Year 5/6 (Fire Class)
Welcome to Fire Class!
Welcome to Summer 1!
We hope you all had a brilliant holiday. Welcome to a new term.
During this half term, we will be covering…
Non-fiction (Who is to blame for the tragedy in Macbeth?, discuss purpose and in the form of a balanced argument), fiction 1 ( Tom, prophecy/character flaw genre and focusing on dialogue) and fiction 2 (The Catch, purpose wishing and form action) in English
- shape, position and direction, decimals, converting units and measurement (Y5) and properties of shape, position and direction and themed projects (Y6) in Maths
- Living things and their habitats: Life Cycles and Reproduction in Science.
Sculpture and 3D art in Art.
First aid in learning for life (PSHE).
Why doesn't Christianity always look the same? in RE.
South and West Africa in Music.
Microbits in Computing
Key Information
PE will be on Mondays and Thursdays.
Weekly spelling tests will be on Friday.
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
TT Rockstars
A termly project book
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