Ash Tree Class - Year 5/6
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Welcome to our class page!
Year 5/6 Ash is taught by Mrs Trotter and Mrs Ward with support from Mrs Senior.
ROUTINES
HOME READING: This will be central to your child’s learning this year. The expectation in Year 5 and 6 is that children read at least 5 times per week. Please record the book and page number in your child’s reading record.
HOMEWORK: Homework will be given on a Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.
PE: Ash Tree Class have P.E on Thursday and Friday. Please make sure your child comes to school in their P.E kit on P.E days. They may wear navy tracksuit bottoms and a Rufford Park hoodie or school jumper over the top. Earrings must be removed for P.E unless recently pierced. If your child cannot remove their own earrings please make sure they come to school without them on the days of their P.E lessons.
Spring Curriculum Overview: I wonder what similarities and differences there are between my region and the Western USA?
- Rivers and Mountains
- English: Pupils will be developing their writing skills by writing a non-chronological report, an adventure story and a newspaper report.
- Reading: Our class reader is 'King of the Cloud Forests' by Michael Morpurgo. Pupils will be reading through this text and answering a range of questions to support their comprehension. In addition, the children will be completing a range of comprehension-based activities linked to the topic.
- Maths:
- Multiplication and division
- Fractions
- Decimals and percentages
- Perimeter and area
- Statistics
- Science: Properties and changes of materials
- Computing: Computer Science
- Y6 Music: Singing with Mr Jennings/Dona Nobis Pacem
- Y5 Music: Ukulele tuition/Wizard of Oz
- Art: North American Art (landscapes)
- Geography: Comparing two regions: Yorkshire and Western USA
- PE: Tag rugby
- RE: Why do some people go on pilgrimage?
- PSHE: Rights and Responsibilities and Keeping Myself Safe
- French: Weather/My Home
CLASS HIGHLIGHTS
KWVR WW2 Evacuee Trip September 2024
Y6 Residential Peat Rigg April 2025
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2023-24
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