This is our Year 5/6 class for 10-11 year olds – Oak Class are brilliant! At the end of Year 6, children take their national SATs in May each year and we are always proud of how hard the children work – we believe that trying their absolute best is all that we can ask and we celebrate progress in every child. In Oak Class we believe that enriching the children’s learning with as much topic work as possible allows our pupils to enjoy their school experience without constant pressure of tests – when the children are expected to take their tests, the majority of children cheer, ‘Yay!’
Welcome back to the run-up to Christmas! We have so much planned for this term, including lots of fun Christmas activities and our pantomime trip to see Sleeping Beauty on 10th December.
Science – Materials! In this unit, the children will learn about the properties of materials and investigate which materials are best suited for different purposes based on their properties. They will explore solubility, separating solids, and reversible changes.
Humanities – This half term, we will be completing a Geography unit all about mountains, answering the question: Are all mountains the same?
DT – In Design and Technology, we will be sewing! Using our sewing skills, we will make our own felt pouches, choosing to create either a pencil case, a purse, or a mobile phone pouch.
Music – We will be following the National Music Hub unit, Classroom Jazz.
PE – PE lessons will take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Computing – Creating and analysing databases using Excel.
The Reading Raffle – The Reading Raffle continues, with tickets available every week. If your child forgets to bring their reading record home for you to sign, or if you have been unable to sign it, please send me a message via Dojo on a Friday to let me know they have read.
Spellings – We will continue to send home spelling sheets each Friday. There is no expectation for the sheets to be returned to school, but a little practice at home would really help! We are also continuing to use Reading Eggs, Writing Legends, Mathletics and TTRS, and we will be rewarding the effort children make on these platforms with Dojos!
As always, if you have any questions or there is anything you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Kind regards,
Mrs Frost, Mrs Stubbings, Miss Wallace and Mrs Noble
