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Classes Year 5/6 2024-25

Welcome to Year 5 and 6!

 

In Year 5 and 6 at Wirksworth Junior School, we have 2 classes:

Auton - Mrs Meehan

 

Radcliffe - Miss Hickton

 

We love reading!

This half-term, our class reading for pleasure book is...

 

The books we will be reading, discussing and analysing in our shared reading lessons in the Spring Term are...

  

 

 

In the Spring Term, our curriculum theme is Curiosity and Exploration. The main subjects we will be focusing on during our project are Geography and Design Technology. Throughout our project, we will explore concepts such as change, sustainability, achievement and community. We will begin by learning about physical geography in places around the world, exploring the similarities and differences between regions with different climate zones, such as the Antarctic, Sahara Desert and The Amazon. We will consider the impact of human geography on our world, discussing issues such as climate change and deforestation. Then, we will be undertaking the Primary Engineers Project, building a sustainable electric vehicle for the future! Please see our Geography and DT pages for more information. 

 

Our Big Philosophical Question this term:

 

How might we live in the future?

 

We will be exploring out project concepts using a range of high-quality texts, including Varmints.

This term's writing units

Fiction

Setting description

Meeting tale

Wishing tale

Non-fiction

Formal letter (persuasion)

Informal letter 

Throughout the term, we will also be provided with opportunities to apply our writing skills across the curriculum, for example in science and geography. 

In Rainbow Grammar this term, we will be learning the following: how to use adverbial and non-finite clauses for effect; the rules of speech, and using dialogue to move action on and convey character; accurate use of colons and hyphens.

In maths this term, Year 5s will be focusing on the following concepts:

Short multiplication and division

Area

Calculating with decimal fractions

 

Year 6s will be focusing on the following concepts:

Drawing and composing 2D and 3D shapes

Calculating the area of parallelograms and triangles

Consolidation and problem solving with long multiplication and long division

Position and direction

Fractions and percentages

What we will be learning in our other subjects this half-term:

PE - Tag Rugby and Forest School 

Science - Electricity 

Computing - Physical Programming with Crumble controllers

PSHE - Bullying Matters & Anxiety Gremlins

RE - What matters most to Christians and Humanists? 

Spanish - A comer! (to eat) 

Things to remember...

Reading diaries will be checked on a Monday. Read 5 times each week to receive your Dojo points and reading chart stamp.

Maths homework will be sent out each Friday and is to be completed by the following Thursday.

Spelling and handwriting homework will be sent out each Friday and is to be completed by the following Thursday.

PE days this term:

Mondays (both classes) and Fridays (Forest School)

Creative activities to try out when you are reading at home

Activities to help you with learning your weekly spellings

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