Year 5 and 6 – Spring Term 2026

Welcome to 2026.

In Year 5&6, as we start the Spring Term, we would just like to thank everyone for supporting our school Motto:

‘Together with Christ Everyone Achieves More’

The curriculum in Year 5 and 6 this term:

The unit is called ‘Earthwatch'.

Religious Education:

The diocesan units this term include: Christmas,  Signs, Symbols and Rites of Baptism, Parables of Jesus, Lent and Holy Week.

We will start the Spring Term with a school Mass to celebrate Epiphany on Tuesday 6^th January at the Parish Church. It will be a 9.30am start.

The children will also take part in phase masses at school during the term, particularly to mark the Season of Lent.

English: The curriculum will be divided as follows -

Fiction: The Piano and Stig of the Dump

Non Fiction: Biography and Autobiography

Grammar: children will continue to work on sentence structure and practise using a variety of writing techniques. Grammar work will also focus on knowledge and application of word classes along with recognition and accuracy of application in punctuation. The children 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. We will continue to use Comprehension Express which looks at using 10 expert reading tips to ensure  a wider understanding or purpose, structure and language. Overall, the programme will help the children develop an understanding of historical, factual and fictional challenging texts. You can find some more information about reading skills and strategies in the reading diary your child brings home. We will be focusing on broad understanding and using question stems that require children to locate specific evidence within a text, as well as helping children use evidence from a text to form an opinion.

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. It is very important that your child can spell accurately as they will be assessed in this at the end of Year 6 - both in their independent written work and in a random spelling assessment of 20 words. The homeschool diary also lists all additional words that children should know and spell for years 3-6.

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 and reasoning problems. Your child will have a mental maths assessment every week - practise of multiplication tables and completion of homework will ensure that they can always achieve their best.

Science:

Properties of Materials

Investigating and Experimenting

Influential scientists

Topic Work:

Mountains

The Earth and sustainability

Climate Activists
 

Other Subjects:

The children will take part in weekly music lessons with Mr Fox from Coventry PAS and continue to play with words and rhythm. Lessons are on Thursday afternoon.

Computing will enable the children to design games using the basics of coding for quizzing as well as revisiting Online Safety. We will be using a programme called Purple Mash. We will also revise internet safety and technological safety with the children on Safer Internet Day - February 6th. The theme this year is ‘Smart Tech, safe choices, Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI’.

PE will be Athletics/Circuit Training with Mr Evans and Mr Perkins.

Basketball/Dodge-ball and other team sports on a Friday afternoon will continue to be with Mr Evans too.

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   

Additional Information:

Some children in Year 6 will be visiting Plas Dol - y – Moch in January for a residential adventure trip. Please see Miss Lovelock if you need a new kit list prior to going on January 16^th 2026. A final letter with all details for departure and the return home will be given out in the New Year. 

Children at school will be participating in an ‘Alternative Experience – XP’. A letter will come out on January 5^th 2026.

Year 6 pupils will be thinking about revision and preparation for their SAT’s in the summer term. Work in school and homework will be tailored to meet their needs and prepare them for the end of Year 6 assessments. Please support them in their work at home, especially in hearing them read daily to ensure they read fluently and with a good pace. It would also help if you could take time to discuss their book to help develop their comprehension of plot and character.

We will keep you informed as the term develops.

Thanks for your ongoing support,

Year 5 and 6 Staff

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