Year 5 & 6
Welcome to Year Five and Six's Class Page!
Meet the Staff
Mr Zoumides - Class Teacher
Mrs Bates - Teaching Assistant
Mrs Hartley - Teaching Assistant 1:1
Mr Gibson - Teaching Assistant 1:1
Our Class Saint
Saint Luke
Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are the four evangelists named as authors of the Four Gospels. Besides having the third Gospel attributed to him, St Luke is also named as the author of the Acts of the Apostles.
Luke’s Gospel is based on Christ’s Life on earth: His teachings, His parables and miracles, Death and Resurrection. Luke never met Jesus in person and he was not one of the twelve Apostles. He talked to eye witnesses of the life of Jesus and he believed. Luke’s Gospel was written so that other people would also believe and come to know and love Jesus.
He is the author of the Gospel of Luke and Acts in the New Testament. He worked a lot with St Paul; in fact, St Luke also visited Malta, when St Paul’s shipwreck happened in Malta. St Luke is the patron saint of artists, physicians and surgeons.
We chose St Luke as our class saint this year as we believe that through Luke’s Gospel, we are able to live out our lives, just as Jesus wanted us to. We can learn a lot about Jesus and how he treated others. We will be using these examples in everything we do this year.
Feast Day - 18th October
We will celebrate this in school on Friday 18th October.
Spring 1
Class Text
In ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson, Maia, a bright and imaginative orphan, leaves her comfortable English boarding school for a new life in the Amazon rainforest. Sent to live with distant relatives, Maia dreams of adventure and the wonders of the exotic jungle. However, her new home presents unexpected challenges, as the family she joins is far from welcoming.
This richly woven tale, set against the lush backdrop of the Amazon, celebrates the wonders of nature and the courage it takes to follow one’s heart.
R.E
Christmas
- In this unit, the children will hear about the story of Christmas from St Matthew’s Gospel.
- We will explore the difficulties faced by Mary and Joseph and the tensions arose in King Herod.
Parables and Sayings of Jesus
- In this unit, children gain a greater knowledge and understanding of the Parables of Jesus.
- We will be exploring the concept of the Kingdom of God from the teachings of Jesus and ways in which Christians respond to this teaching today through their belonging to the Church.
Homework
Daily Homework
- Children in Year 5 & 6 receive daily maths homework that will enable them to practise the 4 basic operations as well as apply these to reasoning questions.
- Daily literacy homework will focus on spelling, vocabulary and grammar.
Weekly Homework
- Each week, two pieces of homework are set for the children to complete (no more than 30 minutes each piece).
- Homework may be revision from a unit of work previously taught or it may be new learning for a unit or concept that will be followed up in class.
- All children will receive a piece of Maths or English each week (this will take no longer than 30 minutes to complete). They will also receive one piece from either RE, Science, History, Geography, Art, DT, French, Computing, PE or PSHE (these subjects will be rotated on a weekly basis).
- Homework is handed out on a Thursday and due in the following Tuesday. We will occasionally set one piece of homework on Microsoft TEAMS to further develop the children’s computing skills.
Reading Diaries
- Children are encouraged to read at home daily (for at least 20 minutes) and are expected to have their diaries signed by an adult at least 3 times a week.
Spellings
- It is extremely important that spellings are practised regularly at home. The children are to use the Year 3/4 and 5/6 National Curriculum spelling guides.
Mental Maths/Times Tables
- Times tables and mental maths skills are vital for your child’s progress in maths. These should be practised regularly.
- Please encourage your child to practise their times tables using our ’99 Club’ resources on our school website.
- TTRS is a great platform to practise times tables regularly, whilst having fun too!
- Children will change for PE lessons in school. Therefore, children are expected to come to school, wearing their normal school uniform, every day, with their PE kits in school from Monday to Friday.
- PE will take place outdoors (weather permitting).
- This half term, the children will also have Dance with Mr Case on a Thursday (indoors).
Year 5/6 P.E. at Home
For more information on what we will be looking at across the curriculum in Spring 1, please see the information sheet below.
Ideas of books to be experienced
The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
Clockwork – Philip Pullman
Farther – Grahame Baker-Smith
Percy Jackson Stories –Rick Riordan
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart – Stephanie Burgess
The Girl of Ink and Stars – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Goldfish Boy – Lisa Thompson
Journey Trilogy – Aaron Becker
Varjak Paw – S F Said
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken
Tom’s Midnight Garden – Phillippa Pearce
The Midnight Fox – Betsy Byars
There’s an Indian in My Cupboard – Lynne Reid Banks
Wolf Brother – Michelle Paver
Clockwork – Phillip Pullman
The Village That Vanished – Ann Grifalconi
Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula Le Guin
Boy in the Tower – Polly Ho-Yen
Cosmic – Frank Cotrell Boyce
Howl’s Moving Castle – Dianne Wynne Jones
Shakespeare Stories – Leon Garfield
The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznik
The Sword in the Stone – T H White
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
The Island – Armin Greder
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
The Red Tree – Shaun Tan
The Arrival – Shaun Tan
How to Live Forever – Colin Thompson
Marrianne Dreams – Catherine Storr
Dreamsnatcher series and Skysong – Abi Elphinstone
Cogheart Adventures – Peter Bunzl
The Island at the End of Everything – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Letters From the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll
Gaslight - Eloise Williams
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright – Christopher Edge
The Bone Sparrow – Zana Fraillon
Rose Blanche – Ian McKewan
The Watertower – Gary Crew
I Am David – Anne Holm
The Silver Sword – Ian Serrailler
Holes - Louis Sachar
Box of Delights – John Masefield
Skellig – David Almond
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkein
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – David Boyne
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
The Kingdom by the Sea – Robert Westall
Useful Websites
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Accelerated Learning
Link to the log in screen
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Times Table Practice
Maths
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Topic related books for Year 5 to read for pleasure
Link to list
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Topic related books for Year 6 to read for pleasure
Link to list
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Dance Mat Typing
Learn to type the fun way!
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Bitesize SATs Revision
Practise for your SATs with these activities in English, Maths and Science.
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BBC Bitesize
Literacy
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Resources Woodlands
Literacy
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Primary Games Arena
Maths
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Mathsframe
Maths
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Fuel the Brain
Maths
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Cool MathâGames
Maths