Holy Family Catholic Primary and Nursery School

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Welcome to Year 5 and Year 6!

 

       Elephant                            Jaguar                       Lion

      Mrs Joyce                                     Mrs Styles                             Mrs Ruddle

   Elephant Class                             Jaguar Class                            Lion Class

       Year 5/6                                        Year 5/6                                Year 5/6

 

 

In our phase there are three classes; Elephant, Lion and Jaguar.

As we are the oldest children at school, we always work hard to set a good example for the other children to follow. Many of the Year 5 and 6 children have important jobs within the school such as being members of the Chaplaincy Team, Play Leaders, Sports Ambassadors, School Councillors, Peer Mentors and also Buddies to the early years' children.

Here you can find lots of important information including what we are learning about this term, important dates, display photographs and information about everything we have been getting up to!

 Please contact upperkeystage2@holyfamily.swindon.sch.uk if you have any queries regarding your child in Year 5/6 and Mrs Styles will get back to you. 

 

Curriculum

Here you will find an overarching view of what the children will be taught over their time in Year 5 and Year 6. As we have mixed age year groups we work on a two year rolling cycle to ensure that all of the National Curriculum Objectives are covered across the 2 years.

Year 5 and Year 6 Cycle A (2025,2027)

Year 5 and Year 6 Cycle B (2024, 2026)

Please click on the link above to see the curriculum for the Year 5 and Year 6 children. These are the units they will be studying.

 

Learning in School

RE 

Through RE lessons, we will develop our understanding of the Catholic faith and learn to describe and show understanding of religious sources, beliefs, and teachings, making links between them. We will learn how religious beliefs relate to the practices of the Church and significant events in the Liturgical calendar and how they shape and inform the lives of believers today. We are given the opportunity to reflect and pray when we participate in Liturgies and meditation.


During the Spring term, the RE topics will be Galilee to Jerusalem and Desert to Garden. The central theme this term is Jesus. The question posed to Peter, ‘Who do you say I am?’, is the question that links all of our work. We come to know who Jesus is through the eyes of the Gospel writers. Children will explore the teachings in the parables and connect them to the sacraments, identifying how Christians live out these teachings in their daily lives today.

 

English 

We look forward to immersing ourselves in a variety of texts, including poetry, play scripts, and narratives such as Paperman by Disney and The Origin of Species by Sabina Radeva. Through our work, we will be developing our writing skills by writing across a range of genres and text types, and learning to use language and different sentence structures effectively to add detail, create atmosphere, and engage our readers. Through drama, presentations, and debates, we will also be developing our speaking and listening skills.

 Maths

We are excited to develop our ability to use and apply our mathematical skills to solve problems in real-life and mathematical contexts. During the Spring term, we will further our understanding of fractions, decimals, percentages, measurements, and statistics through a range of activities tailored to each specific year group objective. We will continue to practise and apply our efficient written and mental calculation methods to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Throughout the term, we will also continue to practise and learn our times tables, KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts), and our termly arithmetic targets. Having quick recall of these facts will help us hugely in our maths work and problem-solving, so please help us practise at home. Quick-fire questions are a great way of doing this, and there are lots of games online!

PE 

PE Days are as follows 

Tuesday- Jaguar

Thursday- Elephant and Lion

This term, we will be developing teamwork, technical skills, and tactics in Gymnastics, Football, Rounders, and Handball. Please make sure we always wear our PE kit to school on our dedicated days. We need a white t-shirt, plain black shorts, daps and/or trainers, and we can wear a dark-coloured tracksuit.

 Science

We will continue to focus on living things and their habitats this term. We will learn about the classification code and how it helps scientists protect living things. We will plan and conduct scientific enquiries, learning to make appropriate predictions and draw suitable conclusions from results, relating this to our scientific knowledge. Later, our focus will shift to Evolution and Inheritance.

Guided Reading 

We will be exploring a range of text types, including poems, plays, and stories, to continue practising our reading skills. We will explain and discuss our understanding of what we read, drawing inferences from the text and justifying these with evidence. We will also be learning to retrieve and record key details and information from the text and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.


To develop our comprehension and fluency, we also need to read lots at home. Please help us by listening to us read regularly at home and asking us lots of questions about the book.

 Phonics Phonics is carried out on a one to one basis or within a small intervention group based on the ability of the child. These are regularly assessed and we follow Little Wandle for these.
 Computing In Computing this term, we will be looking at an introduction to Spreadsheets and variables in games. We will be taught how to design, develop, and program our own game, and how to use spreadsheets as an effective tool for collecting data and information. Throughout all our computing lessons, we will be learning more about using technology safely, respectfully, and responsibly; recognising acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; and identifying a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.
 Topic

We look forward to developing our knowledge of the world around us through all our topic work. Through our Geography topic, we will be exploring ‘Where does our energy come from?’. Children will be able to define renewable and non-renewable energy and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of different energy sources. In Term 4, our History topic will focus on Kings and Queens, with a particular emphasis on The Tudor Monarchy. We will learn how the Monarchy has adapted from the period of the Tudors to the present day through a series of fun activities. There will be lots of getting into character and debating to help the children explore this topic.

 Maths - KIRFS

 Dates for your Diary...

 

Wednesday 22nd January

Year 5/6 Parent Lunch

Thursday 30th January

Lion Class Mass (Church)

Wednesday 12th February

Year 5 Music Tech Workshop

Tuesday 11th February

Parents evening

Thursday 13th February

Parents evening

Friday 14th February

TD Day

Thursday 13th February

END OF TERM

Monday 24th February

Year 6 Residential Week

Thursday 6th March

Class Photos

Friday 21st March

Elephant Class Assembly

Friday 4th April

END OF TERM

Residential 2025 Information 

Residential - Travel Details  

Residential - Kit List 


 Homework

 SATs revision

Term 3 homework

Newsletters

Spring Phase Newsletter

Autumn Celebration Newsletter

Autumn Phase Newsletter

Year 2023 - 2024 Archive

 

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