Upper Key Stage 2
Phase Leader UKS2
Rachel Kelleher
Year 5
Spring Term 1 Knowledge Organiser – 2025/2026
The latest Year 5 Learning Update!
We have had a great start to the half term and are enjoying the increasing light, warmth and blossoming magnolia trees outside our classrooms! We are very proud of our assembly performances. We also had a delightful World Book Day and enjoyed reading wonderful books – to ourselves, our friends and Year 1 children, while wearing our comfy clothes. And there is lots of other exciting learning coming up in the rest of the term!
In English, we will be using our creativity to adapt the narrative of the book we have been reading, and then will switch focus and explore a variety of persuasive texts with the ultimate aim of being as convincing as possible in writing our own persuasive letters.
It’s on to measuring and calculating perimeter and area in Maths. Following this, we will be reading, interpreting and creating a range of tables and graphs in our statistics unit – very useful skills for understanding what happens in the world around us!
We’re very excited to have Science Week coming up where we will be carrying out multiple investigations (including one with parents!) as well as learning about different types of scientists and carrying out a STEM activity. Later in the term we’ll be continuing to dig deeper into understanding forces and mechanisms, in particular levers, pulleys and gears.
In the Humanities, our Microsociety businesses will be continuing trading, trying to make a profit while balancing supply and demand. We will also establish a tax system and examine trade links between the UK and other countries.
We will be working as graphic designers in DT, examining and critiquing logos, and then designing and creating our own prototype packaging.
The Year 5 team would like to remind you that homework will be sent out on Fridays and is due in the following Wednesday. This is available on Google Classroom; paper homework will only be given out in exceptional circumstances as the school is committed to reducing paper consumption and looking after the environment. Please also ensure that Reading Records are brought to school every Friday with evidence of reading AT LEAST 3 times a week. Children can write their own comments but an adult needs to sign the book at least once a week to confirm this. Spellings will also go home on a Friday and the children will be tested each week on Wednesday. Please also ensure that your child completes Times Tables Rockstars daily to help with fluency,
Year 6
Spring Term 1 Knowledge Organiser – 2025/2026
The latest Year 6 Learning Update!
In English, the children are starting a new unit of work centred around the dystopian narrative Varmints. This unit will help them learn how to switch between formal and informal language within the same piece of writing.
In Maths, we will begin exploring how to identify and calculate the area and perimeter of different shapes, including rectilinear shapes, triangles and parallelograms.
In Science, the children will continue exploring our topic of ‘Light.’ They will investigate how mirrors reflect light, examine the relationship between the angles of incidence and reflection, and observe how a prism disperses light to reveal the spectrum.
In Humanities, the children will continue exploring our ‘Route 66’ topic, comparing the American Gold Rush with the British Industrial Revolution by identifying similarities and differences between them.
The Year 6 team would like to remind parents that Year 6 booster sessions are still taking place, and attendance remains essential. Additionally, we encourage parents to support their children in completing any revision or homework assigned by streaming adults, as this plays a crucial role in closing learning gaps.
