - Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Our Class Saint

Saint Lucy

To find out more about our Saint please click here

Feast day: 13th December

Autumn 1

Please click the 1/2 term curriculum page below to view the full curriculum for this term.

R.E

Creation and Covenant

This term in RE, we will be learning about Creation and Covenant. We will explore the story of Moses, including his encounter with God at the Burning Bush and the covenant God made with His people at Mount Sinai.

We will learn about the Ten Commandments and think about how God’s guidance helps people to make good choices, live happily and treat others with kindness, fairness and respect. We will also discover how Jesus summarised the commandments by teaching us to love God and love our neighbours.

As we continue our learning, we will explore what a covenant means, and how promises and commitment are important in our relationship with God and with others. We will also learn about sin, forgiveness and the Sacrament of Reconciliation, considering how relationships can be repaired when things go wrong.

Finally, we will think about virtues – positive habits such as honesty, compassion, generosity and justice – and how practising these can help us to become the best people we can be and better neighbours to those around us.

Class Text

‘Skellig’ by David Almond

Skellig

P.E.

Homework

Daily Homework

Children in Year 5 & 6 receive daily maths homework that will enable them to practise the 4 basic operations as well as apply these to reasoning questions.
Daily literacy homework will focus on spelling, vocabulary and grammar.

Weekly Homework

Each week, two pieces of homework are set for the children to complete (no more than 30 minutes each piece).
Homework may be revision from a unit of work previously taught or it may be new learning for a unit or concept that will be followed up in class.
All children will receive a piece of Maths or English each week (this will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete). They will also receive one piece from either RE, Science, History, Geography, Art, DT, French, Computing, PE or PSHE (these subjects will be rotated on a weekly basis).
Homework is handed out on a Thursday and due in the following Tuesday.

Reading Diaries

Children are encouraged to read at home daily (for at least 20 minutes) and are expected to have their diaries signed by an adult at least 3 times a week.

Spellings

It is extremely important that spellings are practised regularly at home. The children are to use the Year 3/4 and 5/6 National Curriculum spelling guides.

Mental Maths/Times Tables

Times tables and mental maths skills are vital for your child’s progress in maths. These should be practised regularly.
Please encourage your child to practise their times tables using our ’99 Club’ resources on our school website.
TTRS is a great platform to practise times tables regularly, whilst having fun too!

Key events for the half-term

Please see the school messenger and website calendar for any additional events and any further information.

Useful Websites

Accelerated Learning
Link to the log in screen

Times Table Practice
Maths

Dance Mat Typing
Learn to type the fun way!

Bitesize SATs Revision
Practise for your SATs with these activities in English, Maths and Science.

BBC Bitesize
Literacy

Resources Woodlands
Literacy

Primary Games Arena
Maths

Primary Interactive Maths
Maths

Mathsframe
MathsFuel the Brain

MathsCool Math‐GamesMaths