Upper Key Stage 2
Phase Leader UKS2
Rachel Kelleher
Year 5
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2025-2026
The latest Year 5 Learning Update!
We have had a busy start to our second half term! Thank you all for coming watch our class assembly! We really enjoyed rehearsing and performing it.
In English, we are focusing on Non-fiction writing – particularly biographies. We are going to research a famous person linked to our topic and then write a biography about their life. The week after that, we will explore poetry and write our own poems.
We will be delving further into fractions in Maths where we will be learning how to add and subtract fractions including improper fractions and mixed numbers. We will also be exploring jobs involving Maths in our possibilities lesson.
In Science we will be learning about the planets in our solar system and their properties.
We will continue designing our cam toys and making them in Dt ready for the end of term exhibition!
In the Humanities, we are learning about human geography and how settlements started in the Stone Age as well and the invasion of the Vikings in History.
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.
Year 6
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser – 2025-2026
The latest Year 6 Learning Update!
Over the next two weeks, the focus of our learning will still continue to be Wakanda Forever, which is our study of the Ancient Kingdom of Benin.
In English, the children will revisit the features of journalistic writing, as this will help them to plan and draft their newspaper reports from the perspective of a journalist.
In Maths, the children will continue with their unit of Fractions and learn how to add and subtract fractions and use RUCSAC to help solve multi-step problems involving adding and subtracting fractions.
In Science, the children will revisit the symbols used to represent a circuit. They will also make a simple circuit and test it.
In DT, the children will investigate electronically powered vehicles and explain using scientific vocabulary how they electronic vehicles are powered.
In History, the children will research key events in Britain’s history and will create a historical period comparison table to compare Ancient Kingdom of Benin and Britain during the same time period
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 and children need to ensure that homework is back on Tuesdays.
