Numeracy: Place value, using a calculator, understanding multiplying and division, mental calculations, paper and pencil procedures, problem solving, money and real life problems, fractions, decimals and percentages, ratio and proportion, data handling, shape and space, reasoning about shapes, measures and properties/reasoning about numbers.

Literacy: Speaking and Listening Skills, Non-Chronological and Explanation Reports, Narrative (Empathy, Point of View and Author Style) and Poetry. Grammar, punctuation, phonetics, spelling and vocabulary. Comprehension and composition.

Science: `Gases Around Us' and `Changing State'

Religious Knowledge: The pattern of the church year, exploring the festivals of Ascension and Pentecost, to study the evolving of church buildings through history, significance of the local Parish Church, to be aware of the caring work of the church, that life can be compared to a journey.

History: `What can we learn from studying recent history about a famous person?'

Geography: Water

Design & Technology: `Moving Toys'

Art: Talking Textiles

Music: `Songwriter' - Exploring lyrics and melody. Performing Together

ICT: Monitoring Environmental Conditions and Changes; Evaluating Information.

PSHCE: To understand that in our society there is cultural, ethnic and religious diversity, to understand differences relating to gender and disability, to understand that resources are finite, to know that diseases and viruses can be transmitted, to review previous year's work and begin to think about the coming academic year.

P.E.: Invasion Game - Quick Cricket
Athletics to use running, jumping and throwing skills.

Homework: Children have a planner/diary in which they independently record all homework showing the date given and the expected date for completion/return to school. This is their responsibility in preparation for Year 6. Could I please ask parents to sign this book on a weekly basis and to check that children are practising these organisational skills and completing weekly literacy/numeracy/cross-curricular homework.

Important Requests: Children do become dehydrated during the school day and this can be detrimental to their general health and well-being and does affect the ability to learn. Please could I ask that your child has a `sports-type' water bottle in school each day which is taken home and sterilized frequently for hygiene reasons.

Educational Visits: This term the children will be visiting The University of Teesside to take part in the annual `Science is Great' event organised by Setpoint North-East. During this full day of activities your child will have the opportunity to experience a variety of hands-on scientific activities and take part in a group `design and make' challenge. The focus of the day, as always, is for children to explore and have FUN!

Mrs Lambe