Federation of Earlswood Schools
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We offer Nursery Provision to Year 6
Weekly Blog
Week Beginning 21st July 2024
MATHS
We will be estimating capacity.
This week we will be holding a Times Table Rockstar Competition. Make sure you have used TTRS if you want to be chosen to represent your class.
READING
We will complete our reading of 'The Boy Who Swan With Piranha's and we will complete a review of the book.
PE
Indoor PE
DT
We will complete our toys which will operate with a cam mechanism.
ART
We will complete our pastel art work.
Week Beginning 15th July 2024
MATHS
We will be working on converting units of time and calculating timetables. We will then learn about cubic centimetres, compare and estimating volume.
ENGLISH
We are focusing on writing a biography. We are going to independently write a biography.
READING
We will complete our reading of 'The Boy Who Swan With Piranha's and we will complete a review of the book.
SCIENCE
We will be conducting a space craters experiment.
RE
We are thinking about the question 'Does science prove that creation stories are wrong?'
PE
Outdoor PE - Cricket
Indoor PE - Dodgeball
DT
We will begin to create our toy which will operate with a cam mechanism.
MUSIC
We are preparing for the summer assemblies and will perform these on Wednesday 17th July. 5E/5C 9.05am and 5EM/5F 2.30pm.
COMPUTING
This lesson will link to our Enterprise Week project and we will look at the profit projections.
ENTERPRISE WEEK
We are going to design and make our enterprise week projects and will work on our advertising campaign for the event.
Week Beginning 8th July 2024
MATHS
We will be working on measures. Kilometres, metres, millimetres and millilitres, convert units of length and converting between metric and imperial units.
ENGLISH
We are focusing on writing a biography. We will look at a range of biographies in order to inspire our writing.
READING
We will continue to read 'The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas' using our skills of inference.
SCIENCE
We will be conducting a space craters experiment.
PSHE
This term our topic is 'Changing me' and we will look at how we change as we head towards our teenage years.
RE
We are researching the question 'What do other worldviews say about how or why the world began?' in readiness for preparing a presentation.
PE
Outdoor PE - Cricket
Indoor PE - Dodgeball
DT
We will design our own toy which will use a cam mechanism.
MUSIC
We are preparing for the summer assemblies.
COMPUTING
We will be continuing to create spreadsheets.
Week Beginning 24th June 2024
MATHS
We will multiply and divide decimals and work with negative numbers.
ENGLISH
We will edit and publish our independent writing and begin to look at writing a biography.
READING
We will continue to read 'The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas' and use our skills of inference and also hone our performance skills.
SCIENCE
We will look at the earth.
PSHE
This term our topic is 'Changing me.' Please refer to the RSHE letter in the letters section of the website for information about what we will cover. This week is about conception.
RE
Our theme this half term is 'How did it all begin?'
PE
Outdoor PE - Cricket
Indoor PE - Dodgeball
DT
We will begin to look at cam mechanisms.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons and beginning to prepare for our end of term assemblies.
COMPUTING
We will be continuing to create spreadsheets.
Week Beginning 17th June 2024
MATHS
We will subtract decimals with a different decimal place, decimal sequences and multiplying and dividing by 10,10 and 100.
ENGLISH
We will continue to innovate the model text and begin to plan our piece of independent writing.
READING
We will continue to read 'The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas' and will be summarising events, inference and vocabulary.
SCIENCE
We will look at the phases of the moon.
PSHE
This term our topic is 'Changing me.' Please refer to the RSHE letter in the letters section of the website for information about what we will cover. This week is puberty (male).
RE
Our theme this half term is 'How did it all begin?'
PE
Outdoor PE - Cricket
Indoor PE - Dodgeball
ART
We will be studying the work of Vincent Van Gogh. We recreate our own versions of Starry Night.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons and beginning to prepare for our end of term assemblies.
COMPUTING
We will be continuing to create spreadsheets.
COOKING
We will be making a feta and watermelon salad.
Week Beginning 10th June 2024
MATHS
We will continue to add and subtract decimals within 1.
ENGLISH
We will be working on how to develop the reactions of a character and begin to plan an innovated version of our original story.
READING
We will continue to read 'The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas' and will work on our fluency skills, retrieval skills and will order events from the text.
SCIENCE
We will evaluate some of our prior knowledge about Space and also focus on some key vocabulary we will need this half term.
PSHE
This term our topic is 'Changing me.' Please refer to the RSHE letter in the letters section of the website for information about what we will cover.
RE
Our theme this half term is 'How did it all begin?' We will consider what have we learned about the things different religious and non-religious people believe about living a good life?
PE
Outdoor PE - Cricket
Indoor PE - Dodgeball
ART
We will be studying the work of Vincent Van Gogh. We will use blues and yellows to create our own starry night pictures.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons and beginning to prepare for our end of term assemblies.
COMPUTING
We will be continuing to create spreadsheets.
Week Beginning 3rd June 2024
MATHS
We will be adding and subtracting decimals within 1.
ENGLISH
We will be introduced to our new journey tale.
READING
We have a new book to start this week. We are going to be reading 'The Boy who Swam With Piranhas.' by David Almond.
SCIENCE
To understand the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system
PSHE
This term our topic is 'Changing me.' Please refer to the RSHE letter in the letters section of the website for information about what we will cover.
RE
Our theme this half term is 'How did it all begin?'
PE
Outdoor PE - Cricket
Indoor PE - Dodgeball
ART
We will be studying the work of Vincent Van Gogh.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
COMPUTING
We will be learning how to create spreadsheets.
Week Beginning 20th May 2024.
MATHS
We will be focusing on symmetry and reflection of shapes.
ENGLISH
We will be writing a newspaper report about the battle of Hastings
READING
We will complete the book Viking Boy by Tony Bradman and review the text.
PSHE
We will complete our topic of relationships.
HISTORY
We will be focusing upon Vikings vs Anglo Saxons.
RE
We will be reviewing our topic of the church by expressing our understanding of what the church is.
PE
Sports week
We will be having a karate lesson on Thursday and enjoying sports day on Friday.
ART
We will be making our Viking amulets using clay.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
COMPUTING
We will complete our coding topic.
Week Beginning 13th May 2024.
MATHS
We will be reading and plotting coordinates and learning about translation.
ENGLISH
We will be looking writing in the first and 3rd person and using the active and passive voice in our writing.
READING
We are continuing to read our new text Viking Boy by Tony Bradman and will be focusing on vocabulary, character and the impressions created by the author.
PSHE
We are continuing to explore our topic of relationships.
HISTORY
We will be learning about life in Viking Britain.
RE
We will recap our learning by thinking about what is meant by the term 'church.'.
PE
Tuesday Fitness training.
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Athletics - working on throwing skills.
ART
We will be designing our own amulets.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
COMPUTING
We are continuing to work on our coding skills.
WOODLANDS
We will using our survival skills and find out how to filter water.
Week Beginning 7th May 2024.
MATHS
We will be focusing on regular and irregular polygons, lengths and angles in shapes and 3D shapes.
ENGLISH
We will be looking at the skills needed to create a newspaper report in readiness for writing our own one.
READING
We are continuing to read our new text Viking Boy by Tony Bradman and will be comparing and contrasting and using retrieval skills.
PSHE
We are continuing to explore our topic of relationships.
HISTORY
We learning about Alfred the Great.
RE
We will learning about how church is different around the world.
PE
Tuesday Fitness training.
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Athletics.
ART
We will be looking at the representation of animals in Viking art.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
WOODLANDS
We will using our survival skills to make a shelter.
Week Beginning 29th April 2024.
MATHS
We will be drawing angles and lines, calculating angles around a point and calculating angles on a straight line.
ENGLISH
We will be planning and writing an independent defeat the monster story.
READING
We are continuing to read our new text Viking Boy by Tony Bradman and will be summarising events. We are looking forward to meeting Tony Bradman on Tuesday for our author session with him.
PSHE
We are continuing to explore our topic of relationships.
HISTORY
We learning about Viking settlements.
RE
We will learning about why Baptism important to Christians.
PE
Tuesday Fitness training.
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Athletics.
ART
We will continue to learn how to draw Viking knot patterns.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
Week Beginning 22nd April 2024.
MATHS
We will be classifying angles, estimating degrees, measuring angles and drawing angles and lines.
ENGLISH
We will be exploring the text Beowulf and innovating the text to create our own version using the skills learnt.
READING
We are continuing to read our new text Viking Boy by Tony Bradman and will explore the new vocabulary and order events.
PSHE
We are continuing to explore our topic of relationships.
HISTORY
We look at the Viking invasion of Britain.
RE
We will look at how the Church began.
PE
Tuesday Fitness training.
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Athletics.
ART
We will learn how to draw Viking knot patterns.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
Week Beginning 15th April 2024.
MATHS
We will be interpreting data, using two way tables and will move onto a new unit of work learning about angles.
ENGLISH
We will be exploring the text Beowulf and learning a model version of the text.
READING
We are beginning our new text Viking Boy by Tony Bradman.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Relationships.
HISTORY
We will begin our new topic of Vikings and Anglo Saxons. We will look at Anglo Saxons and why they came to Britain?
RE
We will begin our topic about 'How the church began?'
PE
Tuesday Gymnastics
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Athletics.
ART
We will begin to research Viking Art which will help us with our own art work in a few weeks time.
MUSIC
We are continuing our Ukulele lessons.
Week Beginning 25th March 2024.
MATHS
We will be estimating area and reading and interpreting line graphs.
ENGLISH
We will complete our comparison pieces of writing and are going to publish these in our own mini books. We aim to share these with other children in school.
READING
We are close to the end of The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. We have enjoyed reading it. Maybe you would like to read some of her other novels.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Healthy Me and today we will review our understanding of how we can be healthy.
GEOGRAPHY
We will complete our Geography topic by looking at climate and physical and human features in South America.
SCIENCE
We will review and assess our understanding of forces.
RE
To complete this unit we will show our own ideas about salvation and what it means.
PE
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Hockey
DT
We will evaluation our work on pulleys and gears.
MUSIC
We have completed our science of sound projects and are now sharing our work with our classmates.
Week Beginning 18th March 2024.
MATHS
We will be working with perimeter of rectilinear shapes and perimeter of polygons. We will find the area of rectangles and the area of compound shapes.
ENGLISH
We will continue our unit of work about comparing woodlands and rainforests. We will work on gathering a word bank of technical vocabulary to use in our comparison pieces. We will be working on the use of hyphens for ambiguity.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of inference and prediction.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Healthy Me and we are learning about our relationship with food.
COOKING
We will be making Spicy smoked Jollof rice and plantain.
GEOGRAPHY
We will be finding out about the South American climate.
SCIENCE
We will be investigating water resistance and reviewing the results.
RE
We are continuing to look at the theme of salvation and how Christians express their ideas about this.
PE
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Hockey
Friday - Indoor PE Gymnastics
Week Beginning 11th March 2024.
MATHS
We will be working with percentages as fractions, decimals, equivalant fractions and will begin to work on perimeter.
ENGLISH
We will begin a new unit of work about comparing woodlands and rainforests.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of inference and retrieval.
STEM
We will be focusing on games programming and will be designing a game on the Chromebooks. We will be using their technical knowledge and will be including different features into the games, including timers. We will also have a visitor in school to talk to us about their career in STEM.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Healthy Me and we are learning about body image.
Woodlands/Outdoor Learning
We will conduct a tree survey.
PE
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Hockey
Friday - Indoor PE Gymnastics
Week Beginning 4th March 2024.
MATHS
We will be rounding to the nearest number and understand percentages.
ENGLISH
We will complete our innovated versions of the text and write our final independent wishing tale.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of inference and retrieval.
DT
We are going to design a pulley and gear system.
GEOGRAPHY
We will be learning about the deforestation.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Healthy Me and we are learning about Emergency Aid.
Woodlands
We will be looking at the trees on our school field and will try to identify some.
RE
We will be exploring the theme of Salvation.
PE
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Hockey
Friday - Indoor PE Gymnastics
Week Beginning 26th February 2024.
MATHS
We will be working on thousandths, ordering and comparing decimals.
ENGLISH
We will continue to practise the model text and plan an innovated version of the text.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of summarising, vocabulary and inference.
GEOGRAPHY
We will be learning about the Amazon.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Healthy Me and we will look at the affects of alcohol.
FOOD AND NUTRITION
We will be learning about Mayan hot chocolate and where the ingredients come from.
PE
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Hockey
Friday - Indoor PE Gymnastics
Week Beginning 19th February 2024.
MATHS
We will be working on decimals up to 2 decimal places, finding equivalent fractions and decimals (tenths and hundredths) and thousandths and fractions.
ENGLISH
We will begin to look at a wishing tale, focusing on the opening and ending. We will be using adverbs of frequency, contrasting conjunctions and use powerful verbs to create a mood.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of prediction and summarising.
GEOGRAPHY
We will make a comparison between the Amazon and a forest in the United Kingdom.
PSHE
Our topic this half term is Healthy Me.
RE
We will consider the theme of rescue and why it is important to Christians.
WOODLANDS/OUTDOOR LEARNING
We will be extending our learning about Rainforests by visiting the woodlands and looking and the layers there.
PE
Wednesday - Outdoor PE Hockey
Friday - Indoor PE Gymnastics
Week Beginning 5th February 2024.
Wednesday 7th February is own clothes day for Mental Health Week.
MATHS
We will be finding fractions of amounts, fractions as operators and finding the whole.
ENGLISH
We will plan and write an independent discussion text using the skills we have worked on to put forward reasons for and against an idea.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of inference and retrieval.
GEOGRAPHY
We will complete our work about the layers of the rainforest.
PSHE
Our SMILE assembly has an Internet safety focus for Internet safety week. We will also complete some activities for mental health week.
RE
We will reflect on the values which are important for living as a community. We will consider how tzedekah might help a Jewish community to live out their values.
DT/Food
We will be making bread.
PE
We will perfect our dance routine which we have been learning. We will complete our tag rugby unit of work by playing a small group game.
Week Beginning 29th January 2024
Please remember that group 2 are swimming this week 5F/5EM and group 2 next week 5EM/5F.
Please ensure that swimmers bring their swimming kit each day/No earrings please.
MATHS
We will be multiplying by a non-unit fraction by an integer, x mixed number fraction by an integer and calculating a fraction of a quantity.
ENGLISH
We will write short for and against argument paragraphs. We will look closely at our model text and the type of language used by the author. We will begin to plan and write a discussion piece of writing.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will develop our skills of inference, retrieval and develop our understanding of the vocabulary used.
GEOGRAPHY
We will learn about the layers of the rainforest.
PSHE
We will continue our topic of Dreams and Goals.
RE
How Jewish people are changed by observing Yom Kippur?
PE
All children will be having a dance lesson and non swimmers will have a PE lesson focusing on Tag Rugby.
RAINFORESTS
Non-swimmers will further explore Rainforests through a mini project. If you have a shoe box at home, please bring it to school.
Week Beginning 22nd January 2024
Please remember that group 1 are swimming this week 5E/5C and group 2 next week 5EM/5F.
Please ensure that swimmers bring their swimming kit each day.
MATHS
We will be recapping knowledge of fractions and will be learning to multiplying fractions..
ENGLISH
We will begin to learn a model discussion text. We will focus on the skills of using passive voice, vocabulary which show degrees of possibility and to link paragraphs.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will work on prosody, understanding the vocabulary and retrieval skills.
GEOGRAPHY
We will learn about the layers of the rainforest.
PSHE
We will continue our topic of Dreams and Goals.
RE
How Jewish people are changed by observing Yom Kippur?
PE
All children will be having a dance lesson and non swimmers will have a PE lesson focusing on Tag Rugby.
RAINFORESTS
Non-swimmers will further explore Rainforests through a mini project. If you have a shoe box at home, please bring it to school.
Week Beginning 15th January 2024
MATHS
We will be continuing division and will divide a 4 digit number by a 1 or 2 digit number. We will be working on short division.
Arithmetic - column addition.
ENGLISH
We will plan and write an independent suspense story.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and will work on inference and retrieval. We will also study an extract from Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson.
GEOGRAPHY
We will learn about climate zones.
PSHE
We will continue our topic of Dreams and Goals.
FRENCH
We will continue to practise our vocabulary when talking family and will focus on talking about brothers and sisters.
RE
How is synagogue focused around the Torah?
PE
We will be learning Tag Rugby skills and will be having a visiting dance teacher once a week.
ART
We will be working at drawing rainforest animals.
Week Beginning 8th January 2024
MATHS
We will be multiplying a 4 digit number by a two digit number. Solving problems with multiplication, short division and dividing a 4 digit number by a 1 digit number.
Arithmetic - column addition.
ENGLISH
We will unpick our model text to explore the language used and begin to innovate it to create our own suspense story.
READING
We will continue our whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and summarise events and practise reading with intonation and expression.
GEOGRAPHY
We will begin compare and contrast biomes.
Safari Pete will be visiting us on Wednesday 3rd Jan.
PSHE
We will continue our topic of Dreams and Goals.
FRENCH
We will be learning to name family members.
RE
What helps us to be a part of a school community? How are we a place of ‘study’, ‘gathering’
and ‘worship/prayer’? What goes on in a synagogue that relates to ‘study’, ‘gathering’ and
‘worship/prayer’?
PE
We will be learning Tag Rugby skills and will be having a visiting dance teacher once a week.
ART
We will experiment mixing different shades of green paint and look at how Rousseu used green in his work.
Week Beginning 2nd January 2024
MATHS
We will be multiplying by a one digit number and a 2 digit number.
We are beginning a daily times table programme to ensure that we have a fluent recall of facts.
ENGLISH
We will begin to work on the skills needed to write a suspense story.
READING
We will begin to read our new whole class book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell.
GEOGRAPHY
We will begin our topic of Rainforests by Locating Rainforests around the world.
Safari Pete will be visiting us on Wednesday 3rd Jan.
PSHE
We will begin our topic of Dreams and Goals.
FRENCH
We will be learning to name family members.
RE
What does it mean to be part of a Synagogue community?
How do Jewish objects show what’s important to some Jewish people?
PE
We will be learning Tag Rugby skills and will be having a visiting dance teacher once a week.
Week Beginning 11th December 2023
This is our final week of the Autumn term - it has flown by.
MATHS
We will be subtracting from a mixed number and two mixed numbers.
ENGLISH
We will complete an independent write. We will be writing an explanation piece of writing using relative clauses, causal conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, technical vocabulary and adverbs of possibility.
READING
We are almost at the end of our medieval text Have Sword Will Travel. I wonder how it will end?
HISTORY
We will finish the topic by exploring how the plague affected people's lives.
PSHE
We will celebrate difference all around the world.
FRENCH
We will be reinforcing the Christmas vocabulary we have learnt.
RE
We will review our learning of the Creation story and how it affects how Christians live their lives.
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games. We will also be doing some strength work.
COMPUTING
We will complete our concept maps.
Week Beginning 4th December 2023
Singing assemblies
5EM/5F 9.05am
5E/5C 2.30pm
MATHS
We will be adding and subtracting from mixed numbers.
ENGLISH
We will complete short burst write and work on adverbs with degrees of possibility. We will also look at our model text in detail to unpick the language used.
READING
We will continue to read our text Have Sword Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams and will work on retrieval and exclamation.
HISTORY
Travel and Exploration: To understand how/why people travelled in the 1300s.
PSHE
We will explore why money matters.
MUSIC
We will be performing our end of term assemblies.
FRENCH
We will be learning Christmas related words.
RE
What does creation mean for Christians’ responsibility for earth and living things? How do they live this out?
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games. We will also be doing some strength work.
COOKING
Designing a savoury food product for celebration.
Week Beginning 27th November 2023
Christmas Making morning is on Thursday 9.30am-11.30am.
MATHS
We will be comparing and ordering fractions and adding and subtracting fractions.
ENGLISH
We will begin to work on writing a discussion text and begin to explore the use of causal conjunctions and topics sentences.
READING
We will continue to read our text Have Sword Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams and will work on retrieval and summarising skills.
HISTORY
We will look at travel and exploration in order to understand how/why people travelled in the 1300s.
PSHE
We will explore direct and indirect bullying.
MUSIC
We are currently working on our end of year assembly songs.
FRENCH
We will be learning Christmas related words.
RE
What does the fall mean for human suffering and Christian hope?
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games. We will also be doing some strength work.
Week Beginning 20th November 2023
Remember that it is INSET day on Wednesday. No school for pupils.
MATHS
We will continue to work on converting fractions to improper fractions and comparing and ordering fractions.
ENGLISH
This week we will plan and write our final warning tale using the tools we have practised. We will continue to focus on using apostrophes correctly.
READING
We will continue to read our text Have Sword Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams and will discuss the impressions the author creates of characters and their feelings. We will use retrieval skills to find details from the text.
HISTORY
We will explore how the plague spread.
SCIENCE
We will recap our knowledge and show what we have learned about Materials and their Properties.
PSHE
We will be comparing our lives with those in the developing world and discuss appreciating the value of happiness, regardless of financial wealth.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble. We will begin to work on our end of year assemblies.
FRENCH
We will be naming classroom equipment.
RE
What does creation mean for Christians’ relationship with God?
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games.
Week Beginning 13th November 2023
MATHS
We will continue to work on finding equivalent fractions to a non-unit fraction and also convert fractions to improper fractions.
ENGLISH
This week we will plan and write our own warning tale using the tools we have practised. We will continue to focus on using apostrophes correctly.
READING
We will continue our text Have Sword Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams and practise our inference skills. We will explore the vocabulary in the text and explore synonyms for some of the new vocabulary.
HISTORY
We will learn about the different types of plague and when they occurred.
SCIENCE
We will explore materials and there response to magnets. We will use magnets to separate materials.
PSHE
It is anti-bullying week and our PSHE lesson will link to this. Monday is Odd Sock Day. Remember to wear your odd socks on Monday.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will recap Months of the year.
RE
We are exploring whether Christians can believe in the Creation story and The Big Bang Theory.
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games.
Outdoor Learning
Please ensure you have your coat/wellies in school on Friday for Outdoor Learning.
Week Beginning 6th November 2023
MATHS
We will be finding equivalent fractions to a non-unit fraction. .
ENGLISH
This week we will continue to work on our warning tale and will be showing the feelings of the character through the atmosphere we create.
READING
We will continue our text Have Sword Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams and use inference skills to answer questions. We will also look at the impressions the author creates through the language he chooses.
HISTORY
We will introduce our new topic with a Plague day. We have an exciting workshop on Friday and a day of tasks such as art, science, drama and dance.
SCIENCE
We are investigating thermal insulators.
PSHE
We are focusing upon racism.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will recap colours.
RE
We are learning about What Christians believe about creation and will begin by looking at what it means to create something.
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games.
Week Beginning 30th October 2023
Welcome back. I hope you have had a restful half term break.
MATHS
We will be working on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000, using multiples of 10, 100, 1000 and finding fractions equivalent to a unit fraction.
There is no homework during half term week.
We will be recapping squared numbers in our arithmetic lesson.
ENGLISH
This week we will begin to work our writing of a warning tale and practise some of the skills we will be using in our final piece.
READING
We will begin our new text Have Sword Will Travel by Garth Nix and Sean Williams.
SCIENCE
We are investigating thermal insulators.
ART
This week is Sculpture week and we will focus on the work of Dale Chihuly.
PSHE
We are focusing upon discussing different cultures.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will recap colours.
RE
We are learning about What Christians believe about creation and will begin by looking at what it means to create something.
PE
We will be working to work on our netball skills and will play small team games.
Week Beginning 16th October 2023
MATHS
We will be working on factors, common factors, prime number, square numbers and cube numbers.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR HOMEWORK ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THURS.
We will be recapping column subtraction in our arithmetic lesson.
ENGLISH
This week we will plan and write an independent recount in the format of a diary entry.
READING
We will are at the end of our class text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. We will predict the ending and then review the text.
READING HOMEWORK IS DUE BY THURSDAY PLEASE.
SCIENCE
We are investigating thermal insulators.
DT
We have completed our kites and will evaluate them and improve our designs.
PSHE
We are focusing upon the theme of Being in my world.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will continue to practise classroom instructions and the days of the week.
RE
We will complete an end of unit assessment.
PE
We will be working to work on our football skills and play small team games.
INDOOR PE
We will be practising the skill of moving at different speeds.
Week Beginning 9th October 2023
MATHS
We will be working on multiples and finding missing numbers.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR HOMEWORK ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THURS.
We will be recapping column addition in our arithmetic lesson.
ENGLISH
This week we will begin to work on writing a recount text. We will focus on note making skills, focusing upon past and present tense and using time conjunctions to link our paragraphs.
READING
We will continue to read our text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and continuing to explore the vocabulary, using our inference skills to wring the meaning from the text and will be practising reading with intonation and expression.
READING HOMEWORK IS DUE BY THURSDAY PLEASE.
COMPUTING
We will be learning about Internet safety.
SCIENCE
We are learning about reversible and irreversible changes.
DT
We will continue to make our kites.
PSHE
We are focusing upon the theme of Being in my world.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will begin to learn classroom instructions.
RE
We will review what helps a Muslim lead a good life.
PE
We will be working to work on our football skills and play small team games.
INDOOR PE
We will be practising the skill of moving at different speeds.
COOKING/SCIENCE
Our cooking lesson will relate to our science lesson and exploring reversible and irreversible changes.
Week Beginning 2nd October 2023
MATHS
We will be working on mental strategies, add whole numbers with more than four digits, subtract whole numbers with more than four digits and round to check answers.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR HOMEWORK ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THURS.
We will be rounding numbers in our arithmetic lesson.
ENGLISH
This week we are looking at the poem The Highwayman and figurative language , short burst write (alliteration, repetition, onomatopoeia) and we will perform the poems we have written.
READING
We will continue to read our new text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and working on the skills of retrieval, forming the impression of characters and sorting facts from fiction.
READING HOMEWORK IS DUE BY THURSDAY PLEASE.
COMPUTING
We will be learning about Internet safety.
SCIENCE
We are learning about separating solutions.
DT
We are using our designs to begin to make our kites.
PSHE
We are focusing upon the theme of Being in my world.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will begin to learn classroom instructions.
RE
What is Hajj and why might many Muslims want to be part of an ummah?
PE
We will be working to work on our football skills and play small team games.
INDOOR PE
We will be practising the skill of moving at different speeds.
OUTDOOR LEARNING
We will be focusing on mapwork.
PLEASE ENSURE WELLIES ARE IN SCHOOL
Week Beginning 25th September 2023
MATHS
We will be working on Round to the nearest 10,100 or 1000 , Round within 100,000, Round within 1,000,000 and Round within 1,000,000. PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR HOMEWORK ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THURS.
We will be using negative numbers in our arithmetic lesson.
ENGLISH
This week we are looking at the poem The Highwayman and the language features used by the poet.
READING
We will continue to read our new text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and focusing on the vocabulary chosen by the author and how the characters are portrayed.
READING HOMEWORK IS DUE BY THURSDAY PLEASE.
COMPUTING
We will be learning about Internet safety.
SCIENCE
We are conducting the dissolving investigation which we planned last week.
DT
We are researching and designing kites.
PSHE
We are focusing upon the theme of Being in my world.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will reinforce numbers to 10.
RE
What might motivate a Muslim to pray/ give alms/ fast and what effect would this have on their lives – and on the Muslim community?
PE
We will be working to work on our football skills and play small team games.
INDOOR PE
We will be practising the skill of moving at different speeds.
OUTDOOR LEARNING
We will be focusing on mapwork and using symbols.
PLEASE ENSURE WELLIES ARE IN SCHOOL
Week Beginning 18th September 2023
MATHS
We will be working on 10/100/1,000/10,000/ 100,000 more or less, Partitioning numbers to 1,000,000, Number lines to 1,000,000, Compare and order numbers to 100,000 and Rounding to the nearest 10,100 or 1000.
We will be rounding numbers in our arithmetic lesson.
Homework: partitioning numbers
ENGLISH
This week we are going to write our own persuasive letters to Queen Victoria.
READING
We will continue to read our new text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and using skills of summarising, inference and focus on the new vocabulary.
Homework: Queen Victoria comprehension
COMPUTING
We will be learning about Internet safety.
SCIENCE
We are learning about dissolving and creating solutions.
ART
We will be printing our own designs inspired by William Morris.
PSHE
We are focusing upon the theme of Being in my world.
MUSIC
We will continue to learn the Ukulele and practise holding it correctly. We will be reading chords reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
FRENCH
We will continue to learn and practise our greetings in French.
RE
We are exploring what helps a Muslim live a good life? Our key question will be
How might the belief in the two angels who record a person’s good and bad deeds affect how many Muslims lead their lives?
PE
We will be working to work on our football skills and play small team games.
INDOOR PE
We will be practising the skill of moving at different speeds.
OUTDOOR LEARNING
We will be using compasses and using compass points to locate features in our outdoor area.
PLEASE ENSURE WELLIES ARE IN SCHOOL
Week Beginning 11th September 2023
Welcome to Year 5. We've had a wonderful start to year 5 and have enjoyed getting to know each other in our groups.
Maths
We are going to be working on place value with numbers to 10000, numbers to 100000, numbers to 1000000 and read and write numbers to 1000000.
English
This week we are beginning to learn our new persuasive text and will be looking at letters and writing some letters.
Reading
We will continue to read our new text The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and using skills of retrieval and how the author creates impressions for the reader.
COMPUTING
We will be learning about Internet safety.
SCIENCE
We are learning about the properties of materials and comparing their uses.
ART
We are going to learn about the artist William Morris and begin to look at his work.
PSHE
We are focusing upon the theme of Being in my world.
Music
We will be introduced to the Ukulele and how to hold it. We will be reading chords
reading tablature and will play in ensemble.
PE
We will be working on the football skill of turning the ball.