Ash Tree Class - Year 5/6
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
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Year 5/6 Ash is taught by Miss Bairstow with support from Mrs Senior, Miss Mallison and Mrs Fentum.
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 Monday and Tuesday. 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.
Summer Curriculum Overview: Evolution/Women Through the Ages - I wonder how women's roles have changed over time?
English: Children will be writing to inform and entertain through writing leaflets and and stories.
Reading: Our class reader is 'Darwin’s Dragons’ by Lindsay Galvin. Children 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 other SATs comprehension-based activities.
Maths:
Y6: Geometry (Shape), Algebra, Ratio, SATs Revision, Secondary transition maths
Y5: Perimeter and area,
Science: Evolution and inheritance, Animals including humans
Computing: Programming – variables in games, Databases
Music: Leavers’ production
Art: Wildlife: Birds
History: History of evolution
PE: Rounders and Athletics
RE: What do different Hindu people believe about god?
PSHE: Being my best, Growing and changing
French: Le weekend, Moi dans le monde
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