Oak Class - Year 5 & Year 6 2025 - 2026
Miss Jones
Mrs Curzon
Miss Kerr
Welcome back to another wonderful term of rich learning experiences in Oak Class.
To find out more about who will be teaching Oak Class, please click on our 'Meet the Teaching Team' page.
Oak Class have a super term of learning ahead. In English, we be exploring quality texts through which we be developing our range of writing skills. These texts always remain ‘top secret’ until the last moment, as the mystery surrounding them is used to stimulate the children’s ideas. Using these texts as stimulus, the children will produce a final piece of writing in the style of a dilemma narrative and a balanced argument.
In maths, we will continue to follow White Rose Maths which is based on a mastery approach to the teaching of mathematics designed to strengthen and deepen understanding. The children will begin by looking at geometry of shapes and position and direction. They will then move on to decimals, negative numbers, measure- converting units and volume. Year 6 children will be preparing for the SATs assessments in May, by revising concepts such as: statistics, properties of shapes, position and direction, and problem solving in division.
In our wider curriculum work, we will begin the term by thinking about what Christians believe happens when you die. In PSHE, the children will continue to explore health and well-being through the understanding of how our bodies develop and change. We will then move onto Art and design where we will be exploring architecture whilst in design and technology, we will delve into the construction.
In humanities, we will be exploring the world of the Ancient Greeks and discussing individuals who are worthy of a pace on our bank notes.
Our science topic will focus on materials and plant and animal life cycles and finally, in PE the children will be learning the rules of rounders and kwik cricket as well developing their outdoor adventure skills during our field fun sessions.
Please do have a look at our comprehensive Curriculum Page on the school website for more information on what your child will be learning and when.
Key Information for the Spring Term 2026
Children should wear full uniform and black school shoes each day.
Our PE sessions will be on a Tuesday afternoon and a Thursday afternoon.
Children should bring a water bottle with fresh water every day.
Children do not need to bring pencil cases or other personal items to school as we can provide all the necessary equipment required.
Please ensure that all items of clothing and personal items are clearly labelled to avoid the loss of property.
Homework will be set on a Tuesday, with spellings available to learn on a Monday. The children will be tested on their spellings and maths every Friday morning.
SATs club will begin on Wednesday 14th January 2026 and run until Wednesday 6th May 2026.
If you have questions or queries, please see us at the start or end of the school day or email [email protected].
We are so looking forward to sharing another amazing term with you all and we know that the children will thoroughly enjoy our planned learning activities.
Miss Jones, Mrs Curzon and Miss Kerr
