Year 5 & Year 6 (Eyam, Darley Dale & Crich)

Welcome.

Welcome to Year 5 & Year 6. We have three parallel classes: Eyam (Y5), Darley Dale (Y5 & Y6) and Crich (Y6). Please take a look at the information below to find out what we will be learning about this half term, key days of the week, and do check out our gallery!

Thank you,

Mr West, Mrs Collis and Mr Hunter.

Key days each week.

	Crich (Mr West)	Eyam (Mrs Collis)	Darley Dale (Mr Hunter)
Monday	Library Day: An opportunity to change your reading book. Remember though, your reading book should come into school every day.	Forest School Today. Remember to bring a change of clothes suitable for the outdoor conditions of the day.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday	PE will take place in school. Please wear your PE to school on this day.	Swimming will continue this term. The first sessions will be on Thursday 25th of April.	Swimming will start again this term. The first session will be on Thursday 25th of April..
Friday			Library Day: An opportunity to change your reading book. Remember though, your reading book should come into school every day.

What are we learning this half term?

Our overarching question for the Summer term is: What influences imagination?

We will begin our learning this half term by reflecting on the meaning of influence and imagination. We will then begin to learn about the life and work of Antoni Gaudi, with a particular focus on what influenced his own imagination and creativity.

We will then follow in his footsteps, taking inspiration from nature, to create paper-mache sculptures.

Architecture will also feature in our English this half term as we use the book 'Journey' by Aaron Becker as inspiration. A beautifully illustrated book, that depicts the adventures of a young girl, we design our own castle / fortress / encampment and then write a non-chronological information text about it. WE will then use this to form the basis of a narrative.

In Science we are switching our focus to Light & Dark. We will begin by revisiting prior learning from Y3 & Y4, and then deepening our understanding of how light travels, and begin to understand how the human eye works.

In Maths, Y5 are learning about fractions, shape and directions.

In Y6 they will be looking at shape and geometry.

Swimming this term will continue for Eyam (Mrs Collis) , and Daley Dale will start again. We have 5 sessions this half term, beginning on Thursday the 25th April Any questions, please do ask.

Remember, when we swim, you wear uniform to school as usual and change for swimming.

For Crich, it will be PE in school: so wear your PE kits on Thursdays Crich!

Knowledge Organiser

What influences imagination vocab.pdf

What are we reading this half term?

Author of the term:	Maz Evans
About the author:	My name is Maz Evans and I am an author. That’s it, really. I’ve done plenty of other things – I’ve been a journalist, creative writing lecturer and even worked on a medieval joke stall for a while. But I always say that if you snapped me in half, you’d find pencil lead running through my spine. And that if you did, could you kindly pay for the reconstructive surgery, seems only fair. I am the proud author of the WHO LET THE GODS OUT?, VI SPY and SCARLETT FIFE series for the young (and young-at-heart), which have sold over half a million copies to 22 countries worldwide.
We are are reading:

Author of the term:

Maz Evans

About the author:

My name is Maz Evans and I am an author. That’s it, really. I’ve done plenty of other things – I’ve been a journalist, creative writing lecturer and even worked on a medieval joke stall for a while. But I always say that if you snapped me in half, you’d find pencil lead running through my spine. And that if you did, could you kindly pay for the reconstructive surgery, seems only fair.

I am the proud author of the WHO LET THE GODS OUT?, VI SPY and SCARLETT FIFE series for the young (and young-at-heart), which have sold over half a million copies to 22 countries worldwide.

We are are reading: