We look forward to supporting your child as they continue their learning journey

Important information:

If your child is going home with someone other than a parent then please ensure you have written a note or spoken to someone in the office.  As part of our Safeguarding Procedures, we must have permission before allowing your child to go home with someone else.

Children need to have a named drinks bottle in school every day. 

Please ensure your child has appropriate outdoor clothing in school that is named.

As your child is now in Class 5, they are allowed to walk home by themselves, however you will need to provide written permission that you are happy for this to happen.  Without this, the children will need to be collected from school.

What are we learning this term?

Maths: This half term the children will explore the place value of 6-digit numbers.  They will investigate how to read, write and represent numbers in different ways before moving onto comparing, ordering and rounding.  We will then move onto addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and fractions.   

English: As writers we will be learning to use a range of clauses and dialogue in our stories and build on our knowledge of similes, metaphors and other descriptive devices to describe characters and settings.  Our first story is Gorilla by Anthony Brown

Reading: We will be reading Shackleton's Journey, an exciting adventure that portrays the importance of team work and never giving up hope in the face of adversity. The story details the setbacks faced by Shackleton’s expedition to explore the South Pole.

Science: We will be learning about Materials, identifying and investigating their properties.  We will consider how materials can change and whether the changes are reversible or not. They will work scientifically and carry out scientific investigations.

Geography : We will continue to look at where we would find the major countries and cities of the world. We will learn about biomes and how and why they change throughout the world, comparing human and physical features that define Europe and America.

History : This term class 5 will begin their study Ancient Greece.  We will look at the Greek civilisation and learn how their actions influenced the world today.

Art/DT: As designers, we will be learning about different foods from around the world and why diets are so different.  As artists we will focus on Drawing and Painting exploring what effects can be achieved using subtractive drawing and overlays.  We will use Friedensreich Hunderwasser as our inspiration.

Music: This term we will look at Untuned Percussion.  In this unit, we will build on our  understanding of notating rhythms in simple time using the time signatures 2 4 4 4 and 3 4 .  We will explore sounds using body percussion and use this, along with untuned percussion, to create a soundscape to tell a story 

RE: As theologians we will be considering the Christian belief that God is holy and loving. We will use theological terms to explore the connections between different types of biblical texts and Christian ideas of God. We will also be considering how Christians put their beliefs into practice, looking at the design of churches and exploring worship.

Languages: We will continue to build our vocabulary and understanding of the French language. 

PE: Our focus this term will be Football and Gymnastics.  Swimming will be for 2 weeks starting on Monday 15th September.  Please remember to sign permission slips and let Class 5 know if you can volunteer to walk to the Leisure pool.

 Class routines

PE - Wednesday - children to come in their PE Kit

Thursday - Reading diaries to be checked and signed off.             

Every day- Please make sure that your child has their reading book and diary with them in school.

How can you help?

P.E.

PE for this term will be on Wednesdays.

All children must have their full PE kit on for these lessons. Children can come to school in their PE kit. Children with hair longer than their collar need to tie it up and children with earrings need to tape them or take them out.

Children are encouraged to use timestables.co.uk and/or Times Table Rock Stars at home at least 3 times a week. 

Children need to read 5 times a week at home. Please ensure these are recorded in their reading diaries and signed by an adult. As the number of reads accumulates, they will climb the reading gem ladder and receive a certificate for each one. They can earn a book at the end of the year if they have reached platinum.  

Useful websites:

Home - BBC Bitesize 

Times tables games - Learn them all here! 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/mental-maths

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/mental-maths

Questions or Concerns

Please don't hesitate to e-mail me with any concerns, no matter how big or small, you or your child have. We will always endeavour to respond as quickly as we can and offer any support.