Welcome to Kestrel Class
Teacher: Miss Walker
Teaching Assistants: Miss Pomfret, Mrs Jamieson and Miss Dixon
Welcome to a new year. It is wonderful to have the children back looking great in their school uniform and ready to learn.
School open from 8.30am
In order to support our Y6 children and help them to prepare for their SATS in May, they will be bale to come in every morning from 8.30am.
There will be Maths, Reading and Grammar activities for the children to do as well as opportunities to complete homework.
Miss Walker will be on hand to answer any questions and help the children with their work.
All children in Kestrel Class are invited - please take advantage of this great opportunity!
Class Timetable
English
This half term we are reading Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
The story centres around a young boy called Michael, who finds himself washed up on a Pacific Island after his yacht capsizes in a storm. During his time on the island, he forms an unlikely bond with another captive on the island.
Writing outcomes: A persuasive letter from the Head Teacher and a Newspaper Report
Maths
Number and addition and subtraction
Reading writing and understanding numbers to 10,000,000
Rounding
Factors, multiples and primes
Divisibility rules
Geography learning challenges:
Will you ever see the water you drink again?
What is a river?
What are the uses of a river?
How do people change rivers?
How does flooding affect rivers?
What is the world's longest river?
Science learning challenges:
In what way can we sort living things?
How can we classify invertebrates?
What is a micro-organism?
How does bread develop mould over time?
How do we classify vertebrates, invertebrates and micro-organisms?
What else can we classify?
What is the Linnean system?
RE learning challenges:
Why is the Torah so important for Jewish people?
Where are Jewish people from?
What is the sefer Torah?
Why are there different types of synagogue?
How does the Torah influence what Jewish people might eat?
How are Jewish people adapting festivals in the UK?
Curriculum plan