Author & Illustrator Visit – 29th November 2022

Badger Class loved listening to a talk from Natasha Farrant and Lydia Corry about their book ‘The girl who talked to trees.’ Some even got a copy of the book signed too!

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Term 2 in Badger Class

Welcome back to Term 2 Badger Class. Term one seems to have flown by but then when we think of all the learning we have achieved, it also seems to have been a full packed term. It was lovely to see so many of you at our books and biscuits event and McMillan coffee morning. Badgers will also continue their ukulele lessons with Buster in the build up to Christmas.

Our learning this term –

Our focus is still driven through our Cornerstones topic of Dynamic Dynasties where the children will move onto life after the Shang Dynasty. Alongside this topic, we will be looking at Earth and Space through our learning in both English and Science. We will be looking at, amongst other things, the moon landings and planets and doing this through a variety of mediums including non-chronological reports and balanced arguments.

In Maths, we will start by looking at multiplication and division with a focus on multiples and factors. Can your Badger explain what these are? We will then be moving onto fractions, which is a very important part of our Year 5 maths curriculum.

Geography will see us looking at world cities and human geography before we look at transport links. In Computing, we will be developing our skills of drawing on the computer and looking at Vector drawings.

Quel temps fait-il? is our French topic where we will be developing our vocabulary for the different types of weather and Mrs Moss is planning that we will be writing our own weather reports.

Reading

Our new Accelerated Reader programme is now up and running. Children choose a book within their own personal range from our school library, read the book and then complete a quiz, answering comprehension questions about the book. Please do encourage your Badger to read as often as is possible at home.

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Exciting News! – September 2022

Badger Class loved hosting the MacMillan Coffee Morning on Friday 30th September for the school and the local community. The total amount raised was £430!

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Welcome to Year 5

Welcome to Badger Class! We hope you all had a fantastic Summer break and are ready for the exciting challenges ahead. We have been busy preparing our learning environment and all of our engaging curriculum so that we can start the year we mean to go on.

Mrs Moss will be teaching the class Monday to Wednesday and Miss Rockingham on a Thursday and Friday. We have been working closely together to plan a broad and balanced curriculum. Our timetable is available on the right of this page and each day the visual timetable will be updated so that everyone can see what is happening each day

Curriculum – Term One  
English – our class text will be the Firework Maker’s Daughter and we will be using this text to
develop both our reading and writing skills.
Maths – will see us developing our understanding of place value and looking at numbers up to
1,000,000. We will also be looking at Roman Numerals and determining the value of specific digits within a number.

Science – Forces and Mechanisms will be our focus.
History – Dynamic Dynasties – this project teaches Badgers about the history of Ancient China, exploring the first five Chinese dynasties.
Geography – Investigating our World – we will be looking at ordnance survey maps and then moving on to climates and time zones.
French – we will recap our previous knowledge to ensure we have a sound base to build upon,
including days of the weeks, months of the year and classroom commands.
Re – we will be considering the question – Why do some people believe God exists? We can’t wait to
get some debates and conversations around this very interesting topic.
Art – Tint, Tone and Shade – this unit will be completed through Outdoor Learning with Miss Webb.

Reminders

Ensure your child’s PE kit is in school and in their locker – PE is timetabled for a Monday but we will
try to add extra opportunities whenever possible.
Read! Listen to your child read and share a book together.
Home learning more details are to follow, please check Google Classroom regularly.
Spelling shed and TT rockstars – these are linked on the right, and are to be used regularly.

If you wish to speak to the class team, we are available for a quick conversation at the end of each
day. However, if you would like a more private or longer conversation, please make an appointment
by contacting us via the families email families@bethersden.kent.sch.uk