Teachers:  Mr D Hackett and Mrs R Proudfoot

Welcome to the Year 5/6 Badgers' Class Page

We are extremely excited to be teaching you this term and have a number of exciting topics in different subject areas to teach you. Beneath this post is all the information you will need about classroom routines and arrangements as well as our class timetable and our subject knowledge organisers. Should you require any additional information about anything we are learning in class or just have something you would like to ask about, don't hesitate in contacting either myself or Mrs Proudfoot directly through SeeSaw.  We will respond to you within 48 hours. Should it be more immediately pressing, contact the school office via the admin email.

Summer Term Learning

English

We will start the summer term by writing balanced arguments based upon Schooling Versus Home Schooling linked to the story of Skellig. Our second unit of work is studying Shakespeare's tragedy of Macbeth. We will rewrite character and settings descriptions based upon the opening acts. We will then study the actions of Macbeth and act out the trial of Macbeth. In Summer 2, we will start our final class novel. The Final Year- by Matt Goodfellow. This book is all about transition and change which seems wholly appropriate to study at the end of Year 6. We will write diary entries, explanation texts and poetry based upon this.

Maths

Our first block is all about ratio. We'll look at building a solid understanding of ratio by looking at the relationship between numbers, using ratio language and looking at the similarities and differences between ratios and fractions. We'll finish with some work on scale factors and proportion problems such as scaling up recipes. 

We'll be more formally introducing algebra this term and starting with familiar function machines before moving onto algebraic expressions. We'll then look at substituting numbers in place of letters and work with formulae. Children will be taught to form and solve equations, including equations with two unknown values and many possible solutions. 

Shape work will involve looking at classifying and measuring angles using a protractor. We'll then look at calculating angles around a point, on a straight line before and vertically opposite angles before moving onto angles in triangle and quadrilaterals. Next will be exploring regular and irregular polygons and learning about the terminology of circles (radius, diameter and circumference). This will all be pulled together to draw shapes accurately. This unit will finish off with some work on 3D shapes including recapping identifying them and then learning about their properties (faces, edges and vertices). 

Our position and direction block will focus on coordinates and building up to using all four quadrants. We'll solve problems with coordinates before using these skills to translate points and shapes on a coordinate grid. We'll then look at lines of symmetry and reflections. 

Statistics follows where we will draw and interpret a range of graph types including line graphs, bar charts and pie charts. We'll also look at reading and interpreting tables, including timetables. Building on our work in science, we'll finish this unit with some more work on finding the mean. 

Our last unit of the year will be on converting units. We'll work with a range of units including looking at the prefix 'kilo' (for kilograms and kilometers) and 'milli' for millimeters and millilitres. Children will move on to converting between units of length - mm, cm and m before looking in more depth at miles and kilometres. We'll cover imperial measures and converting these into metric measures. The block finishes with converting between units of time and applying this to timetables. 

Science

Our topic for the whole term will be 'Properties and Changes of Materials'. We'll look in more detail about the properties of materials (such as hardness, thermal conductivity and solubility) and their uses. 

There will be lots of practical enquiries during the term using a range of working scientifically skills. We'll look at using techniques such as filtering, sieving and evaporating to separate mixtures and we'll look at reversible and irreversible changes practically. We'll observe whether particular materials dissolve to form solutions and compare and group materials based on their properties. 

Art

Our first project in art is 'Mixed Media'. We'll learn about paper craft and collage techniques including use of paper, fabric and photos. We'll pull this together to create a final piece of mixed media collage. 

We'll then move onto looking at the Expressionist art movement and Edvard Munch. Children will explore different ways to exploring feelings and emotions in art before creating an imaginative self-portrait. 

Design and Technology

Linked to the Groundbreaking Greeks, we will learn all about architecture this project teaches children about how architectural style and technology has developed over time and then we can use this knowledge to design a building with specific features.

History

Our history project is all about the Ground-breaking Greeks children will learn about developments and changes over six periods of ancient Greek history, focusing on the city state of Athens in the Classical age, and exploring the lasting legacy of ancient Greece

PSHE

In Summer 1, we will be learning all about relationships. Our Jigsaw pieces teach us all about mental health, love and loss, power and control and finally we will learn all about online safety and how to use technology responsibly.

In Summer 2, we will be learning all about changing me. Our Jigsaw pieces cover a variety of topics; my self image; puberty; babies, conception and birth, adolescent friendships; the real self and ideal self; and the years ahead.

Due to the Relationship education element of the Changing Me unit, we will send out all teaching materials prior to the commencement of lessons in Summer 2. 

Modern Foreign Languages- French

Our first unit is 'mealtimes' and we'll learn how to say what food we have for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We'll practice asking questions about this and our grammar learning will focus on using adverbial phrases for morning, midday and evening and using the immediate future tense to say what we're going to have at different mealtimes. 

We'll then move onto the unit 'Describing Yourself' where we'll use adjectives to describe ourselves, looking at the masculine and feminine forms of adjectives. We'll use the verb 'être' in the 1st and 3rd person and practice asking and answer questions about ourselves and others. 

PE

Music

Our first unit is 'Freedom to Improvise'. We will have the freedom to express ourselves and try and use some more advanced musical techniques such as larger intervals between notes when improvising. We'll think about how music shapes our way of life. 

We'll finish the year with 'Battle of the Bands!' and performing in small groups and as a class. We'll think about using simple band parts and performing music professionally. 

Computing

First we'll look at using external devices. We will be coding two programmes; one that uses an external device to monitor real world conditions and a simple quiz program that is answered using an external device. 

We'll them move onto creating interactive quizzes. We'll look at existing examples of these and create our own considering the audience they are aimed at. 

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