Kestrels (Yr5) 2024 - 2025

Mr Lawrence

Welcome to Kestrel Class!

Our class teacher is Mr Lawrence and we hope you had a great Christmas and a happy 2025 to you all...

Our Christian Value is Friendship. Following our Class Charter will mean that no one is left out and that everyone is a friend.

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We hope you are looking forward to letting your lights shine as we take our BOOKS approach to the coming year.

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Please see below an outline of what we will be covering during the Spring term 1.

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Spring 1 - this half-term we will be studying:

•English: The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde (Classic Fiction & explanation)

Class text - Jonathan Swift's Gulliver by Martin Jenkins

Pathways to Read - The Happy Prince and Other Tales

•Maths: Fractions, decimals & percentages, algebra.

•Religious Education: What Sikhi beliefs are important to Sikhs? Why is community and equality important to Sikhs?

•SRE (No Outsiders) - How to heal a broken wing

• Geography focus: Why does population change?

•Science: Evolution and Inheritance

•Art and Design: Activism and exploring identity

•PE: Gym, striking and fielding

•Computing: Text adventures

•Design and technology: Frame structures - CAD

Languages: French

Music: TBC

Trips: Chester Zoo - 23rd January

UKS2 Curriculum Information- English and Maths

English

The key skill of communication includes skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Skills in speaking and listening include the ability to speak effectively for different audiences; to listen, understand and respond appropriately to others; and to participate effectively in group discussion. Skills in reading include the ability to read fluently and analyse a range of literary and non-fiction texts and to reflect critically on what is read. When writing, children should write fluently for a range of purposes and audiences and be able to edit and improve their own and others' writing. Opportunities for developing this key skill are provided through focused English lessons but also constantly through pupils' use of language across all areas of the curriculum. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar, often referred to as SPAG, is taught explicitly as well as being embedded into lessons.

As a school we now follow the Pathways to Read and Pathways to Write programmes on a 2 year rolling programme.

Maths

Maths skills include developing a range of mental and written calculation methods and the ability to apply these to problem solving activities. Children should understand and use mathematical language related to numbers and calculations. They will learn to solve increasingly complex problems and clearly explain the reasoning used. Pupils need to be able to apply calculation skills and the understanding of number to problems in other subjects and to real-life situations. Opportunities for developing this key skill are constantly provided in focused maths lessons and where possible, are linked to topic work.

We hope you find our class pages useful. If you wish to discuss any matters further, please do not hesitate to contact me via the school office.

Mr Lawrence