Year 5/6 (Fire Class)
Welcome to Fire Class!
2024 - 2025
Welcome to Summer 1 term!
During this half term, we will be covering…
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet including; newspaper reports, class debates, persuasive writing, drama and analysing Shakespearean text in English.
- (Y5) Shape, Decimals, Position & Direction, (Y6) SATS revision including; the Four Operations, Ratio, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages in Maths
- Living Things: Evolution and Inheritance in Science.
What was life like in Tudor England? in History.
Safety and changing bodies in learning for life (PSHE).
How far does the mosque contribute to the Muslim concept of Ummah? in RE.
A French Town in French.
Stop motion animation in Computing.
Craft and design - architecture in Art.
Key Information
PE will be on Mondays and Fridays.
Weekly spelling tests will be on Tuesday.
Homework/Home Learning
Reading records need to be handed in on a Monday and will be returned on Tuesday.
Homework includes:
Daily reading
Daily spelling practise - spelling shed
TT Rockstars
English and Maths homework
Maths homework will be handed out on a Wednesday and will need to be in by Monday morning (so this can be looked at in class).
English homework will be handed out on a Friday and will need to be in by Thursday morning (so we can go through this in class).
If your child has lost their homework, or is not in school on the day it is handed out, a copy of the homework will be available on this class page (under Maths or English homework).
Other
- Our Smokey Row day is Friday. In KS2, we only visit every other week (weather dependent).
If you need to get in contact with us, please use our class email address: fire@gkglt.co.uk You can expect a response within 2 working days.
If there is anything that needs our immediate attention, please contact the office as the message will get to us quicker than an email to the class!
Best wishes,
Miss Lunnon and Mrs Turney