Year 5/6 Awesome Oaks and Resilient Redwoods

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!

Space Centre

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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 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

We will be having Sublime Science come to our School. This will be a great opportunity to see the magic of science and understand how different liquids react with one another!

Sublime Science 

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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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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. 

Museum of Eyam

Visitors to Eyam 

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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 we will look at the Tudor period. We will discover the causes of the English reformation while looking at the significance of Henry VIII.

In Science we will investigate how light works and the significance of this discovery.

Reading and Talk for Writing

In class we will be reading the book ‘A boy called hope’ we will also have access to non-fiction texts in our book corner to support our learning about the Tudors.

English Unit

In this unit, we will be writing a wishing tale. We will build our skills using a range of techniques to build cohesion to ensure the paragraphs link together, linking the start and end of a story.

Memorable Experiences
We will be going to Haddon Hall to see the authentic architecture and take part in some workshops linking to the Tudor period. 

Haddon Hall

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Careers and Parental Engagement

Careers: Cabin Crew 

Let’s find out what cabin crew do for a living. What exciting places do they go to visit? What skills do they require? Will speaking multiple languages help them?

Parental engagement: Tudor craft experience

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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
Field Work: Friar Gate – TBC

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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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