Hello, I'm Mrs Dwyer and I'm delighted to be back at St John's teaching Raven Class. I can't wait to explore our History and Geography topics and our amazing English texts this year.

Outside of school I love reading, walking and trying hard to learn to knit!

 

Other staff working in our class are:

Miss Walker (teaching all day Fri) and Mrs Bates (all day Weds).

 

Important dates for the diary this term for Raven Class:

PE will take place on Thursday afternoons.  

 

Our learning this term: 

English: We are reading The Boy at the Back of the Class, a story about friendship, helping others and standing up for what you believe in.

 

Maths: We will be working with coordinates before moving on to negative numbers, converting units of measurement and learning about volume.

Science: We are studying Animals Including Humans, learning about how humans develop and change from birth to old age.

Topic: In Geography we will be Mapping Our World, exploring how we use maps and the information they represent.

RE: In Term 6, we will be continuing learning about Muslim beliefs and practices and answering the big question: What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today? This will include a trip to Canterbury Mosque.

German: We will be putting together our learning from across Year 5 to role play shopping and to present information about ourselves.  

Music: This term, we are composing rhythms and melodies with the ukulele.

 

Learning at home for Raven Class :

• Reading AR books 

• Spelling shed 

• Times Tables Rockstars 

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Be ready for learning! In Raven class your child will need to have these items in school: 

• water bottle (no squash or juice) 
• small rucksack (big enough to hold lunch box and reading books) 
• wellington boots (to leave in school) 
• coat (weather appropriate) 

Please don’t bring other items to school, as we do not have space to store them, and it can cause upset if things are lost or damaged. 

 

Term 5 highlights

Some of our highlights from Term 5 include:

History

We started our Vikings topic with a hook day where we became Vikings! We created Viking names, wrote them in runes and then designed our own shields. We explored what it was like to travel on a Viking longship and baked Viking bread.

 

Science

This term we have been studying forces, exploring the effects of gravity, air resistance and water resistance through practical investigations.

 

Art

In Art this term we prepared for the school carnival! We represented Brazil so we took inspiration from the Rio de Janeiro Carnival and made headbands and wings, as well as sewing decorations for the Year 5 banner.