Welcome To The Y5/6 Homepage

Autumn Term 2024                 

Welcome Back!  We hope you all had a great summer break!

Useful Links

Google Classroom - classroom.google.com/a/elworthce.cheshire.sch.uk

AR Bookfinder - http://www.arbookfind.co.uk/

Times table Rock Stars - https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

Maths/Spelling Shed - https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu

Topic

Our topic for this term is 'WW2: War and Refugees' where we will be learning all about the history of World War 2 and refugees

As part of our topic we'll be reading extracts from 'Rose Blanche' and 'A Story Like the Wind' as a stimulus for our creative writing.  Read the blurbs below for further information about these amazing books!

Rose Blanche:

"In this book I wanted to illustrate how a child expriences war without really understanding it...I was a little child when the war passed in front of my door...My father did not want to answer my questions, but I knew that something terrible was happening"   Roberto Innocenti (author)

Rose Blanche was the name of a group of young German citizens who, at their peril, protested against the war. Like them, Rose observes all the changes going on around her which others choose to ignore. She watches as the streets of her small German town fill with soldiers. One day she sees a little boy escaping from the back of a truck, only to be captured by the mayor and shoved back into it. Rose follows the truck to a desolate place out of town, where she discovers many other children, staring hungrily from behind an electric barbed wire fence. She starts bringing the children food, instinctively sensing the need for secrecy, even with her mother. Until the tide of the war turns and soldiers in different uniforms stream in from the East, and Rose and the imprisoned children disappear for ever . . .

A Story like the Wind:

A boy finds himself on a small dinghy with a group of people. They are fleeing a war and have paid an expensive fare to make this dangerous journey. When the boy realises he cannot share the food, as he has nothing to offer in return, he is encouraged to share music, for his sole possession is a violin.

The song he plays tells a story that enchants the passengers - and the bravery and hope they hear about gives them the strength to look forward to their freedom again.

Reading

One of the key priorities on our return to school will be to support children with their reading. It is crucial to children’s development that they are reading regularly. As a minimum, all children are asked to read at least 3 times a week, for at least half an hour, as part of their weekly homework and have it signed in their planner by an adult. These will be checked by their English teacher in English lessons. Children should tell their teacher when they need to change their book and they will complete an Accelerated Reader quiz on an iPad in school. Children will be able to change library books during the school day.

Spellings/Phonics

It is still important that children in Year 5 and 6 work at improving their spelling which is a key part of the National Curriculum for writing. Children will practise spellings in the mornings when they come in to school. They also will be taught spelling in year groups as part of their English lessons. For homework, children will have the Year 5 and 6 list of spellings to learn – these are challenging spellings so will need some work throughout the half term. They will also have spelling homework some weeks using ‘Spelling Shed’.

PE Timetables

PE sessions will take place for children in Year 5 and 6 on a Thursday with Mr Darby, Mrs Marrow and Mr Parry. Children will need an appropriate outdoor PE kit in school on Thursdays as they will be outside for the afternoon, including a coat in needed. Children should continue to come to school wearing their full PE Kit on their allocated day (and also on Fitness Friday). As they will have to wear their PE kit throughout the whole school day, the children will need to be suitably dressed and prepared for indoors, outdoors and all weather conditions.

We are suggesting that the Elworth PE t -shirt and shorts/skort be worn underneath the Elworth jogging bottoms and zip up top. (This to allow layers to be taken off if children get too warm when inside, whilst providing layers for warmth when outside). A waterproof jacket is a necessity, in case of poor weather. Children will also need to come in wearing a sensible pair of sports trainers.

Homework

Details will be given each week as to the content/type of each homework. 

CGP Books will be available to use for homework at the earliest opportunity. 

Please be aware that revision activities may be set for children in Year 5 and 6 in addition to other homework as required. As preparation for transition towards high school, children may be asked to complete homework in lunchtimes if it is not completed at home.

Please note that Google Classroom will used as our main homework portal. All homework will be listed in Google Classroom even if external websites are used.

Spelling Shed can also be used to practice the Year 5/6 Autumn 1 Spelling List.