Badgers
Teachers: Mr D Hackett and Mrs R Proudfoot
Teaching Assistant Mr B Smith
Class Plan
Autumn 2025-26
Summer Term 2026
English
Maths
Cornerstones (History)
Religious Education
Science
Our first focus this half term will be on Light Theory. We'll take a look at how light travels in straight lines and carry out demonstrations to show this. Then we'll learn about how we see and the different parts of the eye. We'll follow this with an interesting perceiving colour investigation. We'll learn about visible light, reflection and then finish by learning about shadows and carrying out our own enquiry into them.
Our second learning focus will be Evolution and Inheritance. We'll explore fossils, including examining real examples. We'll learn about the theory of evolution, inheritance and natural selection (including looking at Darwin's Finches).
Art
Our art project this term is Bees, Beetles and Butterflies. We'll use our observational skills to make drawings of these, make a collage of beetles, make a painting of bees based around pop art and then create a final piece using the techniques we have learnt.
Design and Technology
As part of our Britain At War history project we will be carrying out a textiles DT project 'Make Do and Mend' this term. We'll look at the Make Do and Mend campaign from the Second World War. We'll learn a range of different stiches and then have a go at repurposing old clothes and materials to make a final piece.
PSHE
Our first PSHE topic this term will be Relationships. This will have a particular e-safety focus and we'll look at safety in online communities, being in an online community, screen time and online gaming. Our second topic will be 'Changing Me'. You'll receive more information before we teach this but it will cover looking at body image, physical and emotional changes whilst growing up and transition to next year.
Modern Foreign Languages- French
Our first unit will be 'Fashion'. We'll learn to talk in French about clothes by combining the names of clothes with colours. We'll look at fashion trends in the French-speaking world.
Our second unit is 'The World' which is all about looking at how we can help the planet environmentally. We'll focus on writing more extended sentences to say in French what we can do to help the environment.
PE
Music
The first unit this term will be based around 'The Dragon Song' which is a modern-day musical fable. After listening to a performance of it by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, children will experiment with remixing this using instrumental loops from the orchestra's violins.
Our second unit will be 'The Grand Finale'. We'll learn a range of songs including 'La Bamba'.
We'll also be rehearsing and performing our production which always involves lots of singing and is an excellent chance to perform to an audience. More details soon!
Computing
First the next section of coding looking at functions, strings, text variables and concatenation and user input.
We'll then look at word processing using Microsoft Word. We'll learn about formatting text, adjusting layout, insert and format images and use tables to organise information.
We will also carry out a project in 3D modelling. We'll develop 3D models using CAD software. As part of this we'll plan, design and create a packaging prototype using CAD.
Information to remember
Reading | Please bring completed reading records in on a Friday. House points and other prizes will be rewarded for those who read at least three times a week and record it. |
PE | PE is on a Thursday. Children will come to school in their PE kit. Please remember a black sweatshirt or hoodie as the majority of PE is outside. |
Spellings | Spellings will be set on a Friday using Spelling Frame. Children can take practice tests and assess their own understanding throughout the week online. Children will work on the taught spelling pattern throughout the week in their lessons. SpellingFrame should be used to support spelling at home. |
Homework | Will be set on TT Rockstars . Children will have six days to complete their tasks and again prizes and house points will be rewarded for effort. It is expected that children will work on their times tables at least three times per week. Knowledge of timetables is utterly crucial to all maths in Year 5 and 6 so this is really important to help mathematical understanding. Your child will also have a login for Mathletics where tasks will be set for them to try at home to support the work we are doing in class. |