Welcome to Fox Class
Our Team
Our Class Teacher is Miss Fitzpatrick. Mrs Thompson and Mr Hankins are our Teaching Assistants.
English
Our English this term, will be linked with our History Topic of The Anglo-Saxons. We will begin with looking at the legend of Beowulf. Within this topic, we will be creating newspaper reports, a biography for Beowulf, comparing the book with a film and creating our own Beowulf inspired myth. We will use Anglo-Saxon Boy to write setting descriptions, instruction writing, newspaper reports and non-chronological reports.
Reading
Our reading focus will be a combination of retrieval, reasoning and inference skill focus with reading at speed.
In Upper Key Stage 2, we focus mainly on comprehension, deduction and reasoning as opposed to decoding. For the majority of children, this is where the greater need is in reading. Where personalised provision is required, we will also support in word level reading.
We recommend that you try to read with your child as often as possible, ideally at least three times per week. Whilst reading, you can focus on word reading alone, ask retrieval questions (where the answer is obvious in the text) or ask inference questions (where the answer is implied in the text).
We aim to check their reading records weekly, and if they have finished their book and read at least five times in the week, they will be moved to the next book in the reading scheme. Remember, school reading books are important for progressing in the reading levels, but the best practice for a developing reader is to read as many different genres and text types as possible.
Reading is, of course, a vital skill for your child’s development and a skill which provides access to other areas of learning.
Maths
In maths, we will be starting with place value. We will read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000; count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000; interpret negative numbers in context; round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000; and read Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals. We will also cover our addition and subtraction strands by adding and subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits using formal written methods; adding and subtracting numbers mentally; and solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts.
History and Geography
In Year 5, we focus on either Science or history and geography every half term. This ensures we can ‘dig deeper’ into our lessons and allows time to develop different skills. This term we are looking at the Anglo-Saxons. We will understand British History timeline, know that the Anglo-Saxons were made up of three tribes, look into their justice system and explore the Battle of Hastings through the Bayeux Tapestry.
R.E.
‘What does it mean if God is Holy and Loving?’ is our Key question for R.E. We will explore the characteristics of God; understand what is meant by omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent; and explore reasons for Church architecture and design.
P.E.
We have P.E. twice a week: on Tuesday and Wednesday. The timetable is not set in stone, so try to keep PE kits in school as much as possible. As children start to hit puberty during Upper Key Stage 2, it is also important that PE kits are taken home to be washed after PE lessons.
PSHE and Citizenship
In PSHE this half term, we will be learning about the media and how it can differ from reality, the spread of infection and habits, including drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Following this, we will learn about setting goals and grief. In the second half of the term, we will learn about the relationship between actions and consequences and rules around physical contact. We will also learn about confidentiality, keeping secrets and recognising and managing dares.
Homework
Homework will be communicated through Google Classroom. This will include weekly spellings, comprehension, times tables practice and maths work. The times tables practice will be through Times Table Rockstars and the maths homework will either be through Mathletics or MyMaths.
Parent Partnership
I am always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. I aim to be on the door most days after school to provide an easy point of access, and ClassDojo is available as an additional means of communication if a face-to-face meeting is not possible or appropriate.
If you are interested in supporting the class, either regularly or for a standalone session, with your time for reading or a particular skill you have please contact Mr Owens to see when would be a suitable time for you to visit the class. We are very grateful for any assistance.
Supporting Your Child at Home
Our experience has shown us that the support children get from home has a positive impact on their learning. Here are some websites which parents and carers may find useful:
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
www.timestables.co.uk
www.bbc.com/education/levels/zbr9wmn - Key Stage 2 BBC Bitesize
Our Class Teacher is Miss Fitzpatrick. Mrs Thompson and Mr Hankins are our Teaching Assistants.
English
Our English this term, will be linked with our History Topic of The Anglo-Saxons. We will begin with looking at the legend of Beowulf. Within this topic, we will be creating newspaper reports, a biography for Beowulf, comparing the book with a film and creating our own Beowulf inspired myth. We will use Anglo-Saxon Boy to write setting descriptions, instruction writing, newspaper reports and non-chronological reports.
Reading
Our reading focus will be a combination of retrieval, reasoning and inference skill focus with reading at speed.
In Upper Key Stage 2, we focus mainly on comprehension, deduction and reasoning as opposed to decoding. For the majority of children, this is where the greater need is in reading. Where personalised provision is required, we will also support in word level reading.
We recommend that you try to read with your child as often as possible, ideally at least three times per week. Whilst reading, you can focus on word reading alone, ask retrieval questions (where the answer is obvious in the text) or ask inference questions (where the answer is implied in the text).
We aim to check their reading records weekly, and if they have finished their book and read at least five times in the week, they will be moved to the next book in the reading scheme. Remember, school reading books are important for progressing in the reading levels, but the best practice for a developing reader is to read as many different genres and text types as possible.
Reading is, of course, a vital skill for your child’s development and a skill which provides access to other areas of learning.
Maths
In maths, we will be starting with place value. We will read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000; count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000; interpret negative numbers in context; round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000; and read Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals. We will also cover our addition and subtraction strands by adding and subtracting whole numbers with more than 4 digits using formal written methods; adding and subtracting numbers mentally; and solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts.
History and Geography
In Year 5, we focus on either Science or history and geography every half term. This ensures we can ‘dig deeper’ into our lessons and allows time to develop different skills. This term we are looking at the Anglo-Saxons. We will understand British History timeline, know that the Anglo-Saxons were made up of three tribes, look into their justice system and explore the Battle of Hastings through the Bayeux Tapestry.
R.E.
‘What does it mean if God is Holy and Loving?’ is our Key question for R.E. We will explore the characteristics of God; understand what is meant by omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent; and explore reasons for Church architecture and design.
P.E.
We have P.E. twice a week: on Tuesday and Wednesday. The timetable is not set in stone, so try to keep PE kits in school as much as possible. As children start to hit puberty during Upper Key Stage 2, it is also important that PE kits are taken home to be washed after PE lessons.
PSHE and Citizenship
In PSHE this half term, we will be learning about the media and how it can differ from reality, the spread of infection and habits, including drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Following this, we will learn about setting goals and grief. In the second half of the term, we will learn about the relationship between actions and consequences and rules around physical contact. We will also learn about confidentiality, keeping secrets and recognising and managing dares.
Homework
Homework will be communicated through Google Classroom. This will include weekly spellings, comprehension, times tables practice and maths work. The times tables practice will be through Times Table Rockstars and the maths homework will either be through Mathletics or MyMaths.
Parent Partnership
I am always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. I aim to be on the door most days after school to provide an easy point of access, and ClassDojo is available as an additional means of communication if a face-to-face meeting is not possible or appropriate.
If you are interested in supporting the class, either regularly or for a standalone session, with your time for reading or a particular skill you have please contact Mr Owens to see when would be a suitable time for you to visit the class. We are very grateful for any assistance.
Supporting Your Child at Home
Our experience has shown us that the support children get from home has a positive impact on their learning. Here are some websites which parents and carers may find useful:
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
www.timestables.co.uk
www.bbc.com/education/levels/zbr9wmn - Key Stage 2 BBC Bitesize
