Kingsway Primary SchoolTeam 5 2025 - 2026
Mrs Kelly
Welcome to Team 5
The adults who help us in Team 5 are:
Mrs Kelly - Class Teacher
Miss Humphries - Teaching Assistant
Miss Scudder - Teaching Assistant
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Reading
Reading is essential to all curriculum areas and we spend time focusing on reading every day. We use VIPERs from the Literacy Shed which are comprehensions. In our comprehension, we focus on understanding of vocabulary, retrieving information, summarising, giving evidence and inferring. Some children also have access to our phonics lessons, Read Write Inc, and our computer-based literacy programme IDL.
Children also experience the joy of reading through a whole class novel. The class novel is a time to come together around a powerful, relevant text that engages the children and promotes discussion. In Team 5, we read a range of exciting texts.
Reading at home is essential. All children have a stage reading book and a reading for pleasure book. The children should read 3 times a week at home and note it in their reading records. The reading records will be checked on a Friday.
Writing
Our writing lessons follow Pathways to Write, which is a programme of study designed to empower children to become confident and successful writers. The units of work centre on engaging, vocabulary-rich texts, with a wealth of both fiction and non-fiction writing opportunities.
Spelling
In Team 5, we have spelling lessons on a Thursday and Friday. Each week, we will learn a new spelling rule, which we are able to practise in class or online using Spelling Shed. Pupils are able to access this at home as well as in school and during lunchtime club if they would like to. Spellings go home on a Friday for pupils to learn in preparation to be tested on. We use a range of activities to practise our spellings such as Rollama and encourage the children to practise these at home too.
Mathematics
Mathematics lessons follow White Rose Maths, which aims to develop children’s mathematical fluency and their deep, long-term and adaptable understanding of maths. The children can then use this knowledge and understanding to solve a range of maths problems. White Rose Maths adopts a concrete – pictorial – abstract method that enables all children to access learning and lessons are differentiated so that all children achieve.
To supplement maths lessons, we also dedicate time each week to revisit skills previously taught through Flashback Four activities, we complete these three times per week We have also built fluency into our maths lessons where we dedicate time to rehearsing skills previously taught to improve fluency, accuracy and speed.
It's important that children are continually practising their times tables in Team 5. We have some time dedicated to practising these each week but the more your child can practice at home, the better! We use a range of activities to learn our tables but also encourage the children to use TTRS at school and at home too.
The Wider Curriculum
In Team 5, children are taught a broad and balanced curriculum that includes all of the National Curriculum subjects. Over the course of the year, different subjects are prioritised at different times to ensure coverage and maximum attainment in all areas. The curriculum is exciting, dynamic and has been designed to build upon the children’s prior knowledge.
Autumn 1:
This half term, we will be studying Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestandlt. Pupils will study the context of the text which is set during WW2. The outcome of our writing will be to produce a flashback narrative. During this topic, pupils will be immersed in a range of rich and varied vocabulary which they will also apply to their writing.
In maths, we will be learning place value and the 4 operations. We will use a CPA approach to learning, using models and manipulatives to underpin key abstract methods to develop our understanding.
Our driver project is linked to history this term, this is called Maafa - a topic about the slave trade.
Science, we are learning about properties of materials. We will investigate different materials and how scientific processes such as heating can affect these materials.
In computing, we are learning about commuting systems and networks where we will learn to work collaboratively in online communications.
In Jigsaw, our topic is “Being me in my world” looking at citizenships and our roles and responsibilities. In R.E we are studying the religion of Islam.
Autumn 2:
In English this half term, we will be studying the text Can we save the tiger? By Martin Jenkins. The outcome for our writing is a hybrid text consisting of explanation, information and persuasion. We will study key features of each text type and embed this into our final writing piece.
In maths, we are learning about fractions. In maths, we are learning to use multiplication and division skills by learning square and cube numbers. We are also learning about fractions - we will learn how to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions, adding fractions, and how to work out equivalent fractions.
Our topic this half term covers geography where we will identify key features of the Earth including lines of longitude and time zones.
In computing, we will be creating media in a web page creation. We will consider what makes a good website and how to apply this to a web page design.
In jigsaw, we are learning about celebrating our differences. We will learn about many differences people have and discuss how we can celebrate these.
In RE, will be learning about the religion Christianity and its links to Christmas.
Spring 1:
In English this half term we will be reading the classic narrative The selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde. The outcome is to produce our own version of the story using appropriate vocabulary for a classic text. In maths, we will continue to embed our knowledge of multiplication and division facts to supplement our learning of fractions. In addition to this, we will explore written methods for multiplication and division. We will further embed our knowledge of fractions as well as converting fractions, decimals and percentages. In Science we will be investigating forces and mechanisms. Our geography topic this half term is frozen kingdoms, where we will compare and contrast the Arctic and Antarctic regions and consider the impact of climate change.
In P.E we will be developing our understanding of tactics through netball and further developing our understanding of the importance of making and closing down space through football. In computing we will be learning how to manipulate variables in a game using Scratch. In R.E we will look at how promises and choices are made in different religions and what they mean. In Jigsaw we will think about our dreams and goals and what makes goals achievable.
Spring 2:
This half term, Team 6 will be reading Islands: A story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin. The book is a biography about the island of Galapagos from birth, through adolescence, to adulthood and beyond. We will end our unit by writing a journalistic report about the Islands. Alongside our main text, we will read the story of Jemmy Button, the story of a boy taken from his home of Tierra Del Fuego to become an English Gentleman by Captain Robert FitsRoy.
In Maths we will be learning about Area, perimeter and volume and how to calculate them. Later in the half term we will move on to statistics including interpreting data. In geography our Frozen Kingdoms topic will continue to develop key geographical knowledge and skills Including the characteristics of the polar regions.
In science, we will learn about animals and humans and consider the life cycles of different species. We will work scientifically to compare data and comment on the relationships within data commenting on positive and negative correlations to show our understanding.
In computing, we will be continuing our topic on spreadsheets learning formulas and how to present data.
In jigsaw, our next topic is healthy me where we will discuss how to keep our minds and bodies healthy. In my happy mind, we are working through our celebrate and going on to our relate module. We will continue to think about who we are grateful for and will use our character strengths to relate to others.
Summer 1:
This half term in English we will be reading Sky Chasers written by award winning children's author Emma Carroll. We will consider vocabulary used by different characters and how this may change. Evaluating the author’s language choice. We will be using everything we have learnt so far and expanding on it further to create descriptive narratives from the point of view of a different character.
In Maths we will develop our understanding of shape, position and direction (including translating shapes) and towards the end of the half term we will revisit decimals.
In science, we are learning about the Earth and Space. We will consider theories around the shape and positioning of the Earth in relation to the solar system. We will think about how night and day and seasons are caused.
During our history topic we will be discovering what it was like for Britain at war. Looking back at how wartime Britain affected different people including men women and children from different areas of the country.
Our computing topic will give us the opportunity to use Tinkercad to design a 3D model that could be printed.
Summer 2:
This half-term our focus text will be Manfish, a story of Jacques Cousteau. Written by Jennifer Berne. This beautifully presented biography will guide us through the life and achievements of the underwater explorer. At the end of our topic the children will create a biography all of their own focussing on the structure of biographies written by Alistar Humphries.
Our Maths focus for this half term will be negative numbers and units of measurements and how we can convert between metric and imperial measurements.
In science we will be learning about human reproduction and aging. To develop our understanding of how the human bod changes over time. Including ways to keep heathy and look after ourselves.
In Geography we will focus on farming around the world and why different vegetation is able to grow in different climates as well as the difficulties faced by farmers around the world.
Our PE Lessons will focus on Dance and creating and closing space through Rugby.