• Extension & Enrichment Activities

Please log on to 'Google Classroom' for ongoing updates about class activities and homework.

Please find here a link to our local Secondary School, Poynton High: https://www.poyntonhigh.org.uk/ 

Our Summer theme is 'Awesome Adventurers'

We are excited to welcome you back into school and start our new theme. 

English

During our English sessions, we will be writing narrative – stories of adventure, fictional biographies and completing transition unit with the high school. In non-fiction we will be writing– persuasively and instructively as part of our enterprise project. We will also be writing explanations and poetry supported by our reading streams texts- Flanimals, The Final Year, The Complete Adventures- Bear Grylls and Kensuke’s Kingdom.

Guided Reading

Whole class Guided Reading this term will focus on 'The Final Year' by Matt Goodfellow.

Maths

Within Maths, we will be exploring and recapping a range of Number topics including decimals, percentages, algebra and ratio.  We will also be looking at Measurement to include time, converting units, perimeter, area, and volume.  The Enterprise project will introduce bugeting, profit and loss. On a weekly basis we will continue to complete a reasoning style test in preparation for the high school. 

Science

Our science work will focus around the units of 'Animals including humans’ and an enquiry unit linked to transition activities. The sessions will compliment our theme work.

Foundation subjects

Our weekly PE sessions will see us mastering the skills involved in Cricket, Rounders, Tennis and Athletics.

Within History, we will be exploring ‘The Golden Age of Exploration’ We will look at the timeline of the age of discovery, the positive and negative impact of exploration, slavery and explorers of note. We will be asking the question- Do you think the age of exploration was a positive or negative point in British history?

Our Geography units will involve us investigating the shared space in Poynton and using fieldwork to explore the impact on Poynton and its residents. Children will design data collection methods, record, analyse and present findings.

During our Computing sessions, we will be entering a whole summer of programming with two units Programming A – Variables in games Programming B – Sensing.

Our Project Evolve focus for Summer 1 will be Managing Online Information and for Summer 2 will be looking at Privacy and Security.

Our Art session will involve drawing and creating wire sculptures of pets which will be inspired by research on Antony Gormley, Alberto Giacometti and Paul Tavernor (local artist). We will attend a visit to Paul Tavernors’s Gallery and be inspired by his work.

Within DT, we will be working with industry to plan, create, budget and source for our Enterprise Project. We will also be attending sessions at the high school within the DT department to create Bee Hotels.

Language sessions this term will cover  ‘Les Vikings’ - Describing self and discussing daily routine. We will also be exposed to multilingual Unit – Spanish or German linked to Year 7 languages.

In our Music lessons this term, we will be partaking in whole class instrumental lessons (P-Buzz) Performance techniques: singing with control, accuracy and performing to an audience. Every child will take part in the end of year production and enjoy learning and performing songs.

Within RE we will be focusing on God, The World and self; Personal Belief and those of the wider world. We will be exploring the questions- What does it mean to be human? How do beliefs shape a person’s identity?

Our whole class PSHE will discuss health and wellbeing, physical health and mental wellbeing, growing and changing and keeping safe. This will be supported by transition activities and the Crucial Crew trip. My Happy Mind will continue to aid children in their positive thoughts about the next step.

Homework

Your homework will be uploaded onto Google Classroom every Monday to be submitted by the following Friday.

The homework will include a piece of English and Maths on LBQ and at times, it may also be a topic based project. We ask that you continue to read at home. Reading both aloud to a grown up and silently to yourself are both important skills to continue practising throughout this year.

We would also like the children to work through a weekly homework checklist which includes: one Spelling Frame test and their additional LBQ tasks.

Spellings

We will focus on words taken from the Year 5/6 spelling list which you can find within the ‘Files to download’ section of this webpage. During our English and Grammar sessions in school we will practise these but they will also thread into our learning throughout the week.  This ties in with the weekly Spelling Frame test completed in homework.

Please log on to 'Google Classroom' for ongoing updates about class activities, as well as homework and remote learning.