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 wonderful start to the Year with lots of hard work and enthusiasm across Year 5! We really enjoyed our trip to the British Museum, where we saw lots of artefacts from the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age. We are looking forward to our learning for the next few weeks which is detailed below.
In English, we are focusing on writing Haikus in our poetry unit and Billionaire Boy by David Walliams for our fiction unit where we will explore the characters, sequence key events and retell the story before we change it to create our own narrative.
We will be delving further into decimals and percentages in Maths where we will be learning about equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. We will also order decimals up to thousandths and round to 2 decimal places.
In Science we will be learning about forces including air resistance and water resistance. We have loved our investigations so far this half term!
In Art, we will continue designing our tag in graffiti and stencilling it on a board and after half term, in DT, we will be learning about advertising and marketing and designing some packaging for our Microsociety.
In the Humanities, we are continuing to develop our Micro Societies including trading and marketing.
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!
The focus of our learning will continue to be Route 66, which is our study of America.
In English, the children will revisit the features of a biography, which will support them in planning and drafting their own biographies about a significant and influential American figure.
In Maths, the children will begin their unit on Decimals. They will learn how to identify the value of decimal numbers, add and subtract decimals, round decimals to three significant figures, and multiply and divide decimal numbers.
In Science, the children will investigate how refraction changes the direction in which light travels and explore how shadows are formed.
In Art, the children will paint a portrait of an inspirational American figure, using acrylic paints and developing their colour-mixing skills to create realistic skin tones. They will also refer to the style of Kehinde Wiley for inspiration.
In History, the Children will use secondary sources to research and describe how the Gold Rush influenced westward movement in the USA and explore the impact of the California Gold Rush.
The Year 6 team would like to remind you that P.E. kits should be brought to school separately and not worn in, and that children must ensure homework set by streaming teachers is returned on time. Additionally, children should arrive promptly for the 8:00am morning boosters.
