Summer Term

This is always a really busy half-term as we prepare for the transition to high school. We will be busy preparing for our Year 5–6 production, 'Mission Implausible', which is to be performed on the 1st July. We also have a school trip booked to Crucial Crew where children will learn important life skills about first aid or other emergency situations.

English 

In English, we are reading 'Some Places More Than Others' by Renee Watson, and it builds into it our sense of belonging and our identity ahead of the move to high school. Through the course of this Writing Root, children will be mirroring the Suitcase Project completed by Amara in the book. Children will need a box (a shoebox would be suitable) to collect items. The project is timed with children moving on to secondary school as it is aimed at helping them understand themselves and answer the question: What makes you, you? 

Planned writing opportunities include letters, diaries, memory maps, recipe instructions, leaflets, poems and a biography. Alongside the sequence of learning, children can gather additional items such as quotes, photos, interviews, recipes, music lyrics and maps that are meaningful to them. 

Maths

In maths, we are looking at real-life usage of the mathematical skills we have developed all year. We will explore wages/ salaries, bills and mortgages, as well as look at the implications of booking holidays such as time differences and currency exchanges. 

History

In our history lessons, we take a look through time and follow the development of a theme. The theme we will explore is the development of human rights in the UK and how certain groups fought for their rights and how the law has changed over time to correct some of the inequalities throughout time. 

Geography

In these lessons we are exploring globalisation and analysing whether we think it has been a good thing or not for the global economy.  

RE

RE continues to develop on the idea of Akhirah. We will explore the idea of jihad and what this means to the majority of Muslims. We look closer at scripture and the beliefs people hold and evaluate the importance of life in Islam: In Islam, saving a life is of the utmost importance. The Quran emphasises that saving a life is equivalent to saving all of humanity, while taking a life is like taking the life of all of humanity. This belief is rooted in the sanctity of human life, which is a gift from Allah (God). 

PE

Throughout our Summer PE lessons we will be exploring how to play cricket and tennis, ensuring that our batting techniques produce the best outcomes. In our cricket lessons, we will also be developing our teamwork as we work together to limit the number of runs our opponents can score.

Science

Magic or Science? We will be looking at the properties of light and how people have used those for different purposes. Want to know how to look around a corner? Our work on periscopes and how light travels in straight lines will make this possible. Want to create a rainbow? Through our investigations with prisms we will be able to refract light and make our own rainbows.

Computing

We will be applying our skills to the Micro_bits.