Riverside Class - Year 5/6

Welcome to Riverside Class!

In Riverside, we work hard to create purposeful and memorable learning opportunities, developing our confidence, independence and resilience as learners and beyond. We create a supportive and welcoming environment, where children are encouraged to foster positive relationships with those around them. 

Our classroom is a happy, respectful and safe space where children are supported in asking questions and engaging in rich discussions so that they feel confident to take more responsibility for their own learning journey, in preparation for their move into Year 6 or on to high school.

 Home Learning

CGP Books:

In UKS2, the children are sent home with weekly pages from their CGP books (2 pages for Maths, 2 pages for SPaG).

These books are to be returned on Wednesday so we can mark them in school with the children, with new pages being set on Friday.

Spellings:

Children are taught 10 spelling words each Wednesday, to be tested the following Wednesday.

To find which spelling words the children will be tested on each week, please visit our UKS2 page.

Reading:

Children should be reading at least 3 times per week. Please log your child's reading on Boomreader. 

Times Tables Rock Stars:

Children are set 2x 10 minute sessions on TTRS per week. Please ensure your child is completing these sessions regularly to maintain their quick recall of multiplication facts.

Class Updates

What a busy half term we have had so far! The children returned after the festive season ready and raring to go. We learn't about World War II in history and made a museum shoebox to exhibit our learning which included information leaflets in various forms, ration booklets and person tags. The children put a lot of hard work into their learning and it was lovely to see so many parents interested in our learning at the exhibition at the end of the term. In DT we made raisin, rhubarb or plain scones Great British Bake Off style which the children throuoghly enjoyed, We hope you managed to get a bite of one as they looked delicious! 

Last half term we stepped into the realms of Dracula to inspire or writing journey, this half term we immerse ourselves in Jurassic Park where the children are showing great enthusiasm towards the theme. They have already made a start on a suspense narrative.

As always the upcoming half term is another busy one. In geograpy we are exploring why energy is a global problem and the ways we can help our planet. In science we will continue to learn about irreversable changes and children will have chance to show their learning through hands on practical experiments. We have the upcoming Year 5 Residential to Whitby in the last week of the half term before we break up for Easter, where I am sure we will all be ready for a well earned rest before the Summer term begins.

Thank you for the wonderfully creative, detailed and engaging home-learning projects in history and geography. It is amazing to see how captivated the children are by their learning. It is also fantastic to see them arriving at school each day so eager and enthusiastic to learn.