CLASS 2
The timetable arrangement for the Summer Term is as Follows:
During this term Mrs Benwell will be teaching ICT and French on a Monday afternoon. Mrs Church will be teaching Literacy and Numeracy as well as Religious Education and Music on a Friday. I will therefore be teaching the rest of the curriculum on Monday morning and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Our curriculum topics this term are as follows:
- Literacy:
- Narrative: myths and legends and traditional stories.
- Non-fiction: letter of persuasion, stories by Dick King Smith, adventure/mystery stories, issues and dilemmas.
- Poetry: Humorous, variety of forms
- Numeracy: Place value, addition and subtraction, shape, length, perimeter, coordinates, multiplication and division, money and ‘real life’ problems, fractions and decimals, data handling.
- Science: Light and Shadows, the environment.
- ICT: Using a camera, text and graphics, research on the internet, databases.
- Topic: Comparing localities – Zambia, Middle Ages
- Physical Education: Games, Athletics
- Art and Design and Technology: Making books and paper, Illuminated letters and calligraphy.
- Music: Recorders, exploring sound and singing games
- Religious Education: Writing
- French: With Mrs Benwell
- Citizenship and PHSE: Writing
The class routine for the Summer Term will be as follows:
· Homework will be Issued on Friday and will be collected in on the following Thursday unless stated otherwise.
· Spellings will be issued on Friday. The children will be tested on the following Friday.
· P.E. will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.
CLASS 3
Our curriculum topics this term are as follows:
· Literacy: Fiction and poetry: Novels, stories and poems from a variety of cultures and traditions; choral and performance poetry, comparison of work by significant children's authors and poets.
· Literacy: Non-Fiction: Persuasive writing to put or argue a point of view: letters, commentaries, leaflets to persuade, criticise, protest, support, object, complain. Dictionaries, thesauruses, including I.T. sources. Explanations linked to work from other subjects; non-chronological reports linked to work from other subjects.
· Numeracy:
Year 5:
Relate fractions to division.
Extend written methods for column addition and subtraction.
Recognise the properties of a range of 2D and 3D shapes.
Solve simple word problems involving numbers and quantities.
Solve a problem by representing and interpreting data.
Measure and calculate perimeters of rectangles and regular polygons.
Develop calculator skills and use a calculator effectively.
Read and plot co-ordinates.
Recall facts in x2, x4, x5, x6 and x10 tables; derive division facts.
Year 6:
Reduce a fraction to its simplest form by cancelling common factors.
Derive quickly division facts corresponding to tables up to 10 x 10.
Recognise the properties of a range of 2D and 3D shapes.
Solve a problem by using one or more steps.
Solve problems by representing, extracting and interpreting data in a variety of forms.
Calculate the perimeter and area of simple compound shapes that can be split into rectangles.
Multiply and divide decimals mentally by 10 or 100 and explain the effect.
Develop calculator skills and use a calculator effectively.
Read and plot co-ordinates in all four quadrants.
· Science: How we see things and Interdependence and Adaptation.
· IT: Graphical Modelling and Multimedia Presentations.
· Topic: Japan and Middle Ages
· Art and Design and Technology: Making books and paper and Calligraphy.
· Religious Education: Writing
· Music: Exploring sound sources
· Physical Education: Athletics and Games.
· Spanish: Basic language skills
· Citizenship and PHSE: Writing
Our class routine:
· Homework: Daily reading and practice of multiplication and division facts. Homework will continue to be issued on Fridays and collected in one week later unless stated. Year 6 will also have Science homework.
· PE is on a Friday and Wednesday.
· Year 6 Assessments start on 8th May for one week.
· Children can bring in water bottles clearly marked with their name for drinks during the school day.
During the term Mrs Smith will be teaching Music, French and RE and Mrs Church will be teaching Art and Design. Mrs Jordan and Mrs Jones, our Learning Support Assistants will be supporting individuals, groups, PE, Science and Art. Mrs Jones will be in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Mrs Jordan will be in school on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.