Awesome Oaks
Teacher: Miss Bailey / Mrs Hunt
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Prothero
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Welcome to Year 5/6 Awesome Oaks and Resilient Redwoods – Cycle B
Resilient Redwoods
Teacher: Mr Barrass
Teaching Assistant: Miss Luda
AO Classroom
Both of the classrooms are bright and encourage children to be independent: they can find their own resources to support them in their learning.
RR Classroom
Every class has at least one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
Awesome Oaks’ School Councillor
Derrick
Twinkle
Resilient Redwoods’ School Councillor:
Richard
Every class has at least 1 dojo master. The dojo masters help show visitors around school and explain what they are/have been doing in class.
Awesome Oaks’ Dojo Masters
Jessica
Victor
Resilient Redwoods’ Dojo Master:
Bliss
Every class has at least 1 eco councillor. The eco councillor is responsible for ensuring each class looks after the school environment. Eco Councillors ensure classes save energy in the classroom and implement ways in which they can reuse or recycle.
Awesome Oaks’ Eco Councillor
Jimi
Resilient Redwoods’ Eco Councillor:
Aderinsola
Click on the tabs below to find out more information about each topic. Throughout the year we will also add pictures of memorable experiences!
Pharaohs is a topic based on a History unit about Egyptians. We will use a range of sources to extract information. We will then make inferences about how they used to live and learn what life was like in this era.
This will link well to our Geography topic. We will look at a range of biomes and those that are present in Africa. We will study the River Nile and see just how important this was to Egyptians many years ago.
In Art, we will learn a range of skills. Starting by learning how to sketch artefacts using shading techniques. We will then build up to using clay to join slips of clay together to create our desires piece. We will finally paint the amulet to create a realistic design.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Clockwork.’ We will also have the opportunity to read non-fictions text about Tutankhamun from our book corner.
Non-Fiction
We will begin looking at the book ‘Black Dog’. Focusing on skills to recall and retrieve information and then interpret meaning and make accurate predictions based on what might happen next.
We will look at creating a diary entry by writing in first person. Recalling a sequence of events that have happened.
Fiction
We will write a tale of suspense by building up our paragraphs to reveal small details and allow the reader’s imagination to fill in the gaps.
Memorable Experience
We will have a drama group called ‘Past Presents’ in to help us find out what life was like in the Egyptian period.
Careers and parental engagement
Career: Lawyer
We will look at the role of a lawyer to see what they do for a living. We will find out what skills you need to complete this job, looking closely at their knowledge of the law and how British Values come into play.
Parental engagement activity: Meet the Teacher
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In this exciting unit, we will be learning all about Earth and Space! There will be opportunity to conduct research on different planets within our solar system, find out more about the orbit of the Moon, Earth and the Sun. Understanding how night and day occur, why seasons happen and where the days, months and years come from. This is a large Science unit that is specific to year 5 and 6.
There will be links to Geography. Understanding why we have longitude and latitude lines on maps, researching time zones and identifying where famous scientists come from using their map work.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the books; ‘Wolf Brother’, ‘The kid who came from space’, ‘Cosmic’ and ‘The Jamie Jake equation’. Children will have plenty of opportunity to read non-fiction texts to study more about Earth and Space. We have a wide variety of books located on MYON using your child’s login details.
Fiction/Non-Fiction Units
We will be creating a journey story. This will focus on setting and character descriptions to add detail to our stories. Building up our knowledge of story structure, will ensure there is cohesion along with language choices to support the reader.
Memorable Experience
We will be taking a trip to the National Space Centre! Here we will continue to look at our Science Topic about Space, looking at interactive resources to find out more about planets and how we have travelled to the moon through rockets!
Come back soon to see exciting photos from our visit, you won’t want to miss these pictures…
Careers and Parental engagement
Career: Research Meteorologist
Fitting in perfectly with our theme, the role of a Meteorologist is an interesting career to study so we can see what they do for a living. We will find out what skills you need to complete this job, looking closely at their knowledge of Science and Space.
Parental engagement activity: Making a foam Rocket
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In this topic we will learn all about different periods of time. Our theme will be gender equality. Looking how male and females were portrayed throughout the years, how have things changed between then and now?
An exciting opportunity in DT to look at embroidery and creating our own fashion piece!
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ to support us with our English task. We will also have non-fiction texts available in our reading corner to support our work on Tudors.
Fiction
We will be using the model text ‘Scarab’ to support our writing for a portal story. This unit will help us build suspense with mystery while allowing us to use a range of creative vocabulary to engage the reader.
Memorable Experiences
Electo embroidery lab
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Careers and Parental Engagement
Careers: Accountant
We will be looking at an accountant and what skills in Maths they need to conduct their role!
Parental engagement: Maths board games
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In our topic, Peasants, Princes and Pestilence, we will be focusing on History. Looking at the plague village of Eyam and how the locals of Derbyshire had to heroically quarantine themselves to prevent the spread of the plague!
In computing, we will be looking at E-Safety – knowing how to stay safe online and what to do when there are problems.
In Art, we will be looking at stitching and how to cross-stitch!
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘The land of Roar’. We have a range of fictional texts to support our readers, enabling them to capture their imagination and use this inspiration in their writing.
Fiction
We will be creating a ‘finding tale’ where children must create a character and an object. They will create a sequence of events to enable to the character to find something mysterious. Children will develop skills around punctuation and how this changes the way in which the reader reads the story.
Non-Fiction 2
Memorable Experiences
We will be off on a trip to the famous Eyam in Derbyshire! Let’s see what the village has to offer as we look through and find Mompesson’s well.
Come back soon to see our wonderful photos of Eyam…
Parental Engagement and Careers
Careers: Water and Sewage Works
Surprisingly, this can be an interesting career. It shows us just how vital water is to our homes and the value it has on society.
Parental engagement: Creating a village based on the town of Eyam
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In this unit of work, we will be looking closely at our Geography unit – reading maps and using 6 figure references. This will enable us to read and interpret maps, finding key locations and understand keys on various types of maps.
This will link closely to our Computing topic, where we will use presentation software to create slides based on our research. We will look at creating our own island and presenting the facts based on habitats and locations.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘The Hobbit’. This book is rich in vocabulary to support children use sophisticated language and punctuation to support the reader.
Fiction
We will be creating a defeating the monster story. We will focus on breaking down the text to show an opening that describes a setting, middle that identifies a problem, middle – solution to defeat the monster and an ending to show what happens and create a moral of the story.
Non-Fiction 2
Memorable Experience
Science Boffins
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Careers and Parental Engagement
Career: Medical professional
We will find out all about a medical professional. Learning how they need to communicate with people and use their scientific knowledge to help people.
Parental engagement: Showing their multi-media presentations (from our computing lessons computing)
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Thing You Need To Know
Autumn 1
Meet the teacher – come into school to meet your child’s new teacher and see the expectations
AO – Wednesday 10th September
RR – Thursday 11th September
European Day of Languages
Friday 26th September
Past Productions (Drama company in school for Topic)
Wednesday 15th October or Thursday 16th October
Health checks for Y6
Friday 24th October
Autumn 2
Anti-bullying week
Week beginning – 10th November
Inter-faith week
Week beginning – 10th November
Whole school puzzle day
13th November
Children in need
Friday 14th November
Year 6 – Fire safety workshop
Monday 24th November
National Space Centre school trip
Thursday 4th or Tuesday 9th December
Parental engagement – Making a foam rocket
TBC
INSET
Friday 19th December
Spring 1 & 2
INSET Day
Monday 5th January
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 11th February
Electro Embroidery
Thursday 5th or Friday 6th March
World Book Day
Thursday 5th March
British Science Week
Friday 6th March – Sunday 15th March
Parental engagement – Make a maths board game
TBC
Parental engagement – Model village building
TBC
Summer 1
SATs Week
11th – 14th May
School trip to Eyam
Friday 15th or Thursday 21st May
Residential
Monday 18th – Wednesday 20th May
INSET
Friday 22nd May
Parental engagement – Eyam village building
TBC
Summer 2
INSET
Friday 3rd July
Pantomime
Monday 13th July
Science Boffins
Thursday 16th July
Parental engagement – creating a fictional island
TBC
It is essential that all children continue to practise their learning at home to remember and embed what they have learnt in school that week. For Awesome Oaks and Resilient Redwoods home learning will be given to the children on a Friday and must be returned by the following Thursday. Children will be asked to attend home learning club during their lunchtime if they do not complete their home learning. Children will get both Maths and English home learning that relates to their learning that week therefore all children should be able too complete it. If children are struggling, they can also choose to attend home learning club for extra support.
If children are struggling or you are unsure how to support your child, please message your child’s class teacher on Class Dojo.
Children will also have the option of completing topic related home learning which can be chosen off of the grid on the topic page.
P.E for Awesome Oaks is a Tuesday or Thursday.
P.E for Resilient Redwoods is a Wednesday.
Your child must come to school in their school uniform and bring their P.E kit in a bag. Children will get changed in school just before P.E. Children will change in separate gender rooms. We also have gender neutral screens available for those children who would prefer more privacy while getting changed.
For P.E children should wear a white t-shirt, with black shorts/leggings/jogging bottoms with black trainers or pumps for inside. Children should not be wearing their own sports wear.
Below are a number of websites that are useful for children in year 5 and 6. Click on the image to be taken to the website.
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