Year 5/6

HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR YEAR 5/6 PAGE!

Our topic this term is: Fighting For Freedom

AUTUMN TERM - FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM

In Year 5/6 we do termly topics so we can go more in-depth and extend our thinking and understanding. English, History and Geography are closely linked to our topics and, where they fit, subjects like art, DT and music are too.

In the first term in English, we write letters in role as a Victorian child and construct a non-chronological report about the Victorian era. In the second half term, we begin with poetry recital and then move onto writing biographies as well as news reports, with the last two text types fitting well into Non-Fiction November.

Our history for the Autumn term spends the first half looking at the lives of people in Victorian England, specifically women, and then moves on to the Suffragettes and their fight for women to have the vote. Deeds not words!

In the second half term, our focus shifts to the life of a soldier fighting for freedom in the trenches in World War One. We also look at propaganda through posters of the time and design our own. To link with our trip to The Imperial War Museum, Duxford, we also look at code-breaking and London during the Blitz. 

We look forward to sharing all of our learning with you during parent sharing afternoons in December.

 YEAR 5/6 ROUTINES

  HOMEWORK

• Homework will be phased in gradually: spellings, then maths, then English. Reading can start straight away
• Homework is set weekly​

Once up and running our expectations in year 5/6 are that children will​:

• Read daily at home​
• Complete 3 spelling activities a week​
• Complete a weekly maths homework sheet ​
• Complete additional English-based task​

Reading, times tables and vocabulary-building are all excellent ways to help your child learn and make progress at home.

 HOUSEKEEPING

• Please name your child’s clothes and belongings
• Water bottles need to be provided

PE

• Children will come to school in their PE kits on their PE days 

• Outdoor/indoor kit: blue, black or white plain shorts/joggers, T-shirt, jumper/sweatshirt / trainers

• No sports team kits to be worn, e.g. football shirts

• No jewellery or earrings to be worn 

• Long hair needs to be tied back

  P.E. DAYS

  Hedgehogs Miss Haji/Ms Eadon: Tues/Thurs

  Badgers Mrs Williams/Mrs Swift: Mon/Thurs

  Foxes: Miss Miles: Tues/Thurs

  Polecats: Mrs Elliott/Mrs Marlow: Tues/Weds

  Moles: Mrs Godfrey: Tues/Weds

  Otters: Mrs Warwick: Tues/Thurs

  UNIFORM EXPECTATIONS​

• Year 5 – Dark blue jumper/cardigan, light blue/white polo shirt, grey trousers/pinafore/skirt/short

• Year 6 – Black jumper/cardigan, red polo shirt

• For safety reasons jewellery is discouraged. Earrings need to be small studs​
• Children should not be wearing make up to school - this includes nail varnish and false nails

  TRIPS / RESIDENTIALS

• IWM Duxford –  Tuesday 15^th October
• Hilltop Residential (Y6 only) -  Monday 16^th to Wednesday 18^th June 2025