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Staff

 

Teacher: Mr Richards

 

 

Class Information:

 

  • Class starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.15pm

 

  • Water bottles containing water to be brought in daily with your child’s name clearly labelled

 

  • Fruit or vegetable snacks can be brought in for morning breaktime or purchased from the fruit trolley for 30p a day

 

  • Reading books to be brought in daily and will be changed as necessary

 

  • Homework is sent out every Monday and is to be completed and returned by Friday.  If there are any problems with the homework please let us know as soon as possible so that we can help

 

 

  • Label EVERY item of clothing clearly with your child’s name

 

If you wish to speak with us please make contact via email admin@porthcawlps.bridgend.cymru or ring 01656 815660.

Ms Rowley (headteacher), Mr Richards (Deputy) and Mrs Farmer (Engagement Officer) are also available on the yard at the beginning and end of the day.

 

Porthcawl Primary Curriculum:

Year 5 and 6

 

History

Geography

R.V.E.- Business and Social 

 

World History

Human Geography

RVE

Autumn 1- The British Empire

Empire & colonialism(CC, D, R9, R22)

India (D, R31,R32)

Identity and Belonging  (CC, D, R7 )

 

Ancient History

Physical Geography

Global Goals

Spring 1 – Changing World

The Black Death   (D, R24,27)

Climate change   (CC, D,  R24,)   

Climate Action Goal 13   (CC, D, R24)

 

Modern History

Country Study

RVE

Summer 1 -Countries in Conflict

WWII  (CC, D, R7,R8 )

UK  (CC, D,  R14)

The Journey of Life   (CC, D, R6,7,)

 

 

 

Science

Technology

Expressive Arts

 

Living things

Food

Drama

Autumn 2- Field to Fork

Human body & health (R 24)

Field to fork –Great Porthcawl Bake off (CC, D, R24)

Stand-up comedy (R 12)

 

Forces and energy

Create

Music

Spring 2 – Forceful Bridges

Electricity and magnets

Bridges (CC)

Rap (R12)

 

Matter & Materials

Computation 

Art

Summer 2 – River Banksy

Water - filters

Algorithms – Raspberry Pi

Banksy – Street Art- Bristol (CC,D, R12)

 

 

 

 

Language, Literacy and Communication

 

Year 5 and 6

Autumn 1

Spring 1

Summer 1

The Spider and the Fly – Tony Diterlizzi

Banksy graffiti examples

Baby Brains -Simon James

The Piano- Aiden Gibbons

Tales of Outer Suburbia – Sean Tann

Poetry linked to the sea

Range- Character description, persuasive letter, recipe, narrative

Range- news report, balanced argument, persuasive letter, news report

Range- Flashback story, poetry  instructions, diary entry, advert

Autumn 2

Spring 2

Summer 2

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick- Chris Van Allsburg

A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens (Muppets and Disney version)

Rose Blanche – Ian McEwan

The Arrival – Sean Tann

Theseus and the Minotaur

Range- Narrative (adventure, horror, Sci fi, fantasy, mystery, comedy, historical), Voice 21 individual presentation

Range- Diary entry, Persuasive letter, Flashback story, Voice 21 paired presentation

Range- Letter, narrative, NCR, narrative (myths and legends), Voice 21 group presentation



Mathematics and Numeracy

 

A wide variety of topics are covered including:  

 

Number

addition and subtraction

multiplication and division

Measurement

using scales in weight, length and capacity

convert between units of measure, measuring and drawing angles

Shape

 

recognise and describe 2D and 3D shapes including simple symmetry, area, perimeter and volume

Data

timetables, calendars, graphs (line, bar and pie chart), coordinates, conversion charts, average (mean, mode, range, median), probability

 

 

Number facts, relationships between numbers and times tables are taught through Big Maths.

The Big Maths scheme covers the 4 aspects of numeracy each day. Children are given number facts known as 'Learn its' to help improve recall of addition and multiplication facts which can then also be used for subtraction and division. In year 6 the Abacus maths scheme is also used.

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