Year 5/6: Stargazer Class
Welcome to Stargazer Class!
Meet the team:
Class teacher: Mr Prosser
Class teaching assistant: Mrs Dulson (Mornings)
1:1 Support for children: Sylvia
Stargazer class
Welcome to Stargazer class! Here you will find important information about our class. Please pop back here (as well as have a look at our class photos tab) to see what we have been getting up to throughout this year.
During this term (Summer 1), Year 5 will be covering lots of different areas of the curriculum. Our learning will all be based around our new topic, "Everything changes". This topic has a geographical focus, looking at lines of longitude and latitude and a scientific study where pupils will research and discover how the human race has evolved and adapted as well as how the human race might change in the future.
Year 6 will be focusing on preparation for SATS and will continue to progress through the boosting programme.
Maths
In maths this term, our main focus is measure and geometry. Pupils will be required to apply and show the formal methods of all operations with increasing confidence. One day a week, the lesson focus will be on reasoning questions and mental arithmetic (10 in 10s).
English
In guided reading, our learning is based around the book "Song of a Dolphin Boy" by Elizabeth Laird. This will also inspire our writing, where we will be recapping and practising previous skills, such as: compound sentences, ISPACE sentence starters, subordinating conjunctions, relative clauses and paragraphing. We will explore these skills through a range of different texts.
Important Class Information:
PE Days: Tuesdays and Fridays. Children need to come to school wearing their PE kit.
Reading Books: reading books will be changed Monday through to Thursday.
Homework: A new homework grid for will be attached below. Comprehension texts will continue to be set for the children to complete regularly on Rockerbox at home.
Reading: Please continue to listen to your child read daily, even for 10 minutes, and encourage them to complete the reading task in the reading journal. Books should be changed regularly.
Times Tables: It is important all pupils are learning (and continue to practice) the timetables up to the 12 times table. These should be known by the end of year 4, but it is essential that the children continue to practice and recall these facts.
Useful websites for times table practise:
Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars
Thank you for your continued support. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.
Key Dates:
30th April - 2nd May - Year 4 Residential
5th May - Bank holiday
8th May - VE day celebrations
14th May - Kingham Lodge visit
19th May - Mini Medics