Welcome to Kestrel Class!

We have the year 5 and 6 children in our lovely spacious classroom. Our teacher is Mrs Scaplehorn.

Our children are inspired in Y5/6 to confidently take more responsibility for themselves and for helping younger children. Our oldest children are the role models for the rest of the school through the way they work and play and care for each other demonstrating our core values of friendship and respect.

Curriculum Maps:

Wonderful Wiltshire! Term 1

Homework:

For homework this term, we will prioritise reading. Every child has been given a reading record and will be expected to log each time they read, whether at home or in school. Children who read four or more times a week will receive a house point. I will check reading records every Monday and will pick a ‘Reader of the Week’.

Children will also receive a termly homework project as this gives children a fantastic opportunity to research further an area of interest within the term’s topic. I have also set times tables assignments this term and I would like children to complete at least five games a week. This will support our times tables revision in class. This year spellings will be learnt in school following our new spelling scheme.

Homework Projects:

Term 1 – Wonderful Wiltshire!

Knowledge Organisers:

Term 1

Science – Materials

Maths – Y5 Place Value

Maths – Y6 Place Value

Year 6 Revision Cards

Grammar Revision Cards

Maths Revision Cards

Forest School:

Kestrels will have Forest School this term on Thursday afternoons. Please ensure that your child brings appropriate clothing to change into for the session. They will need old clothes, trainers or wellies and waterproofs, as they will go outside whatever the weather. If it is hot, they will also need a hat, sun screen (which they will need to apply independently) and a water bottle.

P.E:

Kestrel class will have PE on Mondays and Wednesdays. Please make sure your child has their kit available in school all week.

Kestrel Class Gallery:

Douglas raised over £600 for Diabetes UK by cycling 200 miles over the summer holiday. What an achievement! Well done Doug!

RE - Creation and science: Conflicting or complementary?

Our hook for this term's RE unit was to consider a range of different genres, their purpose and audience.

RE Creation and science: Conflicting or complementary?

To show our understanding, we then illustrated the creation story.

This term's value is friendship.

Following on from our whole school collective worship, we made friendship bracelets to represent how friends help to make us stronger.

Eric Ravilious Art Workshop

Ali Rushent from Wiltshire Museum visited us to tell us all about the artist Eric Ravilious. We also got to try out some different techniques to create some pieces in his style.