Year 5 & 6 2023 - 2024
Mrs Bebbington
Miss Whittingham
Mrs H BebbingtonClass Teacher(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday am)
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Miss E WhittinghamHeadteacherClass Teacher(Thursday and Friday)
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Mrs L BoydHLTA(Wednesday pm, Thursday and Friday) |
Miss R SeymourTeaching assistant(Full time)hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
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Spring Term
Welcome back everyone. We hope you have had a lovely break and are looking forward to the year ahead. It is going to be a busy one!
For some of you, it will be your penultimate term at primary school - Year Six, this is your real chance to shine as you prepare for your move to high school later in the year. Year 5, you are going to follow in their footsteps sooner than you realise - in two terms time you be the oldest children in our school. In the meantime, for all of you, work hard with us this term and make every lesson count. We have some great activities planned for you - including our residential to Whitehall in Derbyshire to look forward to later in the term. (Details will follow in a few weeks). Here is a quck overview of some of the lesson content we will be covering before Easter. The full long term plan for the year can found at the bottom of this page.
English: We will be reading and enjoying 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell. It will form the main stimulus for our fiction writing. We will also read and write recounts of amazing true life stories.
Maths: Fractions, decimals and percentages will be the main focus for this half term. We will also dabble with algebra and ratio before moving onto geometry.
Science: We will learn about evolution and inheritance. Our history work with run alongside this as we learn about the contibutions to Natural history by Charles Darwin and the wonderful Sir David Attenbourough.
ICT: We will use Purple Mash to learn skills in building data bases and creating our own games.
Art: We will have a look at some of the paintings /drawings from some of the world's most famous artists.
DT: We are going to quicken our skills with a needle and thread - with a little help from a sewing machine.
Music: Brass lessons will continue to take place on Wednesday afternoons leading to the Spring Concert at the end of the term .
PE: This term, PE will take place on Wednesdays and Fridays. We ask that the children come into school in the PE kit on those days only please.
Homework:
New spellings will be given every Monday and tested the following week. You should be practising your times tables at home. Parents, please sign their reading diary when you've heard your child read. We expect a minimum 3 x 15 minutes each week. Maths homework books will be set on Monday by Mrs Bebbbnigton to be in the following Monday. Miss Whittingham will send the English CGP book home on Thursday to be in the following Thursady. Pages to be completed should be found in the children's homework diaries.
Extra activities to do at home include:
- Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/byley
- Accelerated Reader - the children can complete quizzes on the books they have been reading at home.
- Times Table Rockstars (TTRS)
We also ask, can children bring a small bag to school and one coat as there is limited space in the corridor outside the classroom. They will be provided with their own stationery but are welcome to bring their own pencil cases in to class Water bottles must be filled and labelled with names. After lunch, children will be given the option of refilling water bottles.
So, here's to a happy, hardworking and healthy term. Please do contact us if you need any more information. We thank you all for your continued support.
Miss Whittingham and Mrs Bebbington