Boynton Primary School

Welcome To Class Three! Years 5 & 6

Our teacher is Mrs. Atkins and our teaching assistants are Mrs. Mortimer and Miss Usher.

CLASS 3 NOTICEBOARD

Robinwood 2026 Letter Home

Important Class Information

PE: This takes place on a Thursday afternoon. Please send your child into school with their PE kits and remove jewellery if they are unable to remove it themselves.

Reading: Please remember to keep reading with your child every night. Even if they are able readers please ask them questions and discuss what they are reading. We would like children to read at least 5 times a week. Just a quick note in their reading record book, together with a parent/carer signature, will earn them rewards such as team points.

Maths Homework will be given out on a Thursday to be completed and returned by the following Monday. Please ensure your child completes all of their homework every week.

Grammar Homework for Y6 is given out on a Monday and is to be completed and returned by Thursday. Please ensure your child completes all of their homework every week.

Spelling: Spellings are sent home on a Monday to be learnt for a test on Friday.

Here is a timetable of a typical week in Class 3 - Spring timetable.pdf

Our topic this term is.....

Earth and Space

Welcome back to Class 3! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break and are feeling refreshed for the exciting term ahead. This term, our learning will take us on an adventure beyond Earth as we investigate space and discover the wonders of our solar system.

If you have any interesting resources, objects, or knowledge related to this topic that you would like to share with us, please do get in touch.

Literacy this term continues to follow the Pathways to Write curriculum, using Kai and the Monkey King by Joe Todd-Stanton as the focus text. Children will explore the features of myths through reading and discussion, before developing their own writing skills through planning, drafting, and editing. They will create their own myths set in Ancient China, designing original characters such as heroes, villains, and mythical creatures, and developing imaginative settings inspired by the period.

We will continue to prepare for our 'SATs' in May and as always, our emphasis will be grammar, spellings, punctuation and reading through daily practice, weekly guided reading sessions and booster lessons.

Numeracy lessons will follow the White Rose Year 5 and Year 6 curriculum, covering a wide range of mathematical areas including number and place value, the four operations, fractions, measurement, geometry, statistics, algebra, and ratio and proportion. All pupils will take part in targeted maths intervention sessions, with Year 6 children also receiving additional booster lessons to support their preparation for SATs.

This term in Geography, our learning will bring us back to Earth as we explore the theme of Extreme Earth. We will study some of the planet’s most powerful natural events, including destructive storms, explosive volcanic eruptions and vast tsunamis, and examine the effects these phenomena have on people, settlements and the natural environment.

Our History work will take us beyond Earth as we investigate the origins of astronomy and the invention of the telescope, study the moon landings, and explore the story of space exploration, including the space race between the USA and the Soviet Union.

Art lessons this term will be vibrant and expressive as we draw inspiration from American artist and space enthusiast Peter Thorpe. We will explore how he combines abstract backgrounds with detailed foreground imagery and use these techniques to create our own imaginative artwork. Pupils will develop their skills in using bold colours, rich tones and varied textures to produce striking pieces of art.

Design and Technology will test our skills as we plan, design and build our very own 'Mars Curiosity Rover' by constructing a chassis with axels and wheels, and use the ‘Crumble Playground’ to create an algorithm to program the Rover and navigate it around obstacles on a Martian terrain before halting it at ‘Gale Crater’.

In Science, we will continue our learning through the Seeing Light unit, where we will explore how light travels, how shadows are formed and change, and examine the structure and function of the human eye. We will then move on to a physics-based unit on Space, focusing on the Sun, Earth and Moon. Pupils will learn how scientists discovered that these bodies are spherical, compare their sizes and distances, and investigate how day and night, the seasons and different time zones occur. We will also study how the planets and the Moon move across the sky.

Throughout the term, there will be many opportunities for hands-on experiments, research and investigations to strengthen practical skills and deepen understanding of the physical sciences.

Music will see us continuing to develop our skills of the 5 strands of the 'Model Music Curriculum' which are: performing, listening, composing, the history of music and the inter-related dimensions or elements of music. This term will focus in particular on beat, rhythm, baseline and riffs and play them using body percussion and our voices, before exploring the music of the Argentine Tango and study its texture, articulation and rhythm. We will also continue to incorporate other musical cultures into our curriculum through our music appreciation assemblies so our pupils learn to respect and value music from all over the world.

Religion and World Views will focus on the concept of 'Living a Faith' from the perspective of the Christian and Buddhist belief and contemplate what contributes to a sense of identity and belonging. We will look at how having a faith shapes a person’s identity and question whether a person can be spiritual without being religious. We will also study how Siddhartha Gautama gained the title ‘Buddha', what Buddhists believe will happen when someone dies and how these compare to Christian beliefs. We will also study the Easter story from different perspectives and the dilemmas of the three Marys, the disciples, Pontius Pilate and Barabbas.

P.S.H.E over the course of the term will address issues around 'Going for Goals' which focuses children on persevering - regardless of how difficult a task may be. This theme follows the key aspect of motivation and self-awareness and gives an important opportunity for all children’s abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued. Our school themes this term are 'Aspiration' and 'Resilience' which will be incorporated into class discussions and provide children with an opportunity to discuss issues that are important to them. We will also reflect upon British Values and the 5 strands of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance.

At Boynton, we recognise the importance of promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to our students and their families. We aim to create an open culture around the discussion of mental health and wellbeing and to empower our children be able to regulate their emotions. By implementing the Zones of Regulation curriculum we aim to teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with bank of strategies to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.

P.E for Class 3 will see the children continuing to develop the invasion game of football by focussing on the skills of turning and running with the ball, keeping possession, setting up others to shoot, denying space, covering a defender, penalty shooting and goal keeping. Cricket will follow as we focus on calling for runs with a partner, keeping wicket, attempting to bowl with a run up and correct ball grip, specific fielding positions and attacking fielding roles.

French this term will focus upon 'Space' as the children develop their understanding of the language by speaking and listening and reading and writing. French phonics will be taught through the use of sounds, actions and spelling games and children will learn about some of the cultures and traditions of France through activities, conversations, music and role play.

ICT over the course of this term will focus on 'Word/Typing' skills to use and combine a variety of software to present data and information. We will also develop our coding and programming skills in conjunction with our D&T unit to sequence, select and repeat a variety of programs. We will work with variables and various forms of input and output to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.

We really appreciate your support by encouraging your child to read at least 5 times a week, to practice their spellings and to complete their homework and return it back to school on the hand in date. Many thanks.

YEAR 6 ROBINWOOD RESIDENTIAL TRIP, SEPTEMBER 10th-12th 2025

Day One: We solved problems to escape the dungeon, practiced our target skills in archery, tackled the heights of the giant swing as well as taking on the climbing wall..

Day Two: Tackling the highs of the trapeze, solving the problems in the Knights Quest, conquering the zip line, and trying to avoid the Piranhas in the pool!