Year 5 & 6 - Falcons
A very warm welcome to Falcons!
Our class teacher is Miss Palmer and our wonderful teaching assistant is Mrs Bell.
Key information
Expectations
Our indoor P.E. lesson will take place every Wednesday and outdoor P.E. will be on a Thursday.
Please make sure your child comes to school in their P.E. kit, not wearing jewellery and long hair is tied back.
Home learning expectation
Reading
Reading books and diaries need to be in school every day. Our expectation is for the children to read five times per week. It is important to hear your child read regularly and discuss the books with them. Ask them to recall and retrieve information they have read, discuss how characters may be feeling at different stages of a story or look up new vocabulary and use in a sentence. Pupils will receive a stamp on their Starbook's loyalty card every time they have completed 5 reads per week. If they achieve the required number of stamps in a half term, they will choose from a variety of rewards. Their name will then be entered into a raffle to win a Starbucks voucher.
It is important to hear your child read regularly and discuss the books with them. Ask them to recall and retrieve information they have read, discuss how characters may be feeling at different stages of a story or look up new vocabulary and use in a sentence.
Times Table Rockstars
It is very important that our children continue to learn their times tables as it underpins many aspects of our maths curriculum. We use Times Table Rock Stars to set weekly tasks and battles to develop the children's knowledge and instant recall of multiplication tasks. We expect children to go on every day for at least 5-10 minutes to practise their tables.
English/Maths Homework
Every week, the children will be given either Maths or English related homework to consolidate learning and extend their skills. These will need to be returned the following Thursday, so it can be marked and ready for the following day.
Where have we visited?
Each week, a child will be picked to create a poster about anywhere they have visited in the United Kingdom or abroad. They will share about their experience, including interesting facts about that location. We are hoping that this will really improve the children locational knowledge.
Reading for Pleasure/ Family Fitness Bag
Once a week, a child will be picked to complete a double page spread on a book they would like to share with the rest of their class or complete engaging activities with their family to increase their fitness in the Family Fitness Bag.
Sometimes we may set homework linked to our wider curriculum and will notify you of this.
Learning Powers
The children can earn points for using their learning powers. These include:
Busy Bee power- given for active learning, such as being focused.
Unicorn powers are given for playing and exploring, using a 'can do' approach.
Magnifying powers are given for creating and thinking critically, such as using learning walls independently to further own learning.
Useful resources
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
Our Topic
Click below to see what we are learning about:
Upper Key Stage Two - Parents information - What are your children learning?
This year, years 5 and 6 will be covering the following topics:
Autumn - Space
Spring - Greeks
Summer 1 - Vikings
Summer 2 - Endangered World
Photos of our learning environment and amazing work:
Our Learning
