Upper Key Stage 2

Assistant Headteacher UKS2

Florence Kirk-Buaku

Phase Timetable

Year 5

Class Assembly 5F – 21/22
Class Assembly 5H – 21/22
Summer Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024- 2025

The latest Year 5 Learning Update!

Dear parents/carers, hope you are all well. Thank you so much for your continued support – it does not go unnoticed! This term we will be learning about the Windrush Journeys. The children have been fully immersed into all aspects of the curriculum and
their learning.

Homework -Please ensure you read the criteria for maths and English- the children should write a sentence for each spelling word. This is a time to practice spelling the word correctly, in context, and also to practice neat, joined handwriting. Homework for our topic –Children will create their carnival costume. Please ensure your child logs into Google classroom where they will find the songs to learn for our carnival.

Science- Science this term is all about properties and changing materials. The children have focussed on Stephanie Kwolek who invented the material Kevlar which is used in bullet proof vests. We will be comparing and grouping everyday materials based on their properties.

PE- This half term the children will be developing their cricket skills. They worked hard to practise throwing and catching. Please encourage your child to bring a change of clothing (PE kit). We have been asked by Mr Wright for all children to be wearing the appropriate PE kit.

Humanities: Our topic this term is & ‘Windrush Journeys’. The children are so excited about where this topic will be taking them- on a worldwide tour of the Caribbean! They have created amazing front covers that depict the Empire Windrush in all its glory. They plotted the route that the Windrush took and explored the countries of the Caribbean. We have also learnt the history of carnival and relevance of the masks.

Maths- In maths the children have been developing their learning of angles and turns. We have learnt how to use a protractor to measure angles and calculated missing angles on a straight line.

English- Our text is Cendrillon, a Caribbean Cinderella. The children created a glossary of words and phrases to aid their understanding of the text. They role played the narrative taking into account the main events. This week the children wrote amazing character descriptions using similes, metaphors, expanded noun phrases and adverbs.

Year 6

Class Assembly 6K 2021-2022
Summer Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024-2025

The latest Year 6 Learning Update!

The end of KS2 Assessments (SATs) are fast approaching and we have been putting a huge effort in. A huge well done to all of the children for persevering with all the lessons, revision sessions, boosters and revision homework tasks – we know that all this effort will pay off. SATs will take place from Monday 12^th May until Thursday 15^th May. After the SATs, there will be no more booster sessions before or after school. The SATS papers will be as follows:

Monday: English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Papers 1 and 2)

Tuesday: English Reading

Wednesday: Maths Arithmetic and Maths Reasoning (Paper 1)

Thursday: Maths Reasoning (Paper 2)

Because we have all worked so hard, we will be working towards a selection of Reward Trips. The children will need to continue to work hard, focus during lessons and demonstrate good behaviour as these trips are to reward all their hard work and continuing good behaviour. Please look out for further information from Miss Kirk on these trips. We will be using some of our money kindly donated by FAB and the money that we have raised as part of Enterprise for the trips as well.

Year 6 will continue to have PE on Mondays and Fridays, and all children are expected to change into a full PE kit (a white t-shirt and blue or black bottoms) and this should be left in school for any additional PE lessons as they arise. Homework is set and send home every Friday and should be handed in by the following Wednesday. Each week there will be spelling homework, and there will be a spelling test on Thursdays. Maths homework in books will be sent home every other week, and this will always follow on from the learning that we are currently doing. Supporting resources will also be posted on Google Classroom (ensure that you are signed up to Google Classroom). Every week, there will be an inter-class tournament on Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) – all children are expected to compete. Each week, we will be checking homework and inviting children to ‘Homework Club’ if they have not completed anything – this is good preparation for secondary school. Reading at home is a very important part of homework too – children are expected to complete entrances in their reading records a minimum of four times per week – this will also be checked by class teachers each week. Our Music lessons with Lambeth Music will continue to take place on a Monday.

Maths: In Maths, we have been focusing on Geometry. We have been looking at angles, both drawing and measuring and thinking about shapes, how to draw a range of polygons and algebraic calculations to find the perimeter, area, diameter, radius and circumference. We have looked at coordinate and how to show objects in different places through translating and reflecting. We always have a big focus on using our understanding to answer verbal reasoning, problem solving and varied fluency questions, ensuring that we use our mathematical vocabulary. After SATs, we will be carrying out an investigation that puts a wide variety of math skills to the test.

English: At the end of last term, we had carried out research and written balanced arguments based on whether President Donal Trump had achieved his campaign slogan to “Make America Great Again”. Because we had found this so interesting we then held a debate based on the same argument – the result was extremely close with only one vote between it. Since returning this term, we have had a huge push in revision areas of grammar and punctuation, practising spellings every day, and consolidating our understanding of how to approach reading comprehension questions. After SATs, we will be looking at the book “The Lost Words” and using it to inspire our own poetry.

Humanities: As part of our Topic Day for “Route 66” at the end of last term, we re-created an American White House tradition of rolling Easter Eggs – we had such fun in doing so. After SATs, we will start our Summer Term topic, which is “Survivor”. Within this, in Geography, we will explore mountain types and how they are formed and study a variety of natural disasters e.g. volcanoes, earthquake, and tsunamis. In History, we find out about the sinking of RMS Titanic.

In the Summer Term, we will be doing a lot of additional sessions of transitions. We want to prepare the children as best as we can for their transition to Year 7, leaving Bonneville and going to their new secondary schools. We know that this is a big change for everyone and we want to prepare them as much as possible. We will be working with a specialist team, who will come in and deliver sessions to each class. We will also be doing a Federation wide event, where we mix with Stockwell and Jessop Primary Schools and group the children with others going to the same secondary schools and carry out a range of activities – this is always a fun day out.

We are always available before and after school on the gates to discuss any questions you may have, The Year 6 Team.