Year 5 & 6 – Herons

The teachers in Herons are Miss Emsley and Mrs Robbins

     

Mrs Robbins                                   Miss Emsley

Welcome Message

Welcome to the Herons class page!

Herons are a hard-working group of children, who work well independently and effectively in a team. We are also resilient and put 100% effort in anything our minds are set on. We are all supportive of one another and love to celebrate sharing our shine!

Ready to Learn

Year Group Ready Leaflets

   

 

Year Group Leaflet  Year 5

Year Group Leaflet – Year 6

Termly Welcome Back Letters

Class Welcome Back Letter September 2026 Herons

Class Welcome Back Letter Spring Herons

Curriculum Overview

UKS2 Autumn Curriculum Overview 2026-202 Autumn

Curriculum Overview Summer 2026

Curriculum Overview Spring 2026

Curriculum Overview Autumn 2025

Recommended Reading

In Year 5 and 6 the children are encouraged to read increasingly challenging texts which are sometimes difficult to choose! To help, we have come up with a list of appropriate texts that we recommend, a lot of which can be found in our school library.

Year 5/6 recommended reading

Maths

This Autumn term, we will be mastering the following in maths:
The links below will take you to the pupil platform, where you can view the original lessons that we use and adapt to best support the needs of our pupils. 
 
Calculating using knowledge and structures:
Numbers up to 10,000,000
Money
Money: apply efficient strategies when calculating with money
 
Children also take part in a range of short, focused Maths activities throughout the week. These help to develop fluency, improve recall of key knowledge, build confidence with calculation, and ensure important mathematical skills are regularly revisited:
Fluent in Five ​1. DAILY Fluent in 5 8.45-9am​
During registration every morning, children will complete ‘Fluent in Five’. Fluent in Five is a short daily maths practice that helps children build fluency and confidence with key number skills. Through five minutes of regular retrieval and calculation practice, children strengthen their understanding of maths facts and methods, helping them become quicker and more accurate mathematicians.
Rapid Reasoning
Rapid Retrieval is a short daily activity that helps children recall and apply key knowledge from previous learning. Regular retrieval practice strengthens memory, deepens understanding, and helps children make connections across different areas of the curriculum.
Arithmetic Test
Our weekly Arithmetic Test is a further opportunity for children to practise and apply key calculation skills. These short assessments help build fluency, identify areas for further support, and ensure children develop confidence and accuracy in mathematics.

Homework

Homework expectations for Herons:

Weekly spellings. Children will be given a copy to take home and a copy to keep in school. Children will be expected to learn their spellings on Edshed and/or evidence their learning in their spelling books – this will be checked. Mrs Pywell will go through the new spellings with them on a Monday. Mrs Robbins will test them on a Friday and hand out the new ones to learn for the following Friday.

Schofield & Sims Maths homework. 1 page to be completed every week by Friday, when it will be marked.

Daily reading. Children will be sent home with an appropriate reading book. They should be reading for 10minutes each day, and should record the pages they have read in their reading record. Children will receive a merit if they have read 5 days that week, and 2 merits if they’ve read daily. Their reading records will be checked daily. Children may read and record their reading themselves, although we would also encourage some regular reading time with your child – once or twice a week would be wonderful to help them develop their oral literacy skills.

 

 

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