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Year 5/6 Expectations

In years 5 and 6, as the older children, there is an expectation that they will set the example to the rest of school, in terms of their appearance, behaviour and attitude towards school life. Each morning we expect the children to arrive at school on time, in full school uniform and organised for the day ahead. It now needs to become very much their responsibility (not yours!) to ensure that this is the case so, if you need to, take a step back and let them learn to organise themselves, even if it goes wrong to begin with!

The Year 5/6 curriculum is a very tightly packed one and the children will be encouraged to develop resilience and a Growth Mindset to reach their goals. Children are encouraged to take ownership of their learning and are expected to complete each piece of work to the best of their abilities organising it clearly, and in accordance with the expectations of the school’s policy for pace, presentation and performance.

As the older children in our school, children are expected to embrace their roles and responsibilities as ambassadors to their peers, by setting an excellent example in their behaviour and attitude to school life. Within the classroom and school the children have been awarded jobs and responsibilities, which they will be expected to complete autonomously and to the best of their abilities.

Here is some general information about our class.

Literacy, Language & Communication

Writing

During writing tasks, we expect pupils in year 5 and 6 to present work clearly and effectively in the cursive style that the school has adopted. Pupils should consider layout and overall presentation that is specific to the writing genre they are focussing on.

Reading

It is paramount that your child reads every day at home in order to develop fluency and understanding of a variety of text types. (30 minutes is recommended time) We encourage pupils to read a range of literature that are challenging, including texts linked to real life. Please listen to your child read every week, even if you deem them to be ‘fluent,’ as discussion about the text will help your child’s vocabulary to expand, and aid with developing their writing. Pupils will read in a focus group at least once a week and will complete a range of tasks to improve reading skills daily. Please return reading books on the child's allocated reading day. 

Spelling

Key Stage 2 pupils will follow the ‘Read, Write, Ink’ Spelling scheme, which focusses on the sounds and blends of letters. Pupils will complete a range of activities throughout the week to reinforce the pattern and will be tested informally on a weekly basis.  The spelling words will be available on Seesaw. 

Mathematics & Numeracy

In line with the new curriculum, pupils have been placed in a maths group that will enable them to develop their maths skills at a pace that is suitable to them. Pupils will often be allocated games and tasks via Seesaw and are expected to complete any homework set, including TTRockstars, on time. Encourage your child to rapidly recall multiplication facts to 12 x 12 at random, as well as, number bonds to multiples of 10’s, 100’s and 1000’s.  

ICT

Pupils in year 5 and 6 will be using HWB nad Seesaw to complete tasks in and out of school. These platforms enable pupils to access assignments set by the class teacher and complete and submit their work.

Spring Term 2025

Our new class topic for this half term is 'The Amazing Human Anatomy.' 

where we will be investigating our BIG QUESTION:

‘How do the systems in our bodies help us function?’

This half term the children will be learning about the main systems in our bodies, focussing particularly on the role of the heart. The children have started to generate questions linked to this topic that they would like to investigate further and from this, will create suggested activities that they would like to explore during their mission work.  The children will plan and carry out a series of investigations linked to the topic. We will be visiting Techniquest to participate in The Human Body Show. 

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Our lessons this half term will be focused around explanation writing, which will be linked to our topic. The children will also have regular practise in class time each week to read independently, in a teacher led guided reading group and practise spelling, punctuation and grammar based tasks.  The children will be also developing their welsh language skills, with an emphasis on 3rd person patterns.

Mathematics and Numeracy

We will be focussing on addition and subtraction skills using concrete, pictorial and abstract apparatus, as well as looking at patterns and relationships in number.  The children will have regular opportunities to use and apply the skills learnt in real life problem solving situations to further develop their reasoning skills, as well as data handling tasks linked to our topic.