This week in the classroom
9.10.25
Another busy week in Year 5/6!
Some of our Year 5 children have completed Bikeability this week. They had a great time and listened carefully to their instructors.
In English, we have been looking at brackets in our grammar warm-up, adding them to sentences about mythical creatures. We have also been exploring non-chronological reports, discussing the features of a successful report.
In reading, we have introduced a picturebook ‘Town is by the Sea’. It is based in a mining town at the coast. The children have asked some excellent questions and made some interesting observations about the characters and the town.
In maths, we have been rounding decimal numbers to the nearest whole number. The children have been able to confidently identify the previous and next multiple of one. They also know whether a decimal number should be rounded up or down by checking the digit in the tenths column.
In history, we have finished our unit on the Anglo-Saxons by discussing the main changes that happened in Britain after the Roman left. We discussed the Anglo-Saxons’ arrival in Britain and their creation of the seven kingdoms of the heptarchy. We also discussed the change of religion from pagan beliefs to Roman Christianity. The children also highlighted the role King Offa of Mercia had in taking over five of the kingdoms and in building Offa’s Dyke to keep the Welsh tribes out of Mercia!
In science, we continued our learning about life cycles by exploring the life cycles of amphibians.
The children have also worked very hard on their Reading Plus accounts. These reading accounts are tailored to their personal reading levels and speeds and will help them build their fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We are completing this daily in school but children are also able to login at home. The login information is stuck into the back of their reading records.
The children have also been practicing completing their Spelling Shed assignments, based on our spellings for the week in class. These assignments are based on spelling games and the children can choose their level of difficulty. I would encourage the children to login at home at least a few times a week to help consolidate their spelling knowledge (logins are stuck in the front of their reading records).
Finally, this month’s TTRockstars heat maps will be stuck into the children’s reading records. A green heat map indicates that the children have the times tables knowledge to confidently access the Year 5/6 curriculum. All children have been given the challenge of ‘Going Green’ by Christmas so please help us by supporting them with this at home. Just five minutes a day can make a real difference (logins are stuck in the front of their reading records).
Have a wonderful weekend Year 5/6!
25.9.25
It has been a busy week in Year 5/6!
In English this week, the children have been writing diary entries to describe the experience of being evacuated in WW2. They have taken on the role of the characters from the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. We have also started reading the first few chapters of the book, exploring the characters of Lucy and Mr Tumnus.
In reading, we have finished our class book, ‘The Promise’. We have discussed the themes of the book and used our summarising skills to retell the story.
In maths, we have looked at decimal numbers and how these relate to fractions. We have placed decimal numbers and fractions onto number lines and we have also ordered numbers from smallest to largest and vice versa.
In history, we learned about religion in Anglo-Saxon Britain. We learned about the pagan religion of the Anglo-Saxons and how they believed in multiple gods and goddesses. We then learned about how the Pope sent missionaries to Britain to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. We finished by discussing the difference between Roman Christianity and Celtic Christianity.
In science, we measured the root growth of our mint cuttings! We then learned about the life cycle of a bird and compared it to that of a mammal.
In French, we continued to learn about where we live and the children have been doing an excellent job on their independent assignments.
We also practised logging in to Spelling Shed this week. Login information is now in the front cover of the children’s reading records. They will be given weekly assignments based on the spellings we have been doing in class however, they will also be able to play a number of other spelling games.