Our class is proudly named after Nelson Mandela, a truly brave and inspirational man who taught the world so much about courage, kindness, and equality. This year, we will learn from his incredible example, showing respect and friendship to our classmates and teachers in all our activities. Whether we are tackling tricky maths challenges, reading amazing new books, or creating fantastic art projects, we will always try our very best. We are a team, and together we will make our classroom a wonderful and fair place, just like Nelson Mandela wished for the world.

Our transdisciplinary themes for this year:

As part of the IB PYP, we have the six transdisciplinary themes that help us to develop a programme of inquiry into these important concepts. Each term, we focus on one of these themes, this term is ‘how we organise ourselves’. This transdisciplinary theme is explained using the following descriptor: inquiry into the nature of the self, beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human. To ensure coverage, each year group is allocated part of the descriptor to focus on in more detail. By doing so, we can confidently ensure that each child will have explored these ideas – through age-appropriate and relevant inquiries – by the time they leave us in Year 6.

Below are the six transdisciplinary themes that we will cover throughout the year: 

  • Who we are
  • Where we are in place and time
  • How we express ourselves
  • How the world works
  • How we organise ourselves
  • Sharing the planet

Homework

Homework will be sent home every Friday and is due back the following Thursday in order to consolidate their core knowledge and skills.  This will consist of:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Maths Arithmetic task
  • TTRS
  • Spelling Shed
  • Reading 3 x per week

Reading

Children are encouraged to independently change their own books so that they regularly have access to an engaging text. They read with an adult as often as possible to ensure that the book band that they read from is appropriate and supports their progress and reading skills. We ask that when children read, it is recorded in their reading record.

PE

Children will have PE on a Monday and Thursday where they will be required to come into school in their full PE kit to wear throughout the day. 

Knowledge Organisers

Module 1

who we are

Central Idea:
Early humans may have experienced life differently

Line of Inquiry 1:
Clues about the past (form)

Line of Inquiry 2:
Structure and organisation of communities (function)

Line of Inquiry 3:
Use of land over time (change)

Core text and writing outcomes:

Hidden Figures

  • Diary
  • Instructions
  • Non-Chronological Report

Maths:

  • Place value
  • Addition
  • Subtraction

Science:

  • Rocks 

History (Social Sciences):

  • The Stone Age

Geography (Social Sciences):

  • Geographical features of the UK

Spanish:

  • About me

Computing:

  • Computing systems and networks

RE:

  • Hinduism

PE:

  • Dodgeball

Art (Arts):

  • Cave paintings

Music:

  • I’ve been to Harlem

PSHE:

  • Keeping Safe