Upper Key Stage 2
Phase Leader UKS2
Rachel Kelleher
Year 5
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024-2025
The latest Year 5 Learning Update!
Over the next two weeks, the focus of our learning will be the topic Time Travellers. We will be traveling back in time to look into prehistory and early History.
In English we will be studying the Ancient text of Beowulf. Studying the characters, learning advanced vocabulary and then writing our own story set in the Stone Age.
In Maths we will be focusing on place value and number. We will start at advancing our ability to read and write numbers up to 1 million. Moving on to rounding and multiplying by 10,100 and 1,000.
In Science we will begin our Living things and their habitats topic by relearning Professor Jaqueline Dunkley Bent.
In Art we will begin our drawing unit where we will study Kelvin Okafor and then end with a Viking drawing.
In Humanities we will be studying pre history time Travelling from the Stone Age to the Viking’s. We will look at Ancient Geographical features within these eras.
The Year 5 team would like to remind you that Friday is double PE and external music lessons will begin on Tuesday.
Year 6
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2024-2025
The latest Year 6 Learning Update!
Over the next two weeks, the focus of our learning will be Wakanda Forever which is our study of the Ancient Kingdom of Benin
In English, the children will revisit the features of non-chronological reports and write their own non-chronological report about The Ancient Kingdom of Benin.
In Maths, the children will continue with their ‘place value’ unit and practice rounding, comparing and ordering and interpreting negative numbers in context.
In Science, the children will look at how fossils are formed and analyse the similarities and differences between fossils and living things.
In Art, the children will experiment with patterns and draw inspiration from Laolu Senbanjo’s artwork.
In History, the children will research key events and create a chronological timeline of Benin’s history.
The Year 6 team would like to remind you that P.E kits should be brought to school separately and not worn in on the day. Our P.E is a Wednesday.
