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Wonderful Willows and Splendid Spruces
Teacher: Mr Silkstone
Teaching assistant: Ms McCallum
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Take a look at our classrooms!
Here you will have everything you need to become independent learners as you enter year 5/6.
Willows
Every class has at least one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
Splendid Spruces’ School Councillor:
Robert
Wonderful Willows’ School Councillor:
Ondrej
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.
Splendid Spruces’ Dojo Masters:
Adriana and Gabriel
Wonderful Willows’ Dojo Masters:
Darina and Baran
Click on the tabs below to find out more information about each topic. Throughout the year we will also add pictures of memorable experiences and hooks!
Hola Mexico is all about the Geography and the Ancient Mayans.
The children will learn about who the Ancient Mayans were, how they contributed so significantly to society and how they used to live.
In geography children will learn all about where Mexico is, the capital city, different climate zones and some of the natural resources that can be sourced in Mexico.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Holes.’ We will also have the opportunity to read non-fictions text about the Mayans from our book corner.
Non-Fiction
We will be continuing our work on ‘The Island’ that we started during transition week. We will be writing our own persuasive letter.
Fiction
We will be writing our own warning story using the model text ‘The Canal’
Parental Engagement
Coming soon…
Memorable Experiences
We will be inviting visitors in to our school so we can have our own Mayan workshops in school by ‘Past Productions’ Click here for more information
In this unit of work children will be learning all about World War II specifically how life was like for children during this period of time.
In art we will be looking at Lowry and how to draw with 1 and 2 point perspective.
In science we will be learning all about forces.
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Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Narnia, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ or ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’ We will also have the opportunity to read non-fiction texts about WWII from our book corner.
Non-Fiction
We will be using ‘The Lion and the Unicorn’ to inspire us to write our own diary entry from the point of view from the character.
Non-Fiction 2
We will be writing a non-chronological information text based on daily life in WWII using what we have learnt in our topic lessons as well as what we have learnt when reading ‘ The Lion and the Unicorn’
Parental Engagement
Coming soon…
Memorable experience
Memorable Experiences
We will be going to Beaumanor Hall to take part in different activities to help us learn more information about life during WWII.
In this unit of work we will be learning about the geography of the Arctic and Antarctic as well as learning about the expedition of Ernest Shackleton.
In science we will be learning about ‘Living Things and their Habitats’ and we will then use this learning and apply it to our computing work when we create our own databases.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Varjak Paw.’
Non-Fiction
We will be using ‘Shackleton’s Journey’ to write a newspaper report about the achievements that Ernest Shackleton made.
Non-Fiction 2
We will be using what we know about Ernest Shackleton to write a biography.
Memorable Experiences
We will be having ‘Prime VR’ come in to school to allow the children to take part in a Virtual Reality Experience so they can ‘visit’ the Arctic and Antarctic to support their learning in geography.
We will be learning all about the circulatory system and how it works. We will also learn about the heart in more detail including the different parts of the heart.
In computing we will be doing our own animation.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Bloodheart Boy’ we will also have access to non-fiction texts in our book corner to support our learning about the heart.
Fiction
We will be using ‘The Cobbler of Krakow’ and ‘Beowolf’ to write our own beat the monster story.
Non-Fiction 2
We will learn about the ‘British Heart Foundation’ to write our own persuasive leaflet.
Parental Engagement
Coming Soon…
Memorable Experience
We will have the opportunity to dissect a heart and get to see all our learning about the parts of the heart in reality.
In this unit we will learn all about the Industrial Revolution and significant changes to daily life during the Victorian period. We will also be doing a local history study on Cromford Mills and learn about mill workers.
In Art we will be printing and learning all about William Morris and his designs.
Quality Text
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Street Child’ we will also have access to non-fiction texts in our book corner to support our learning about the Victorians and the Industrial Revolution.
Non-Fiction
We will be using ‘Oliver Twist’ to write a newspaper report about the day that Oliver Twist went missing.
Non-Fiction 2
We will use our knowledge from Street Child and Dr Barnardo to write a biography.
Hook
Parental Engagement
Coming Soon…
Experiences
Memorable Experience
Memorable Experiences
We will be going to Cromford Mills to learn more about the mill workers and support our learning about the industrial revolution.
In this topic we will learn all about evolution and inheritance as well as learning about significant scientists including Charles Darwin.
We will also be learning about river systems and use our fieldwork trip of pond dipping to explore this in more depth.
Reading and Talk for Writing
In class we will be reading the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ we will also have access to non-fiction texts in our book corner to support our learning about the work of Charles Darwin.
Fiction
We will be using the model text ‘The Nightmare Man’ to write our own tale of fear focusing on suspense writing.
Non-Fiction
We will write a discussion text on selective breeding.
Hook
Parental Engagement
Coming Soon…
Experiences
Memorable Experiences
As part of our geography unit we will be doing pond dipping as part of our field work.
Things you need to know:
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 Splendid Spruces and Wonderful Willows, 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.
Splendid Spruces and Wonderful Willows PE day is Wednesday.
We are swimming so please ensure your child has a full, one piece swimming costume/swimming trunks, towel and a swimming hat. Children can bring goggles if they would prefer.
Below are a number of websites that are useful for children in year 5 and 6.
BBC Bitesize
My Maths
Crickweb
Woodlands Maths Resources
MyOn
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