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Ockbrook Newsletter

Our topic this term is:

Roman Britain

As part of our topic we will be delving into how the Roman’s shaped Britain. We shall learn:

• How did Rome grow from a city to an Empire?

• What made the Romans so successful?

• Why did the Romans invade Britain?

• How did the Romans build their roads, and why were they so important?

• How did the Roman invasion change Britain?

• How and why did Roman rule in Britain end?

This term in Maths we will be learning about the decimals, this shall include adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing them as well as understanding percentages and their decimal and fraction equivalences. Following this, we shall learn about decimals and percentages; converting between all three. We shall continue to use a mastery approach to teaching to develop our fluency, problem solving skills and reasoning, using a variety of pictorial, abstract and concrete resources. 

In English we shall be studying the text, ‘Hamlet’ a Shakespeare story adapted for children. We shall investigate the stylistic and linguistic approaches used within the book before building up to writing our own playscript. We will also be learning about biographies, with our model text centring around Charles Darwin.

This term in science we will be looking at Evolution and Inheritance. This will include:

• recognising that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago

• recognising that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

• identifying how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution

 
In PE we shall be taking part in floor gymnastics and tri golf lessons. These will stay on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please note that Year 6 children will only take part in the Friday lesson as they will take part in SATS booster sessions through until mid-May during the Wednesday time slot.  

Our residential visit this year to Lea Green runs from the 25^th-27^th March. There will be a celebration assembly on return to school, time TBC. If you have any questions regarding the visit please don’t hesitate to ask.

Mr Dale (25/2/26)

Class Timetable

Reminders

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Shardlow Spirit 

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Computing

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