Beech Class - Year 5 and Year 6 2024 - 2025

Mrs Lloyd

Mrs Watts

Teachers: Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Watts

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Davis, Mrs Sizemore

Welcome to the spring term! We are very excited for the weeks ahead and here is what we are going to be learning:

English - Shackleton's Journey by William Grill with a focus on narrating and writing a biography and then Hansel and Gretel with a focus on letter writing and persuasion.

Maths - We are using White Rose maths scheme which children are familiar with.

Geography - We are going to be finding out about oceans, including the importance of them and how they have changed over time.

History - We are going to be finding out what the Greeks did for us.

Art - We will be looking at sculpture, focusing on the artist Beate Kuhn.

Science - We will be learning about earth and space, followed by electricity.

DT - Children will be making wire games, using electrical circuits.

Computing - As always, we will keep revisiting online safety. Alongside this, we will be looking at using search engines.

PE - Please make sure that you bring your PE kit every Monday. This term we will be enjoying hockey, as well as a Friday football session with a coach.

RE - We will be thinking about our own personal beliefs.

Music - Mrs Young will be teaching music every Tuesday.

PSHE - My Happy Mind

We are also very excited to be going on our residential!

Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Watts

nlloyd@stannesfulshaw.net

hwatts@stannesfulshaw.net