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Year 5/6 Spring term 2 2025

This half-term, we have a science-based topic: Evolution and Inheritance.

Evolution and Inheritance

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We will be learning all about evolution and inheritance through our Science and English lessons. 

Please see the downloads section to download our topic mind map and the knowledge organiser for this term. 

English: This term, we will be writing an explanative report about Darwin's journey to the Galapagos islands, informed by our class text 'Island' by Jason Chin. 

Guided Reading: This term, we will be reading a non-fiction booklet, 'Exploring Space'. We will use this text to build our prediction and vocabulary understanding and our retrieval and inference skills.

Maths: We will be learning about decimals, where we will learn about the place value of decimals, how to add and subtract decimals and how to multiply and divide decimals. We will then move onto learning about fractions, decimals and percentages.

Science: In Science, we will be learning about 'Evolution and Inheritance'. We will be learning about Darwin's theory of evolution and why it was so controversial. We will learn about what fossils can tell us and how animals have adapted to their environment.

Year 5/6 Staff:

We are very lucky to have the following staff to support and help the children in their learning:

Mrs Fields: Class Teacher. 

Mrs K and Miss Ollerton: We have a fantastic team of Teaching Assistants to support the children in their learning.

Mr Curtin: The children are very lucky to have Mr Curtin teaching them music every week. This will take place on Wednesday mornings.

Information:.

P.E Sessions:

During the Spring 2 term, children will need to wear P.E. kits on Mondays and Tuesdays for PE. 

Music:

We will be having our weekly brass lessons on a Wednesday morning with Mr Curtin. 

Homework Explained!

Weekly Spellings:

Your child will receive their spelling homework on a Friday. Please can all children practise their weekly spellings, in time for their spelling test the following Thursday. 

Maths Homework:

The children in Y5/6 class are expected to be regularly logging onto My Maths and completing the weekly activities online. 

Reading:

Your child has a school reading book and an individual reading journal. Please can we encourage as much reading at home as possible and a comment written from you when you can. Thank you. 

Timestables:

Your child will be given a login for Times Tables Rock stars, an exciting online tool to help them to learn times tables. Your child will have a weekly times tables test on a Thursday and we thank you in advance for your support in helping them to prepare for this. 

Dojo homework:

This can be found on the homework tab at the top of this page and on ClassDojo. While this is not compulsary, it's a great way to learn more about our topic and earn Dojo Points to convert in our shop at the end of term.