Buckingham

English

To complement our Autumn-Term topic, The Second World War, we will be studying Friend of Foe by Michael Morpurgo.  Through this story, we will cover a range of fiction and non-fiction genres to help develop writing skills and techniques, including  poetry.

There will be a strong focus to bring the children up to the new standard required by the Government in grammar, punctuation and spelling skills and knowledge; your help and encouragement here would be very much appreciated.  A copy of the spelling guidelines from the Government are attached for your information.

We will be reading a variety of books and texts both in class and in small groups. Your child will also be expected to use their reading diary to record their reading activities (completed both at home and in school).  The reading diaries are checked with the children every week and House Points are awarded for reading with an adult and for how many times they have read.

Maths

We will teach the Year 5, 6 and 6+ work and differentiate according to need and ability in the following areas, according to the New Curriculum (which has a keen focus on arithmetic and problem-solving skills).

• Written methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Positive and negative numbers.
• Structured practise of the multiplication tables.
• Quadrilaterals, polygons, angles and circles.
• Properties and reasoning about numbers – patterns, primes, factors, odds, evens and multiples
• Decimals – find fractions of amounts, decimal point as a place holder.
• Money and real life problems.

Science

Science will be taught in separate Year 5 and 6 classes by Mrs. Sykes and Mr. Hawkins on Monday afternoons.

Year 5 – Forces with Mr. Hawkins.

Year 6 – Light with Mrs. Sykes.

Other Subjects

• Topic - World War II. The non-core curriculum areas will be included within the topic work.
• French – All about Ourselves
• R.E. (Religious Education) – Christianity and the Ten Commandments, Free Will and Following Rules, The Teaching of Jesus’s Parables.
• P.S.H.E. (Physical, Social and Health Education) – Class Rules, Our Community, Making and Keeping Friends.
• P.E. – The class PE lessons will be on a Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.  This term will be a mix of indoor circuit and apparatus work in poor weather and hockey outside during fine weather.  All children must wear: white T. shirt, dark shorts and trainers (plus a dark tracksuit for outdoors when it’s chilly). Please ensure that your child brings a note should he/she not be able to take part in PE/swimming for any reason. Also jewellery and watches cannot be worn for PE and long hair must be tied back.

 Home Learning

Home Learning will be given out and expected back completed as follows:

• Monday – Literacy to be handed in on or before Thursday morning.  
• Tuesday – Spelling homework and activities to be tested on Monday morning.
• Thursday – Maths to be handed in on or before Tuesday morning.

We are keen for home learning to be completed with parent/adult encouragement.  In Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6) home learning is necessary to develop the children’s independent learning skills in readiness for their start secondary school.  However, each piece of homework should take no longer than 30-40 minutes to complete (please let us know if it is taking much longer than this).  If there is a problem with a specific piece of home learning, then please ask your child to talk us straight away so we can work with them and help them (please remind them that ‘asking for help’ is to be encouraged).

A Homework Club also runs in school every Thursday lunchtime.

 5-Minute Spot Light (Tuesdays)

On Tuesdays, we will be running a 5-Minute Spot Light when each child, in turn, will prepare and deliver a short presentation to the class on a topic of their choice.  Popular subjects might be their pets, a favourite hobby/sport or an interest they have in a charity, or similar.  The support of a Power Point presentation or home-made video and /or any relevant materials such as photos or medals is encouraged.  The purpose of 5-Minute Spot Light is to help the children develop confidence to speak to an audience in a safe, friendly and supportive environment.    A letter will be sent home giving more details a bit later.

*Things to bring into school in the morning.

Monday

Mrs. Sykes

*Spelling Book

Tuesday

Mrs. Sykes

*Numeracy h/w

*P.E. Kit

Wednesday

Mrs. Bryer

Thursday

Mrs. Bryer

*Literacy homework

*P.E. Kit

Friday

Mrs. Bryer

8.55 – 9.10

Register

Register

Register

Register

Register

9.10 - 10.15

Literacy

Literacy

Reading

Comprehension

Literacy

Literacy

10.15 – 10.30

Assembly & Group Work

Assembly & Group Work

Assembly & Group Work

10.30 - 10.50

Break Time

Break Time

Break Time

Break Time

Break Time

10.50 – 12.10

Numeracy

Numeracy

Numeracy

Numeracy

Numeracy

12.10 – 1.10

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1.10

Register

Register

Register

Register

Register

1.15 – 2.20

Science

P.S.H.E. and R.E.

Topic

Art

French

2.20 – 3.20

Science

P.E.

Topic

P.E.

Topic

3.20 – 3.30

Sharing Reading with class 2/3L

 Year 6 Assembly