Sea Lions Class
Sea Lions class is made up of Year 5 and 6 children. You can find relevant information regarding our class below.
Class team
Class Teacher: Mrs Amanda Masters (Tues – Fri)
Class Teacher: Mrs Michelle Price (Mon)
Learning Support: Mrs Batt and Mrs Williams
Our Timetable
Our Learning Environment
Learning in Sea Lions
As a school, we follow the Cornerstones Curriculum. Each ‘long’ term, the topics change. There is always one main topic (driver project) and several companion units.
In Terms 1 and 2 the driver project is a History unit called ‘Invasion’. This project teaches children about life in Britain after the Roman withdrawal. Children will learn about Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions up to the Norman conquest.
In Terms 3 and 4 the driver project is a Geography unit called ‘Misty Mountain, Winding River’. This project teaches children about the characteristics and features of rivers and mountain ranges around the world, including a detailed exploration of the ecosystems and processes that shape them and the land around them.
In Terms 5 and 6 the driver project is a History unit called ‘Ancient Civilisations’. This project teaches children about the history of three of the world’s first ancient civilisations: ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley civilisation. Children will learn about the rise, life, achievements and eventual end of each civilisation.
English
Children in Sea Lions continue to develop their reading and comprehension skills through whole class guided reading sessions. These sessions will focus on a variety of texts over the year, ensuring a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry is covered.
Our main English lessons are driven by The Power of Reading – a whole school learning and teaching approach which engages teachers and children in the English curriculum through the use of high quality texts and proven teaching approaches. These texts will vary and change across the terms.
We will also be taking part in regular handwriting sessions, following Letter-Join's handwriting scheme. On Mondays, we will also have a focus sessions on key aspects of Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG).
Reading
Sea Lions are given regular opportunities to read independently throughout the week, with the aim to foster both fluency and enjoyment. To support their choices, we use Accelerated Reader (AR) which provides a reading level for them to read within.
Maths
We use Power Maths to plan our maths learning at Bethersden, supported with a range of practical activities to ensure that each child has a secure understanding of the concepts taught. We will be teaching each year group in isolation across the year, with Year 5 taught by Ms Heaton/Mrs O’Neon and Year 6 taught by Mrs Masters/ Mrs Price.
They will both cover a number of topics, including place value, the four operations, fractions, decimals, percentages, time, measurement and data handling.
Home Learning
Bethersden Bingo - Home learning will be set termly for children and their families to work through over a number of weeks. These tasks will cover several curriculum topics areas and include physical activities, discussions, questions to explore and longer projects.
Reading, spellings (via Spelling Shed) and times tables (via TTRS) will continue to be set. Reading is a priority and children should be encouraged to read and share stories regularly, recording this in their reading record.
How can you support your child?
There are many ways that you can support your child to have a happy year in school!
- Please make sure that they are on time, have the correct uniform and have had a healthy breakfast.
- Reading, reading and more reading! In any form, this will help foster a love of books – something that we are passionate about at Bethersden Primary.
- Please ensure that they have the correct PE kit. Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday, so please ensure your child comes into school on these days wearing their PE kit.
- Provide a water bottle, making sure these are filled with water only and not squash/juice.
- Please provide appropriate clothing, specifically for OPAL, as we will not let the weather stop us! Ensure wet weather clothing and wellies are clearly named and labelled.
Contact us
We are always available after school if you need a quick catch up. If you need a longer or more private meeting, please book this in at the office and we will be happy to accommodate.
If you have a non-urgent message for the team, you could contact the school office and the message will be passed on to the class team.
With warm wishes,
Team Sea Lions
