Welcome to Year 5/6 - Topaz Class
Staff
Miss A Paget
Topaz
BA (Hons) PGCE
Hi, my name is Miss Paget and I am the current year 4 and 5 teacher in Topaz class. As well as this, I am also the design technology lead across school. I am passionate about giving children opportunities to try new and exciting things that are
Mrs S Hankin
Topaz
PE Day & PE Kit
PE will take place on Wednesday.
Please ensure you child comes to school in their PE Kit on that day.
What's New
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Snack Money
Tuck Shop is available after school
on Wednesday and Friday.
Daily healthy snack is available to purchase every day at break time. Snack can be purchased at morning break. The maximum amount snack will cost is £2 a week. Children are welcome to bring their own snack from home which is less than 110 calories.
Reading Books
Reading Books will usually be changed Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please read with your child every night and sign their reading record.
Knowledge Organiser
You have been given a Knowledge Organiser and Homework Grid with some tasks relating to our topic.
Each week we will have a focus that has been covered on the Knowledge Organiser.
Homework
Maths and spellings are given out every Friday. These are to be brought in on the following Friday in preparation for their spelling test.
Children will get up to 15 spellings per week to learn at home.
Common exception words:
Year 5/6
Homework Grid:
Recent Terms Archive
WELCOME TO TOPAZ CLASS
Overview
Topic: Is the Earth Violent?
Welcome back to a new school year! We are super excited for the year ahead. To begin, as part of our Geography topic, we will be investigating the dangers of the natural world; learning about natural disasters from Pompeii to the Ring of Fire.
Science: Animals including Humans & Forces
In Science, we will have two different topic focuses. The first will be the circulatory system, in which we will learn about the functions of the heart through practical experiments and investigation.
Secondly, we will be learning about the forces of our Earth, including: gravity, air resistance, water resisters and buoyancy. We hope to answer lots of questions through hands on, practical experiments.
JIGSAW
Our Jigsaw topic this term is ‘Being me in my world’ and we will be learning about the community around us, our own rights and the rights of others.
Overview
Week 1: My year ahead (goals, worries & fears)
Week 2: Our school community
Week 3: Being a global citizen
Week 5: Caring for others
Week 6: Working within a group
RE
At the end of the term, we will be completing our RE unit on Islam, answering the question: What is the best way for a Muslim to show commitment to God?
SPELLING
CLASP
This year, CLASP will take place on Friday afternoons.
This term our CLASP topic will be DT. In which we will take part is cooking and construction.
PE
This term our PE day is Wednesday. Please send your child into school wearing full kit on this day.
Gallery
Heart dissection!
As part of our science topic, The circulatory system, we dissected pig hearts to help us learn about the cambers inside. We couldn’t believe how big they were! It wasn’t for the faint hearted…
