KS2

Year 3 Curriculum

Welcome to Year 3!

It has been wonderful to welcome you back after the holidays and with such smiling faces! We are looking forward to continuing our learning into our final term of the year!

Below is our Summer Term newsletter showing what we will be learning about throughout our last term.

Every Friday we will continue with a spelling test and check the children’s reading records to ensure the children have read each week. Please practice the spellings each week that the children will bring home on a Monday as well as reading with them as much as possible. Every opportunity to listen to readers helps them greatly, this can be any book from school or home.

Homework is handed out every Friday on paper and this is to be completed and returned back to school by the following Friday. This homework will be supporting the learning the children have done that same week within Maths, Literacy and Reading.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Miss Williams and Mr Kirby

Year 4 Curriculum

Happy New Year and welcome back to school Year 4!

This term, our curriculum will have lots of Reading, Writing and Maths opportunities and we will be reading the highly acclaimed book ‘The Last Bear’.

In Geography, we will be comparing the Yorkshire and Humber region to a region in Italy, Campania, looking at the physical and human features.

Please encourage your child to bring their book bag every day. Three reads a week, signed by an adult, earns the title “Regular Reader” and we are aiming for 100% across both classes.

All children in Year 4 are expected to know and recall all times tables up to and including 12 x 12. Please help your child to learn their times tables so that they will be prepared for this an online National test in June.

This website can help.
https://ttrockstars.com

PE lessons will take place inside so the children do not need their PE kits.

Spellings remain a focus and your child will bring their spellings home each week on a Monday to learn ready for a spelling test on the Friday.

Homework will be sent home each Monday. Please encourage your child to complete the tasks, returning them to school the following week.

Merits will be awarded each week, so keep an eye out for a special certificate coming home with your child. We will inform you if they are due to receive one using Marvellous Me.

Miss Jennings and Miss Osborne.

Year 5 Curriculum

Welcome back to Year 5 for the Summer Term!

This term, we will be looking at the rise of an empire, which will require us to develop our understanding of Ancient Greece. This exciting topic will deepen our understanding on how democracy came to be, and other inventions which we use in our daily lives. Did you know they were the creators of the library?

Science focuses on living things and their habitats, starting with plants and moving on to animals and finally to us, humans.

In maths, will cover methods to deepen our understanding of decimals. We will look at shape, angles, perimeter and area. We will also look at statistics and transition. We will use a range of maths equipment and pictures to support our understanding further. As usual, children are able to bring these worksheets and challenge tasks home to show and explain to you what we are doing in class.

Literacy continues to be another key focus in learning in Year 5. We will explore a range of books, but in particular we will explore “Who Let the Gods Out” by Maz Evans as well as mythological tales and write our own exciting Myth stories including a range of descriptive features.

As always, we look forward to PE which will see us doing Cricket and Athletics, and the many other exciting learning opportunities that come our way. Something tells me that it must be quickly approaching Sports Day!

We really love to hear about all the exciting books, non-fiction texts and poetry that your children read at home and welcome any comments from the children, parents or carers about what has been read. The expectation of reading a minimum of three times a week has an excellent impact on reading stamina and creative writing in school. We would also encourage the use of Times Tables Rockstars as this supports your child’s fluency in maths lessons.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Richards & Miss Morrice

Year 6 Curriculum

Welcome back for Spring Term!

This term, the children will have lots of opportunities to gain new skills and learn new knowledge. In History, we will be exploring ancient civilisations are looking at similarities and differences between these. In Geography, we will be learning about natural resources and locating where these are found across the world. They will also have opportunities to be creative in our Art lessons where we will be looking at chairs. They will explore use of colour and shape and discuss the ‘personality’ of chairs.

In PE, the children will be developing their hocket skills and using their hand-eye co-ordination. We will also be taking part in some dance lessons and using dance to tell a story. The children will be provided with shorts and a t-shirt but are expected to bring suitable footwear. Please be advised that we are continuing to have PE lessons outdoors so check the weather, and the children may bring additional jumpers/sports trousers to school with them on these days.

Spring term is particularly important in Year 6 as we near the week of the SATs exams. The children will be tested in Maths, Reading and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. We will be working hard in school to ensure the children feel well-prepared for these. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.

The children are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning and will be provided with their spellings to take home to practice. They will also have access to Times Table Rockstars where they can practice their times table facts. We encourage the children to read at least times at week and this can be logged in their Reading Records.