1. Welcome to Year 5/6
July 2018

2. About Year 5/6 Meet the team Curriculum Expectations Key skills
Homework
Opportunities for you to come in
Questions

3. Meet the Team Mrs Jen Todd Class 9 Teacher Miss Emma Robson
Year 5/6 experience
Jen following children up
Range of specialisms
Male student teacher
Experienced TA – full time afternoon support for booster and pre-teach groups
Miss Emma Robson
Class 10 Teacher
Year 5/6 Leader and AHT
Mrs Sarah Simon
Class 11 Teacher Mon-Wed
Mrs Sam Carter
Class 11 Teacher
Wed-Fri
Mrs May Bowie
Teaching Assistant
Mr James Irving
Class 10
Student Teacher

4. Curriculum
Shows typical timetable - Interventions, booster groups, pre-teach sessions - Large team gives possibility for teachers to run these for maximum impact
Two-year rolling cycle for topics - all children access same curriculum
Split year 6 in spring term to prep for SATs
Topics: Adventurers and Explorers, Portsmouth in the War, Ancient Egypt
Exciting lessons

5. ADVENTURERS AND EXPLORERS
Computing
Audacity – designing and making a radio station
Art and Design
Totem poles – linked to history unit
History
Who were the Maya people? What was important about them? How have they influenced our lives?
R.E.
Christianity – themes, messages and lessons from the Christian story.
French
Moi, jeux et chansons – me, games and songs
PSHE and P4C
What defines a community? How can we contribute to the local and global community?
P.E.
Tribal Dance and Football

6. Expectations AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER LEVEL OF SUPPORT
Learners are dependent
Teacher instructs
Learners are responsible
Teacher guides
Expectations are higher in 5/6 but won’t be chucked in at the deep end
Explain model – this is for most but 1:1 needs considered
Independence is key!
Learners are resourceful
LEVEL OF SUPPORT
Teacher facilitates
Learners are creative
Teacher consults
AUTUMN
SPRING
SUMMER

7. Key skills - Reading
Guided reading taught 4 times p/w – opportunity to hear children read and teach reading skills
Reading comprehension session once per week
Continue with shelves and then free choice from library
Class text as stimulus for writing – children read to weekly
Reading record books – less opportunity to be heard at school
Keep reading over the holidays – anything counts!
Redlands reading challenge – range of authors / genres
Oral story-telling
Reading heroes

8. Key Skills – Writing
Class text used as stimulus for writing – gives context
A range of text types and styles covered
WAGOLLS – regular opportunities to analyse good texts
Regular drafting / editing sessions built in
Cross-curricular opportunities – writing skills taught and refined in all subject areas
Spelling and handwriting
Meeting with author in Spring term
Enrichment at Fareham Academy

9. Reports: What happened on Shackleton’s journey?
Job applications: Do you have the skills to be a member of Shackleton’s crew?
Reports: What happened on Shackleton’s journey?
Narrative: How will Shackleton overcome dangers?
Diaries: What was it like at sea with Shackleton?
Follows the journey of Ernest Shackleton to the Antarctic – boat stuck
Explanation texts: How would you design a ship for the excursion?
Biographies: What should we remember about Shackleton’s life?

10. Key Skills – Maths
Setting – allows year 5 and 6 to access separate curriculums
Enrichment sessions to deepen learning and extend thinking
Learning through problem solving – not just procedures
Reasoning – not just a right answer
Times tables are key – needed to access over 75% of year 5/6 curriculum
Times tables taught and tested weekly

11. Homework
Set on a Friday and handed in on a Friday (spelling test days will differ and be allocated in first week back)
Weekly expectation: 4 x reading, 2 x key skills, times table and spelling practice
Times tables and spellings – not checked weekly unless test scores dip
Optional holiday projects
Homework rewards

12. Opportunities to come in
Maths and English workshops
End of unit museums / displays
Reading heroes – letter out in September
Share a tray events
Parents evenings
Classroom support / school trips
Any time you like!

13. Questions? Some time now for any questions
Feel free to approach us on the playground after school any time, even before your child is officially in Year 5!