Welcome to Maple Class 2025-2026!

 We are a Year 5/6 class comprising of 33 wonderful pupils.

 Mrs Roberts teaches on a Monday and Tuesday & Mrs Symons teaches on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

 Our usual PE day is a Wednesday.

 Homework is set on a Friday, for the following Friday.

Home Learning for Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th June 2026

1) Please practice the following year 5/6 spellings: 

Muscle, immediate, disastrous, equipment, appreciate, category. 

2) Please use the following links: 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

EdShed - Educational products for spelling, phonics, literacy and maths

Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica – KS2 Maths game - BBC Bitesize

Crystal Explorers - KS2 English game - BBC Bitesize

3) Please remember to read your AR book. 

4) History Task - Research Howard Carter and what he found in Tutankhamun's tomb. You can create a PowerPoint or poster. 

6) Geography Task - Research and find some information about the highest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis. You can create a PowerPoint or poster. 

Newsletters

Homework due 12.12.25

•  Year 5 Maths (Page 23 - Mental x and division)
• Year 5 Reading (NOT THIS WEEK)
• Year 6 Maths (Page 34 - Mass)
• Year 6 Reading (Pages 16 & 17- The Rescue)
• Year 6 SPaG (Page 35 - punctuation marks)

 Spellings have been allocated on EdShed.

Converting fractions to percentages 10.12.25

 A useful link to secure your knowledge on today's learning! (YEAR 6 ONLY)  Converting fractions into percentages - KS2 Maths - Learning with BBC Bitesize

Maths

We use TTRockStars to practise our times tables. TTRockStars

Here are links to the songs we've been using to practise our times tables recall:

Three Times Tables SongFour Times Tables SongSix Times Tables SongSeven Times Tables SongEight Times Tables SongNine Times Table SongEleven Times Tables SongTwelve Times Tables Song

Formal Written Methods

In Year 5 and 6, the children consolidate their learning the formal written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (column and bus stop). If you would like to support your child with this at home, please take a look at our calculation policy to see how we teach them at school.