Upper Key Stage 2

Assistant Headteacher UKS2

Florence Kirk-Buaku

Phase Timetable

Year 5

Class Assembly 5F – 21/22
Class Assembly 5H – 21/22
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2025- 2026

The latest Year 5 Learning Update!

Dear parents/carers, we hope you are all well and enjoying the summer term. It really has been an amazing year for all involved! The children have worked incredibly hard to achieve amazing goals and their full potential. We are very proud of them and thank you once again for working in partnership with us.

Science– Science this term is properties and changes of materials. The children have investigated Marie Curie and how she conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

ENGLISH- The children have been skimming and scanning newspapers to identify their features. We have also planned and written an informal letter to Keir Starmer about the Windrush scandal.

PE-The children have been developing their tennis skills- throwing, catching, batting etc. All children must bring in suitable clothing to change into– shorts, joggers, trainers and T-shirts. This will ensure a level of hygiene.

Humanities: Windrush journeys is our topic. The children have been learning to identify the human and physical features of the Caribbean and the cause of the Windrush scandal.

Maths-In maths the children have been learning to convert units of measure. They started with kilometres and meters and quickly moved onto meters and centimetres. We have also investigated capacity and volume.

Art– The children are learning about Brianna McCarthy a mixed media Caribbean artist. They critiqued her work and drew a self-portrait inspired by her style.

PHSCE– The children have started their SRE lessons (Sex and Relationship lessons). They have been learning all about puberty and how the male and female body changes during this stage of growing up.

Year 6

Class Assembly 6K 2021-2022
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2025-2026

The latest Year 6 Learning Update!

We’re in the run up to the end of Year 6 and we are still very busy but also having lots fun! We have all auditioned and been given our parts for the end of year production: this year we are performing “Shrek!”. In preparation for our performance, we have been working with a Bonneville parent, who is a trained performer – acting and singing, and they have been helping us with our acting and performing skills – a huge thank you to Marjorie for all of her help. Please come a support us in our production performance on Thursday 17^th July at 5pm.

We have enjoyed our post SATS reward trips and had a great days at Flip Out! Canary Wharf, Cricket at The Oval, Battersea Park Adventure Playground, Boxing and Mindfulness at Hyde Park and Brighton Beach and Pier. There are still a few bonus surprises the teachers have planned!

Photographs and videos from the Reward Trips have been pulled together and put in a folder on Google Drive – please enjoy: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pO–B37Nh1smY4ZHBYEaI8Z0Q6wHT6Y?usp=sharing

Some dates to remember:

Thursday 17^th July at 5pm: “Shrek!” Production Performance
Friday 18^th July at 2.30: Topic Dress Up Day / Topic Exhibition and Whole School Book Look
Monday 21^st July at 9.30: Year 6 Leavers Assembly
Monday 21^st July at 5pm: Year 6 Leavers Prom

Maths: In Maths, we have been applying our learning and different mathematical skills working on a ‘Theme Park’ investigation. As part of this investigation we begin with a budget of £500,000 and set up a theme park – designing what rides we wanted to include and creating a plan following some set criteria, then we calculated costs, income and loss and profit. It is a challenging but rewarding series of lessons that has us applying maths skills in a real life context.

English: In our English lessons we explored the “Lady of Shalott”. We made predictions, explored the devices and language features of the poem, looked at the language and developed a deeper understanding of this narrative poem by exploring the characters and the setting. We then planned and wrote letters from the perspective of a curious local trying to discover more about this mysterious Lady of Shalott and planned and wrote a retelling.

Geography: Our topic this half term is “Survivor”. In Geography lessons, we have found out about the destructive powers of nature and natural disasters with a focus on volcanoes. Through discussion and practical tasks, we will learn about how and why these natural phenomenon occur and the ways they effect people and the environment.

History: As part of their “Survivor” topic in History, we investigated survival stories from within living memory (just!) – The Titanic. We carried out research using a range of primary and secondary sources, including videos, images and texts, to find out about the sinking of Titanic.

PSHCE: This half term, we have recapped the changes that take place during puberty. We will think about different sorts of changes and how we are becoming more independent. As part of this, we will be working with a charity on a series of transition workshops to help us think about our future transitions into secondary school. We will also consider different types of relationships and how to maintain positive relationships with others.

Science: Our Science is Biology this half term, with a focus on ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’. We have described how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals, and give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics. Linked to our PSHCE learning we are further exploring Humans and how their bodies develop and change.

All of the Year 6 team would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all of their support over the year – the children and the adults have really appreciated this. We wish everyone a wonderful end to this chapter of the schooling and life at Bonneville, and wish everyone the very best of luck and well wishes as they move on to the next chapter of their education. We will miss you and our door is always open to you – please do come back and visit us.

Miss Napier, Miss Kirk, Miss Wilden, Mr Nicholas and Mr Levy