Welcome to our Year 5 and 6 Class Page.

Here you find useful information and view the fantastic work our children produce.

 

Autumn Term 2020-2021

Class 5/6 Literacy

We wrote travel brochures to persuade people to visit the River Nile for river cruise: walk in the footsteps of the pharaohs; relax in the luxury spa; explore the ancient pyramids; or simply enjoy the five-star mouth-watering cuisine. We’d love to travel there, especially on a cold day like this one in Rothwell!

PE

Y5-6 have been training as Junior Sports Leaders to lead their own activities, developing their teamwork and leadership skills.

Class 5 Literacy

Class 5 have been working in pairs to write their own winter setting description. They enjoyed ‘venturing’ through a portal to enter their own ‘Winter Wonderland’ based on their picture. As a class, the children guessed which picture reflected the setting description.

Thank You NHS

In Literacy we have written letters to the NHS to thank them for all their hard work and dedication to the public during such a difficult time.

NHS letter

British Values: 

In our British values lesson this week, we discussed what democracy is, how the rule of law is enforced in Great Britain and what would happen if we did not have it. Next, we heard from both sides of the debate about free school meals for children out of term time. We then prepared for and against arguments for this debate. Finally, we held a class debate on the issue, sharing our views on the matter.

Literacy: We have been set the task to help Lower Key Stage 2 learn about volcanoes, so we will be creating a class book to share with years 3 and 4 explaining how volcanoes erupt. To help, we carried out and observed a science experiment to make own very own class volcano erupt!

PE

In PE this half term we are training to become Junior Sports Leaders. Firstly, we need to decide what makes a good sports leader.

ART

In Autumn 1 Year 5 and 6 have been studying artwork inspired by the vibrant colours and dancing shapes of Kenyan artist Gakonga.

2019-20

Curriculum

Newsletters

Cross country 5th Feb 2020

Orienteering letter 25th Feb

Autumn Term 2019-2020

Greek Museum
Y5-6 invited parents to our Ancient Greece Museum on Tuesday. We loved sharing our learning, including the Battle of Marathon, myths, Greek pottery and Greek food.
    

This morning Yorkshire Bank visited Year 5. We had the very fun task of planning a party and working out the costings. We had to think about profit, loss and affordability.

Diversity video

 

Safety week

Thank you to West Yorkshire Fire Service for coming in today to speak to our Year 5 children about fire safety in the home. A very important message

Y5-6 learned so much about keeping safe on the roads, both as pedestrians and as passengers in vehicles. Our road safety team visitors helped us to look at accidents from different points of view, considering the direct outcomes for those involved, but also for their families and the wider community. We will certainly think more carefully about our journeys, remembering to take care on the roads, especially during darker winter evenings. Keep safe!

Robinwood Residential

At the end of September our Year 6 children had the opportunity to attend their annual 3 day residential at the amazing Robinwood Centre in Todmorden. This was a fantatstic opportunity for the children to develop a wide range of skills including resilience, teamwork and determination. The trip also allowed the children to create strong bonds and friendships with each other that will be extremely important as the year progresses. Well done Year 6, you were fantastic!

MESSAGE from STARS team (autism specialist support service)

We know that changes to routine, the sensory challenges of increased handwashing and the general anxiety of the situation can have a big impact for Autistic children and young people. Below are some links to information/resources that may help. Please share these with your colleagues and the parents/guardians of the children you support. Some of these may also be useful for other children and young people in your settings.

There are some resources/information to support children and young people with Autism available on the STARS website http://www.starsteam.org.uk/coronavirus-resources I have also attached some generic symbols that may be useful for parents/carers whilst children are at home. In addition to this the National Autistic society has some useful information and links:  https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/coronavirus.asp The NAS helpline remains open and could be a useful source of support for parents during the current unprecedented circumstances: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main.aspx Tel:  0808 800 4104 Opening times: Monday to Thursday 10am-4pm and Friday 9am-3pm. The Leeds Community healthcare trust has some useful resources/information/links in its toolkit: https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services-a-z/speech-and-language-therapy2/service-downloads/. There is some useful information and video clips to support with Intensive Interaction @ https://www.intensiveinteraction.org/

Generic symbols for home

 

There are a number of teaching websites that are now free to use for all parents and children. They contain many ideas and activities for learning across the curriculum.

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