Our Summer Topic is Brazil

 

 

In the Brazil unit we aim to:

- understand the location of Brazil

- Identify and research physical and human features of a country

- compare the climate of the tropics with the focus on South America

- research the Amazon Rainforest

 

Key Vocabulary

hemisphere, latitude, longitude, equator, Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn, time zone, Greenwich Meridian, biome, vegetation belt 

 

Reading suggestions for this topic are:

 

Summer Term

During this half term, we will be looking at Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers

 

Hand-picked by adventurer Alastair Humphreys, this compilation retells the extraordinary journeys undertaken by his personal heroes. These men and women have ventured into space, oceans, deserts and jungles and inspired Alastair's own adventures. They may do the same for you too.

 

 

Summer Term

During this half term, we will be looking at Manfish by Jennifer Berne.

Once upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As he grew, Jacques fell in love with the sea. He dreamed of breathing beneath the waves and swimming as gracefully as a fish. In fact, he longed to become a manfish. Jacques Cousteau grew up to become a champion of the seas and one of the best-known oceanographers in the world.

In this lovely biography, now in paperback, poetic text and gorgeous paintings come together to create a portrait of Cousteau that is as magical as it is inspiring.

 

During the spring term we will be aiming to complete Power Maths (White Rose Edition) Book C.

 

The topics we will be covering are as follows:

- Statistics

- Geometry- Properties of Shapes

- Geometry- Position and Direction

- Problem Solving

 

 

PE Days

Our PE sessions are as follows:

6M- Tuesday afternoon & Wednesday morning

6S-Monday morning & Tuesday afternoon

Please ensure you come in your kit ready on these days. This is a coloured t-shirt for you house team, plain jogging bottoms/shorts or leggings and trainers. Please note that football tops are not permitted for PE sessions. In colder weather, children are invited to wear either the school PE jumpers, or their normal school sweatshirt or cardigan. Other hoodies are not permitted. 

 

Homework

Homework will be set weekly for the children focusing on reading, maths or grammar.

Reading is expected at least 5 times a week and the children will also be given opportunity within the school week for independent reading. We encourage as much reading as possible - even 5 minutes! This will be monitored via reading diaries and also via the Accelerated Reader programme.

Times tables are a vital part of supporting children with their learning in maths so again please can we encourage children to practice these as much as possible via Times Table Rock Stars or timestables.co.uk.

Homework will be set on a Monday and is required for the following Monday. 

 

SATS 2025 Information

The KS2 SATs are scheduled for Monday 12th May to Thursday 15th May. Please do not book any holidays during this time.

Monday
English GPS Paper 1: questions
English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling

Tuesday
English reading

Wednesday
Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic
Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning

Thursday 
Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning

The papers are both set and marked externally. Your child’s marks will be used in conjunction with teacher assessment to give high schools a broader picture of their attainment. After SATs, each child will receive a scaled score for each subject (reading, maths and GPS) and whether they have reached the expected standard set by the Department for Education.

The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is:

• 80 (the lowest scaled score that can be awarded)
• 120 (the highest scaled score)

The expected standard for each test is a scaled score of 100 or more. If a child is awarded a scaled score of 99 or less they won't have achieved the expected standard in the test.