Albury Year 5/6 class page

Welcome to Class 3

Class Teacher - Mrs Maskell

Art Teacher - Mrs Mackervoy

Cover teacher - Mrs Mac Leod

Teaching Assistant - Mrs Mulvey

Summer Term Curriculum

• English
  English

  Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 

  Explore the characterisation and settings in the text and film of Howl's Moving Castle. Compare and contrast the two versions. Write film reviews and fantasy stories. Revise relative clauses and cohesive devices.

  

  Persuasive Writing - Advertising and Influencing

  Take a closer look at the persuasive language used by influencers and advertisers. Look at how degrees of possibility are created and the use of the subjunctive. Write persuasively and create blog posts.

  

  Poems on a theme - Science

  Be inspired by Philip Gross's wonderful collection of poems Dark Sky Park. Read, discuss and write poems about space, microscopic creatures, volcanoes and storms! Revise expanded noun phrases, colons and semi-colons along the way.

                                   

  Short Stories - African Stories

  Taking inspiration from Chasing the Sun, study what makes a great short story. Examine characterisation, setting, structure and story 'hooks'. Revise relative clauses and formal and informal language.

  

  Reports - Re-wilding

  Starting with Catherine Barr's stunning book, Fourteen Wolves, learn about re-wilding. Revise paragraphs, cohesive devices and active and passive voice. Research and write a report about the reintroduction of a UK species.

  

• Maths
  Maths

  Maths is an adventure for children (and adults) to immerse themselves in, get creative with, make mistakes, and conquer! Power Maths is a whole-class mastery programme designed to spark curiosity and excitement and help nurture confidence in maths. Power Maths rejects the notion that some people simply 'can't do' maths.  Instead, it develops growth mindsets and encourages hard work, practice and a willingness to see mistakes as learning tools.

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• Science
  Science

  

  Welcome to Force-Land

  A new theme park is in the planning process and you have been selected to join the development team. Explore a range of forces and mechanisms, and see if you can incorporate them into a number of theme park rides.

  

  Survival of the Fittest

  Take part in a series of challenges and explore which living things have survived in the game of life, evolving to keep one step ahead of the game. You will need to have your evolutionary wits about you and a keen eye for the survival of the fittest. Meet some evolutionary revolutionaries and use their approach to write your own Just So story.

• History
  History

  

  In this unit, the children will learn about aspects of political, social and cultural Ancient Greek life. They will focus on some areas in depth, such as the systems of government, religion and the importance of the Olympic Games. They will examine the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and will have opportunities for further study of areas of interest. While they will gain an overview of the time period, the main focus will be on the Classical period. Elements of the unit can also be used in a study of post-1066 British history and the legacy of Greek culture. 

• Geography
  Geography

  

  We will be starting to learn with our brand new, exciting Geogrpahy resources after February half term!

• RE
  RE

  

  Incarnation

   Make clear the connections between the text and what Christians believe about Jesus the Messiah. Show how Christians express their beliefs and weigh up how far the world needs a Messiah, expressing their own insight. The children should know that the Old Testament pieces together the story of the People of God.

   

• PSHE
  PSHE

  We will continue to follow the 1 Decision scheme, and Deedee will help the children explore relationships this term, including Bullying, Friendship and Body Language.

  

• Music
  Music

  

  This is a six-week Unit of Work. All the learning is focused around one song: Make You Feel My Love. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, elements of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked. As well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose with this song, children will listen and appraise other Pop Ballads.
  
  

  
  
  

• MFL
  MFL

  We will be continuing to learn Spanish with a focus on The Family or La Familia.

  

• Computing
  Computing

  Spreadsheets

  Blogging

  

• Art and Design
  Art and Design

  With our specialist Art teacher, Mrs Mackervoy, children will develop a wide range of art and design techniques using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, space and form.

• PE
  PE

  In PE this term, the children will be playing cricket, rounders and taking part in athletics.

Timetable Spring 2022

Home Learning 

There is a two week rota for learning to be completed at home - one week the focus will be on English and Maths; the following week home learning will cover other foundation subjects, e.g. Science, History, Art etc.

Every pupil is expected to read at home daily for at least 10 minutes.  We would encourage your child to read as many different genres as possible.  Please sign the reading records to indicate that this has been done each day.

All children in Year 5 and 6 are given a selection of words to learn and practise at home.  These can be found in their small blue spelling journals.  Please, encourage your child to practise these regularly.

We would strongly encourage every child to practise their times tables regularly (at least 3 or 4 times per week) using Times Tables Rock Stars.  There is a weekly tournament set up against our sister school (Puller) and every time you use TTRS, your score counts towards our school’s score!

Highlights of the term