Spring Term

Hello Hedgehogs!

Welcome to our class page, where you can find information about PE days, homework and the learning we will be doing over the term.

Our learning question this half term is linked to our History Topic and school trip.

What was it like being an evacuee?

Can you guess what we will be learning about here and what our History topic will be based on?

Within Maths this term, we will be moving our focus to percentages, converting measures, statistics and geometry, as well as continuing to practise all four mathematical calculations practised last term and in previous year groups.

In English this term, we will be continuing with our narrative pieces based on ‘The Boy in the Tower’ and starting to look at Non-fiction persuasive writing. We will be practising grammar, punctuation and spelling learnt in previous year groups and will continue to learn to use those expected at Year 6 level.

In Reading, our texts will mainly be centred on ideas linked to our History topic, with non-fiction texts linked to historic events during this time period. Our main class text will be ‘Number the Stars by Lois Lowry’. We will continue to use the reading strategies the children already understand and will challenge the children to answers questions in a detailed way.

In History, we will be looking at the events of WW2 in more depth, carrying our knowledge over from the previous terms to support this. In Geography, we will be learning all about South America and its regions, cities, civilisations and economy. In our PSHE lessons, we will be looking at diversity and communities. In Science, we will be learning all about light and in Art, we will be looking at the designer William Morris. As we move into the spring term, our RE will be based around the idea of Salvation, which leads nicely into the collective worships around Easter. 

Key information:

PE Days: Monday and Tuesday

Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days. Make sure they have warm clothes and suitable shoes in case their lesson is outside. 

Homework: To continue to support the children’s learning in school, we encourage them all to complete homework, so that they can practise their ongoing knowledge and skills learnt. The children will be asked to complete these tasks:

-Reading
-Times table practice - TT Rock Stars 

-SPAG.com tasks set by teacher
-Complete Maths set by teacher

Reading: Please continue to read 4 times a week. Children should continue to log this in their reading logs or on a piece of paper and then hand into the teacher weekly.

Maths: Please continue to practice times tables with your child – this can be done in a variety of ways. We are very excited to be using 'TT Rockstars' this year and the children have been enjoying using this at school too. 

(Please do contact us if you have any queries or questions about the homework).

Over the year, children may be asked to complete additional homework, which will be communicated with the children and via Class Dojo at that time.

If home learning needs to take place at any point throughout the year again, we will update this page accordingly with further information.

As always, if you have any questions then please get in touch via Class Dojo. Please ensure any urgent messages or absences are still sent to the office in the case the teacher cannot view Class Dojo right away.

See you all soon. 

Mrs Brumby

Knowledge Organisers Spring Term 2024