Otter Class
Class teacher’s welcome
Welcome to the ‘Otterly’ Outstanding Yr5 Otter class!
Curriculum news
At a glance – Autumn 2
Maths – Multiplication, Division and Fractions
English – The Explorer, Katherine Rundell. In Flanders Field, poetry
Science – Changes of materials
RE – How and why are Jewish festivals celebrated today?
Geography – Rivers
PSHE – Valuing differences
Art – Drawing skills, David Hockney
Music – Tuned percussion
French – numbers and time phrases
Computing – Creating media
Home Learning
All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class learning.
Ideas this half term….
Create a model of a river from source to mouth
Research a famous river and create a fact file
Create a river quiz, to test your class mates
These projects are designed to run alongside the learning for the half-term and should be handed in on or before Monday 16th December.
Dates for the diary
Autumn 2
Forest schools (3 sessions)
Geography fieldwork at the River Wharfe – Thursday 21st November
River Bus visit to school – Wednesday 4th December
Spring 1
Danelaw – Monday 3rd February
Class Collective Worship – Tuesday 4th March
Spring 2
British Sign Language Workshop