Class Teacher - Ms K Dixon

Welcome to the Whales class.

 

Welcome to Year 5/6 Whales class.

This page will give you all the information you need about what is happening in our class, such as PE days, homework, trips, events and the areas that we will be learning about during the term.  

This term will be focused on the theme of Evolution and Inheritance. Therefore, all learning within Term 5, will be linked closely around the subject, Science, with the children collecting evidence to answer an enquiry question: Why does the giraffe have a long neck and a camel have a hump?  

Within their science unit of Evolution and Inheritance, the children will be researching and studying the work of naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace and their theories of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to answer the learning question: Do you believe in the theory of evolution?  

We are also very lucky to be welcoming ‘School Cambridge Science Centre’ into school during Term 5, to work with all Year 5/6 classes. They will be working scientifically and investigating micro-organisms and understanding bacteria and disease. A very fascinating day we are very much looking forward to!  

In English and Guided Reading, our learning will be based on The Complete Just-So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.  This includes 14 much loved tales including, ‘How the camel got his hump’  and ‘How the rhinoceros got his skin’. When writing their own narrative, children will describe settings, characters and the atmosphere created.  They will integrate dialogue to convey characters and advance the action.   

Art will also compliment our theme, as the children will be experimenting within a range of elements and skills within art to create a detailed ape, monkey or chimpanzee around the theme of evolution and the mammal adapting to suit its environment. This term will see a child led project with the children selecting their own skills and creating their own mediums. We look forward to seeing their final designs😊  

PE on Monday, will be outdoor athletics, and on Fridays, we are looking forward to archery with JB.  Please arrive at school in your academy PE kit (white T shirt, black joggers and a black jumper/school jumper) and leave earrings at home on both of those days. 

Thank you – we are looking forward to another fantastic term!