Year 5/6 (Fire Class)

Welcome to Fire Class!
2025 - 2026
Welcome to Autumn 2!
During this half term, we will be covering…
Oranges in No Man's Land including; diary writing, letter writing, own version of account in English.
- Multiplication and Division, Fractions and Decimals in Maths
- Materials: Mixtures and Separation in Science.
Why do oceans matter? in Geography.
Health and wellbeing in learning for life (PSHE).
How do people make valid judgements about how and why the world is as it is? in RW.
Developing a recipe in DT
French transport in French.
Looping and remixing in Music
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 Spellings, Maths or English homework).
Other
- Our Smokey Row day is Tuesday. In KS2, we only visit every other week (weather dependent).
- Children also have access to Duolingo to help build their French skills and vocabulary at home.
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