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Welcome back to Ockbrook class!

Our topic this term is:

United Kingdom

This half-term our Geography topic focuses on the UK. We will be learning about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom, and will put our map reading skills into practice to identify continents, countries, counties, cities and geographical features. The children will be comparing our local area with other counties to consider how and why land is used differently across the UK. Rivers and mountains are key geographical features of Great Britain. Therefore, the children will identify the highest mountain and the longest river in the UK, and see how they compare with the highest mountain and biggest river network in the world. Finally, we will be looking at the seas and coastline around the UK, and thinking about how our coastline is changing. Children will consider how we can stop or prevent coastal erosion. 

This term in Maths we will be continuing our learning about the fractions, including improper fractions and mixed numbers. We shall look at how to use the four operations with fractions and different methods, both formal and mental strategies that the children can utilise to help work out the correct answers. Following this unit we shall start to look at decimals and percentages and how they relate to fractions. 

In Guided Reading we will be focussing on the text, 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' by Onjali Q Rauf. Here is a brief synopsis: When a new boy joins their class, a group of children try to befriend him. They soon learn that Ahmet is a refugee and has been separated from his family. None of the grown-ups seem to be able to help him, so the friends come up with a daring plan, embarking on an extraordinary adventure.

We will be studying two units in writing. These are narrative poetry and biographies. All of these genres will tie into the topic. Each unit lasts 2/3 weeks - it begins by unpicking a model text, analysing the stylistic and structural elements of the text before creating a blueprint. Following this we identify and delve into specific grammar conventions found in the text type and the unit culminates in the children writing their own pieces. 

This term in science we will be looking at earth, sun and moon. Children will:

• describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system
• describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
• describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
• use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night, and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

In PE we shall be taking part in Stick Fit on Wednesdays (Y5 only) and tag rugby on Thursdays. Year 6 children will take part in SATS ‘booster’ sessions during the Wednesday lesson.

Mr Dale (6/1/25)

Class Timetable

Reminders

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