Class Teacher: Mrs Wicks (Mon-Thu) and Mrs Green (Fri)

Teaching Partners:  Mrs Verner and Mrs Willis

This page has useful information about the day to day running of Class 5 and about what we get up to in our busy, exciting classroom. 

Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Wicks with any questions or queries. 

  Our Timetable - Summer Term 

Our PE lessons are on Wednesday afternoons.  Children may come to school in P.E kit which should include appropriate clothing and footwear for both indoor and outdoor activities and the weather that day as most P.E lessons will take place whatever the weather.   Please make sure that all items of clothing are named.

Curriculum Overview

Summer Term:

• English: Based on Bloom: The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield, pupils will: write a persuasive letter; continue a narrative; write instructions; write a diary entry; write a story opening; present an information fact file; write from a different viewpoint; write a letter to the author.
• Maths: Shape (Weeks 1–3); Position and Direction (Weeks 4–5); Decimals (Weeks 6–8); Negative Numbers (Week 9); Converting Units (Weeks 10–11); Volume (Week 12).
• Science: Life cycles of plants and animals; reproduction (sexual and asexual); understanding how living things reproduce to ensure survival of a species.
• History: British history – Tudor England; Henry VIII and his wives; using and interpreting historical sources; Thomas Cranmer and his significance.
• Geography: Why oceans matter; human use of oceans; climate regulation; Great Barrier Reef; human impact and conservation; marine fieldwork and data presentation.
• Art and Design: Study of Frida Kahlo; creating abstract patterns; developing drawing skills; exploring texture and colour; designing prints.
• Design and Technology: Cooking and nutrition; adapting recipes; understanding food production; preparing and cooking a bolognese sauce.
• Music: Exploring melodic layers, scales, intervals and chords; creating accompaniments; combining lyrics, melody and harmony.
• Computing: Sphero programming; designing, writing and debugging programs; using sequence, selection and repetition; applying logical reasoning.
• Religious Education: Creation and science (conflicting or complementary); how following God can bring freedom and justice.
• PSHE (DAaRT): Drug awareness and resilience training.
• Forest School: Site maintenance; teamwork activities; flora and fauna exploration; tool use; navigation (compass and grid references); shelter building; fire safety and cooking; orienteering with OS maps.
• Outdoor Learning: Where possible we will spend time learning outdoors and will enjoy using the outdoor learning area and the large grounds we are fortunate to have as a school. Therefore please can you ensure that your child has a suitable waterproof coat every day in school. If you wish, you can provide your child with a named pair of wellington boots which they can leave in the outdoor shoe box. This will enable us to provide opportunities to take their learning outside.

Key Dates

Trips, visits and residentials:

Autumn term: Visit to the Sherwood Observatory Monday 6th October.

Horticultural show, Flintham show, Harvest, Bikeability and the KS2 Carol Service.

Spring term:  DAaRT lifeskills, Careers week, British Science week.

Summer term: Residential to Condover Hall, Shrewsbury. Wednesday 6th- Friday 8th May.

Helping KS1 with potted sports, sports day and the KS2 summer performance.

Homework

• Reading and spellings form part of weekly homework and any additional homework will be sent home, with an accompanying explanation letter.
• Spellings will be set on a Thursday and tested the following Thursday. 10 new spellings will be sent home every Wednesday to be learned for the following Wednesday. Children should know how to spell the words and be able to use them in a sentence. This is very important and will also be tested. Spelling Frame will be used as a way to practise their weekly spelling rules at home.
• Times tables will be practised on a Friday and any children needing extra support will have an intervention on Thursdays. Although there will be no weekly times table tests in Year 5, it is extremely important that the children keep practising and increase their speed and their knowledge of derived division facts as so much of the maths in years 5 and 6 requires a solid foundation of these.
• Reading diaries are now found in the children's Personal Organisers - we would like the children to read at least three times a week and to see the planner signed at least three times a week by an adult please. The reading section of the diary will be looked at every week and take care points for reading will be awarded. There is also a section in the organiser for Reading Bingo- here the children can be rewarded with a 'visit' the The Starbook's Café- ask them for more information!!