Badger Class
Years 5/6
The Autumn Term of 2024 will see Badger class learn about the history of the Victorian period in Britain. This period spanned the 63 years of Queen Victoria's reign over Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901.

It was an era of exciting discoveries, inventions and exploration following the Industrial Revolution.
Badger Class Planning Cycle B Victorians - Learning Discovery

Badger Dates for the Diary!



  • Wednesday 18th December - A Victorian afternoon tea! Curriculum Cafe 1:30pm-3pm.
  • Thursday 19th December - Christmas Lunch
  • Friday 20th December - Church service 9:30am and school closes for Christmas holiday today!
Useful Information

PE
PE will only be on a Tuesday each week for Badger class and this will be led by Mrs Grigg.

Please ensure your child arrives to school already dressed in their kit on this day, and that they are dressed suitably for the outdoor weather forecast. Earrings should be removed by the child before P.E (please note that adults in school are not permitted to remove earrings for your children). Children who, for whatever reason, cannot remove their own earrings should (ideally) be sent to school with some tape so that they can cover these themselves. In the event that you don't have any tape at home, we will provide some micropore tape so that they can do this before taking part in PE lessons.

The days may change during the course of the year, so please keep an eye on this page and your emails, but I will give you notice before this happens.


Homework
Homework will be set on Monday and will be expected in by the following Monday in order for it to be marked. Your child will receive revision booklets which they will work through in preparation for end of year assessments. Marking will usually take place during a focused session, whereby we can discuss the questions, look at ways of responding and address any that posed difficulty. They are only required to do 1 test in each booklet per week. Weekly spellings will also be given out on a Monday, and a test will be given the following Monday.

Reading 
Reading Records are checked regularly. We aim for children to read at least twice each week to an adult, but children should be encouraged to read every day. Please sign reading records to indicate this and send them back with your child on a Monday & Thursday so we can monitor their number of reads. There will be a reading track in class for your child to complete.

In the second half of the Autumn Term, Badger class will be creating an explanation text of their choice on either the first Victorian motor car or the flushing toilet which will help the reader of the modern day understand how these inventions work.


We will also be reading 'Suffragette: The battle for equality' by David Roberts and looking at this movement that has links to the Victorian era. The children will be creating a newspaper article on Emily Davison's life - a suffragette who tragically lost her life at a horse race.


Finally, we will finish off our Autumn term with some visual literacy in the form of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens where the children will write a persuasive letter to Mr Scrooge asking him to reconsider his actions and change his ways to become a better person.

Guided Reading Questions

Please find a range of external links to support your child's learning at home.

Topic boosters and past papers with video tutorials to help target specific areas.
SATS
Handy tips and literacy and math activities that you and your child can work on together...
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