Welcome to the

Autumn Term 2025

in Year 5 and 6! 

Before we inform you of activities and events that will be happening in Year 5 and 6 during the Autumn, we would first of all like to welcome you, or welcome you back to the phase - we hope that we will all be able to work together in the spirit  of our school motto,

'Together with Christ Everyone Achieves More'.

The curriculum in Year 5 and 6 this term:

The unit is called LAND AHOY!

RE:

Our units this term will be: Creation, Miracles, Advent and Christmas.
The children will also take part in whole school and phase masses both at school and at the Parish Church of St Mary & St Benedict. Some children will be preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation during the first half term too, with Confirmation on 6^th November at 6pm. If your child is one of the confirmandi, please ensure that they attend Mass with Father Aloysius and complete any preparation tasks that may be set. You are always most welcome to come and celebrate mass with us too.

English:

Fiction: The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo, William Shakespeare plays, Poetry, Raven Boy by Pippa Goodhart

Non Fiction: Instructions and Recounts

Grammar: children will continue to work on sentence structure and practise using a variety of writing techniques. They will grow in confidence using the correct terminology too.

Guided Reading will focus on language and breadth of knowledge across a variety of fiction and non-fiction subjects. It will help the children develop an understanding of historical, factual and challenging topics. You can find some more information about reading skills and strategies in the reading diary your child brings home. We will be using the structured programme of Comprehension Express to continue to help your child develop the skills to fully understand a range of texts both in Fiction and Non-fiction.

Spellings: your child will have a spelling assessment each week that will focus on word families and types of words. Please help your child learn and practise using these words in written and spoken work.

Maths:

4 number rules

Measures

Time

Handling Data

Shape and Space

All of these areas of learning will be contextualised within a variety of word problems.

It is vital that your child knows all multiplication tables to 12x12 otherwise they will find basic maths tasks in Y56 challenging. Please practise with your child daily.

Science:

Habitats - plants and animals

Classification

Micro-organisms

Wherever possible, learning will be contextualised in experimental and research conditions.

Topic Work (History and Geography):

Geographical skills – co-ordinates

The Tudors,
The Great Fire of London,

The Plague and The Gunpowder Plot
 

Other Subjects:

The children will continue to take part in weekly music lessons with a visiting musician – yet to be confirmed - and will learn/continue to learn to play arrange of timpani instruments, their voices and compose lyrics and notation.

Computing will enable the children to revise and further develop graphic skills along with an introduction to spreadsheets.

PE will be Football and Tag Rugby with Mr Perkins on a Wednesday morning. Team sport activities take place on a Friday afternoon.

Sport sessions take place outside if it is dry so please make sure that your child has an appropriate PE kit:

* black shorts/black tracksuit bottoms

* White t-shirt

* pumps - waterproof preferably

* black/purple sweater for outside sport

Your child will wear their PE kit to school on Wednesday and Friday along with their school jumper.

In order for your child to continue to participate and progress fully, they need to maintain great attendance and punctuality. 

Doors open at 8.30am (Library is open for book changing)

Registration is at 8.45am.

Fluency lessons begin at 8.50am.

Also, for your child to be able to complete their homework at home this term they will need: a pen, pencil, ruler, and pencil crayons as well as a dictionary and thesaurus.

If your child has access to a computer, there are a selection of website links included on the back page of the learning leaflet, as well as in the 'Kid's Zone' on the school website.

Purple Mash and My Maths are excellent safe sites for your child to access and offer great support for cross curricular learning opportunities.  We will be encouraging your children to complete their weekly spellings online too. We will stick their login details into their personal Home/School Diary.

We have planned a very busy term of activities, including some school visits and experiences. We will send information regarding trips home nearer the time.

If your child has medical needs, please liaise with the class teacher in the first week of school. This will help to ensure that we can support your child fully.

We will keep you updated with information using the weekly Newsletter, or by adding relevant paperwork to the Y56 pages on the school website.

We look forward to working with you,

Year 5&6 Team

Hello and Welcome to the New Year 5 and 6 pages!

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