Welcome to Silver Class

Hi and thanks for stopping by! Welcome to Silver Class – we are year 5/6 group of 8 pupils. Dan is the class teacher, very ably supported by the team of Beatrice, Jane, Silvia and Vicky who are the Teaching Assistants.

We are very excited to start this term with lots of interesting learning activities, some of which can be found on the Overview document. In addition to our Core and Topic work we enjoy Swimming on a Thursday and some pupils are engaged in additional team building PE sessions on a Wednesday with other pupils from around the school. 

In the Autumn Term, we are learning about: That’s Life (The body, growing and moving, life cycles, transport (Geography), food used in religion (RE)

Please note that our PE sessions will be on Tuesday and Friday. Please send a PE kit in.

We are a healthy School and we ask that parents/carers send in healthy snacks for your child. Please remember to send in water bottles.

Number

  • Learning to organise and categorise objects
  • Understanding 1-1 correspondence.

Shape and Space

  • Using rulers to record measurement and to draw to specific lengths.
  • Recognising and naming 2D and 3D shapes and describing their properties.

Using and applying

  • Learning to use full range of vocabulary to describe position and movement

 

Literacy and Communication


Writing

  • In writing, we are working on writing and reading our own sentences
  • Learning to form all the letters of the alphabet
  • Using sernsory materials to explore mark making

Reading          

  • In reading we are learning how to blend letter sounds to make words.
  • Working on recognising different environmental noises.
  • Learning to make the sounds of all the graphemes in phase 2
  • Reading all the words in our reading books without help

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

(Science, Geography, History, RE, ICT)

 

Science  - Learning about our bodies

  • Learning to look at an adult moving and copying what they do.
  • Learning to explore and observe activities in science such as how the body moves
  • Learning to talk about what I have observed, why things happen, how they change using PECS or speech

Geography – Learning about transport

  • Learning to enjoy playing with models of modes of transport
  • Learning to use simple fieldwork skills
  • History- Learning about Florence Nightingale

History- Learning about Florence Nightingale

  • learning to link passages of time with key features
  • learning to answer simple questions about historical artefacts with some prompting

RE – Importance of Food

  • learning to join in with a small group during group celebrations, religious experiences and activities

ICT

  • learning to have some basic skills using ICT equipment

Physical and Social Development

(PE and PSHE)

 

PE - Dance

  • learning to follow simple instructions using symbols or prompts
  • learning to explore basic body actions in dance

 

PSHE – Hygiene and Healthy living

  • learning to know what is right and wrong from the consequences of my own actions
  • learning to know what a balanced diet is

Creative Development

(Art, Music, DT)

  • learning to choose tools and materials that are appropriate to the artwork
  •   learning to explore ideas in my artwork

Music – Texture in Music

  • learning to copy and imitate actions, sound in songs and music
  • learning to represent sounds with symbols to make a graphic score

DT – Baking bread

  • learning to use basic tools with support
  • learning to tell you what I like or want to use when I am making my product
  • learning to tell you how I think they are made with some prompting

What I Need in School

  • Reading with your child every day.
  • If you have wellies at home, please send them in for your child to wear in the garden.
  • Click here for ideas for gardening activities you can do at home with your child.

If you have any questions or want to know in more detail about what your child is learning at school, please feel free to contact me.