Welcome to Oak Class

We are the Year 5 and 6, Upper Key Stage 2 pupils at the school.

Our class teacher is Mrs Banks

Our teaching assistants are: 

Ms Coomber

Mrs McGuane

Our Learning

In Term 6, our topic is How did the Maya civilisation compare to the Anglo-Saxons? 

We will be recapping learning on the Anglo- Saxons from LKS2, learning about the Maya Civilisation and comparing aspects of history using historical sources, discussion and critical reasoning. We will also being using our geography and scientific skills in looking at the area of rainforest in South America.

In English, our novel for the term is Middleworld by J&P Voelkel which links with our topic. We will be using this book as inspiration for our writing pieces, as well as learning abut it during guided reading sessions. We will be creating a narrative, a playscript, poetry and an information text. We read every morning and have daily literacy lessons that cover comprehension, grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting. We try to link all of our learning through our weekly theme writing and extended writing.

We have a daily maths lesson that is taught through White Rose Maths. This term we will be recapping and consolidating place value, before moving onto formal methods of addition and subtraction. We are also going to be completing a block of enterprise maths involving money, profit/ loss and will be looking to raise money for the school.

We have PE on a Friday, and Forest school on a Thursday. 

Children need to come into school on those days in their PE kit.

We are taught RE once a week. This term, our RE topic is What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?

Our music topic this term is Musical Theatre which we will be linking to our class production of Matilda.

In Science, our topic is Materials and we will be looking at changes in states of matter, and reversible and irreversible changes. 

French will be taught every Friday and  this term we will be learning about the French Speaking World.

In Computing, our topic is Mars Rover 2 which focusses on programming for a purpose.

In PSHE, our theme is Changing Me: Coping with Positive Change, and will be taught weekly using the JIGSAW curriculum.