TERM 5 and TERM 6

It’s hard to believe we are at the final terms of the year; we have certainly completed lots of fabulous learning but have lots more to come as we approach summer!

Year 6 have their SATs coming up at the end of Term 5 and will be revising everything we have learned in preparation for our tests. The breaks between revising will be filled with Art and time with Year R on the field. We also have Syntech coming to teach us about sustainability and renewable fuels.

Year 5 are beginning with some Geography study into the country where we live, finding out about the UK and its physical features. We are then particularly excited for the summer term to immerse ourselves in another History topic, this time studying ‘Victorian Britain' which Year 6 will join us for. For our topic learning we will be looking at all aspects of life in this time period including what schools were like and how much our country changed with new inventions. We will be incorporating this into our artwork where William Morris patterns will be studied and created, followed by a DT project involving bridges.

In English we are reading 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty and will be beginning the term writing a diary entry before moving onto some narrative writing as well as some non-fiction pieces. 

In Year 5 Maths, we are looking at shape, including reading co-ordinates, translating and reflecting shapes and understanding direction. We will be studying negative numbers, converting units and volume, as well as consolidating times tables and our methods of arithmetic through daily practice. Year 6 will finish formal maths lessons after SATs and will be applying their learning to their project of growing £5- we look forward to sharing more about this with you in Term 6.

In Science we will be looking at electricity and then studying famous Scientists and the changes they have made to how we see the world.

In RE, Year 5 learning will be focused on the religion of Islam, where we will build our understanding of the beliefs that Muslims have and how they live their lives according to them. Year 6 however will begin to look at Buddhism in Term 6.

Among all the excitement which we have already mentioned, we will also being doing handball, cricket, rounders and athletics and Year 6 will begin work on their production.

Year 5 and 6 have both worked very hard so far this year to complete some amazing learning and we can’t wait to see what they will achieve next!