Badger Class
Years 5/6
Badger Class Planning Cycle A Summer Learning Discovery

Badger Dates for the Diary!


  • Monday 27th April - KS2 Netball Tournament
  • Friday 1st May - Year 5 swimming
  • Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday, school closed
  • Friday 8th May - Year 5 swimming
  • Monday 11th May - Thursday 14th May - SATS Week for Year 6 and Test week for Year 5
  • Wednesday 13th May - London trip info session, 1:30pm-2pm
  • Friday 15th May - Year 5 swimming
  • Thursday 21st May - Saxon Day (in school experience)
  • Friday 22nd May - Year 6 swimming
  • Monday 25th May - Friday 29th May - Half Term
  • Friday 5th June - Year 6 swimming
  • Thursday 11th June - Friday 12th June - London Residential
  • Wednesday 17th June - Sports Day
  • Friday 19th June - Year 6 swimming
  • Monday 22nd June - Rounders tournament
  • Friday 26th June - Year 6 swimming
  • Monday 29th July - Cricket tournament
  • Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd July - TNHA transition days
  • Friday 3rd July - Year 6 swimming
  • Monday 6th July - Badger's EOY Production
  • Tuesday 7th, Weds 8th and Thurs 9th July - Wayland transition days
  • Wednesday 8th July - Dukes afternoon (details to follow)
  • Friday 10th July - Leavers service, 9:30am
  • Monday 13th July - Whole school trip to High Lodge (details to follow) and Mrs Thornhill returns to work!
  • Wednesday 15th, Thurs 16th and Fri 17th July - Northgate and Neatherd transition days


Our writing focus for the start of the Summer Term will be the epic Anglo-Saxon poem - Beowulf. It follows the Scandinavian hero through his battles with the monster Grendel. It provides the children with scope to let their imagination flourish and provide further drivers for expanding their descriptive writing.


In Summer 2 our literacy focus switches to our end of year play. We will be learning how to read and perform a play script to an audience.


Update:

The play this year will be 'Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies'


Useful Information

PE
In School PE will be on a Monday each week and be led by Mr Brown. The first PE lesson back will be Monday 20th April.
Swimming commences on Friday 17th April - for Y5 only in the first half term. See letter sent out prior to Easter.

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.

As per our home school agreement on uniform, your child should wear the following for PE:
  • A plain t-shirt (or one with a school logo) that matches their house team colour. 
  • In warmer weather, pupils can wear black or dark coloured shorts/skorts (of appropriate length). 
  • In colder weather they should wear plain, dark-coloured jogging trousers/ leggings and a plain, dark-coloured jumper/hoodie. Please do not send your child in brightly coloured tops or trousers as they can become easily marked by whiteboard pens or become muddy.
  • Footwear for P.E. should be trainers that are suitable for outdoor PE. 
  • Branded clothing can be worn but logos should be small and discrete.
All choices of school uniform or PE kit should be appropriate for the weather. Please ensure your child has a coat in school on colder or wetter days. 

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 appropriate for their year group, which they will work through in preparation for end of year assessments. They are only required to do 1 test in each booklet per week. 

Marking will take place during a focused session, whereby we can discuss the questions, look at ways of responding and address any that posed difficulty.  

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.

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...