Welcome to Mr Ward's Class, Years 5 and 6

Welcome To Mr Ward’s Class Page

Thank you visiting our class page. We are a mixed Year 5 and Year 6 class. In our class we have Miss Eaton who helps us.   

We have lots of exciting and interesting activities happening throughout the year so please keep visiting this page to find out about our learning.

To find out more about our current topics and lessons, please see our termly class newsletter.

Homework will go out on Friday, to be completed by the following Wednesday, unless otherwise stated. Homework will include, spellings taken from the National Curriculum for KS2, and a maths revision activity or written task. If you have any queries during the term please don’t hesitate to come and see me after school.

Mr Ward

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End of Year Expectations

Here you will find information for parents and carers on the end of year expectations for children in our school. The staff have identified these expectations as being the minimum requirements your child must meet in order to ensure continued progress throughout the following year.

All the objectives will be worked on throughout the year and will be the focus of direct teaching. Any extra support you can provide in helping your children to achieve these is greatly valued.

If you have any queries regarding the content on this page or want support in knowing how best to help your child please talk to your child’s teacher.

Year 5 Expectation

Writing
  • Add phrases to make sentences more precise & detailed.
  • Use range of sentence openers – judging the impact or effect needed.
  • Begin to adapt sentence structure to text type.
  • Use pronouns to avoid repetition.
  • Use: Brackets, Dashes, Commas
  • Use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity.
  • Link clauses in sentences using a range of subordinating & coordinating conjunctions.
  • Use verb phrases to create subtle differences (e.g. she began to run).
  • Consistently organise into paragraphs.
  • Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly).
  • Legible and fluent handwriting style.
Mathematics
  • Count forwards & backward with positive & negative numbers through zero.
  • Count forwards/backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1000000.
  • Compare & order numbers with 3 decimal places.
  • Read Roman numerals to 1000.
  • Identify all multiples & factors, including finding all factor pairs.
  • Use known tables to derive other number facts.
  • Recall prime numbers up to 19.
  • Recognise PV of any number up to 1000000.
  • Round any number up to 1000000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000 or 100000.
  • Round decimals with 2dp to nearest whole number & 1dp.
  • Add & subtract: Numbers with more than 4-digits using efficient written method (column). Numbers with up to 2dp.
  • Multiply: 4-digits by 1-digit/ 2-digit
  • Divide: 4-digits by 1-digit
  • Multiply & divide: Whole numbers & decimals by 10, 100 & 1000
  • Count up/down in thousandths.
  • Recognise mixed numbers & fractions & convert from one to another.
  • Multiply proper fractions by whole numbers.
  • Solve time problems using timetables and converting between different units of time.
Reading
  • Summarises main points of an argument or discussion within their reading & makes up own mind about issue/s.
  • Can compare between two texts.
  • Appreciates that people use bias in persuasive writing.
  • Appreciates how two people may have a different view on the same event.
  • Draw inferences and justify with evidence from the text.
  • Varies voice for direct or indirect speech.
  • Recognise:
    • clauses within sentences
  • Uses more than one source when carrying out research.
  • Creates set of notes to summarise what has been read.
Recommended Reading List

Year 6 Expectation

Writing
  • Write different kinds of sentence: statement, question, exclamation, command.
  • Use expanded noun phrases to add description & specification.
  • Write using subordination (when, if, that, because).
  • Correct & consistent use of present tense & past tense.
  • Correct use of verb tenses.
  • Correct & consistent use of:
  • Capital letters.
  • Full stops.
  • Question marks.
  • Exclamation marks.
  • Commas in a list.
  • Apostrophe (omission).
  • Introduction of speech marks.
  • Write under headings .
  • Evidence of diagonal & horizontal strokes to join handwriting.
Mathematics
  • Compare & order numbers up to 10000000.
  • Identify common factors, common multiples & prime numbers.
  • Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy.
  • Multiply: 4-digit by 2-digit
  • Divide: 4-digit by 2-digit
  • Add & subtract fractions with different denominators & mixed numbers.
  • Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in the simplest form.
  • Divide proper fractions by whole numbers.
  • Calculate % of whole number.
Reading
  • Use subordinate clauses to write complex sentences.
  • Use passive voice where appropriate.
  • Use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely (e.g. The fact that it was raining meant the end of sports day).
  • Evidence of sentence structure and layout matched to requirements of text type.
  • Use: Semi-colon, colon, dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses. Correct punctuation of bullet points. Hyphens to avoid ambiguity. Full range of punctuation matched to requirements of text type.
  • Use wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs.
  • Use paragraphs to signal change in time, scene, action, mood or person.
  • Legible, fluent and personal handwriting style.
Recommended Reading List
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