Hope you’ve all had a brilliant holiday and are ready and raring to go again. We are really looking forward to this half term and we hope you are too! Summer Term is a very busy one, so here’s what we’ll be up to!
English
Our focus is on writing a narrative within the fantasy/ dystopia genre. We will be basing our work around the text ‘The Lost Thing’ by Shaun Tan. The focus of this book is working together as a community and finding your own identity. We will be analysing different texts and video clips to help inspire our own writing, so that we can carry on being awesome authors too!
We will develop our SPAG knowledge through continuing to learn about the various word classes and different spelling patterns, including the Y5/6 word list. We will be focussing on how to apply all our SPAG work into our own writing
Reading
This term our class novel will be The Boy in the Tower by Polly Yo-Hen. Here is a little bit about the book
Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him.
His mum doesn’t really like looking outside – but it’s going outside that she hates. She prefers to sleep all day inside their tower, where it’s safe.
Except it isn’t any more. Strange plants have started to take over and tower blocks are falling down around them.
Now Ade and his mum are trapped and there’s no way out . . .
Maths
Our first unit will be geometry where we will learn bout angles and how to use a compass to measure angles accurately. We will also look at shape and translating shapes. We will then move onto decimals and learn how to read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places.]
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Please remember to carry on practising your times tables up to 12×12.
Science
Our topic this half term is Separating Mixtures. We will be carrying out investigations to test the properties of different materials.
Topic
Our topic for this half term is Survivor. We will be developing our geography skills in the Forest School area and learning skills such as map reading, how to use a compass and den building.
RSE
We will be continuing to work on RSE scheme ‘Jigsaw’ and discussing issues which are important to us and help us work together as a team. This half term’s focus is ‘Relationships.’
Computing – App Designers
We will be researching various Apps and how they work. We will develop a design for our own App.
Art
This half term we will be learning all about Environmental Art with a focus on the artist Andy Goldsworthy. We will create our own artwork using natural materials inspired by his work.
Music
We will continue to use our music scheme Charanga with a focus on Motown and the song ‘Dancing in the Street.’
RE
We will be learning about Islam and ‘What it means to be a Muslim today.’ We also have an upcoming trip to the mosque on May 20th.
PE
PE will be on Wednesdays. Our focus this half term is Athletics.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PE KIT. Make sure you don’t get RED on your Assertive Mentoring!
HOMEWORK
We will continue to have a creative approach to our homework this term. You will be given Maths and Spelling homework each week as well as being able to choose from a range of creative activities in Topic.
Homework is given out on Friday and is due in the following Wednesday.
REMEMBER:
Homework handed in on Wednesday is GREEN.
Homework handed in on Thursday is YELLOW.
Homework handed in on Friday is RED.
We read in class every day, so make sure you always have your Reading Log in school. Please make sure you also read regularly each week at home and ask an adult to sign your Reading Log for you. We will sign your Reading Log every WEDNESDAY to check you have read at home, so please don’t forget!!
We are really looking forward to a great term with you all!
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Wood and Mrs McDade.