Badger Class
Class teacher’s welcome
Welcome to the Badger class page. We are very excited to share with you events that happen throughout the school year. In Badger, the children are provided with the skills and knowledge required to become aspirational, curious and enthusiastic lifelong learners.
This page has now been updated for Summer 2. Please see the new Knowledge organisers, overview of this term’s learning, home learning project suggestions, weekly spelling patterns and new images of our written methods in maths.
Mr Pickering
Curriculum news
At a glance – Summer 2
- Maths – Position and Direction; Converting Units; Volume; Investigations
- English – A variety of writing inspired by Shackleton’s Journey (William Grill)
- Science – Animals, including Humans (Life Cycles)
- RE – Creation and Science – Conflicting or Complementary?
- History – Ancient Greece (week 1)
- Geography – Extreme Environments (from week 2)
- PSHE – Growing and Changing
- DT – Gear and Pulley Models
- Music – Digital Composition
- French – Hobbies and Activities
- Computing – Programming (Micro:bits); Digital Composition
Home Learning
All children are encouraged to complete a home learning project to build on their class learning.
Ideas for this half term….
- Geography/Art – create a 3D model or sculpture of Mount Everest or of one of the important mountain ranges of the world.
- Geography/Maths – using the internet, track the temperature in a desert of the world over a number of days. Create a line graph. How cold does it get at night?
- Geography/Art – create a topographical map of Ilkley, West Yorkshire or the UK. How can you show the changes in altitude?
- History/Geography – Research Polar explorers such as Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen – create a poster profile.
- Art – Create a picture of an extreme environment. Can you use natural materials in your picture?
- Science – Create a colourful bar graph showing the life spans of different species of animal. Which lives the longest on average?
These projects are designed to run alongside the learning for the half-term and should be handed in on or before Monday 7th July 2025.
Spelling
At All Saints’ Primary School, we follow the Read, Write Inc. spelling scheme in Key Stage 2. Please find the plan for the teaching of the remaining Year 5 units below; plus a link to a record of those taught already this year. You may find it helpful to practise words from the focus pattern each week.
| Week | Focus | Example Words |
| Easter Holidays | – | – |
| 21st April | Orange Words (Y5/6 National Curriculum Word List) | convenience, muscle, disastrous, neighbour, interfere |
| 28th April | Y5 Unit 11 – Words ending in shus spelt -tious | cautious, infectious, scrumptious, ambitious, nutritious, superstitious |
| 5th May | Orange Words (Y5/6 National Curriculum Word List) | average, desperate, temperature, vegetable, frequently, equipment |
| 12th May | Y5 Unit 12 – Words ending in shul spelt -cial or -tial | official, special, social, artificial, financial, essential, partial, confidential, initial |
| 19th May | Orange Words (Y5/6 National Curriculum Word List) | bruise, nuisance, recognise, criticise |
| Half-term | – | – |
| 2nd June onwards | Recap and Consolidation | All units from Year 5 |
Archive: Previous Year 5 patterns and example words
In addition, children in Y5 and Y6 are beginning to learn a specific word list (as set out in the National Curriculum, English Appendix 1) that can be found in the centre of the school reading record or accessed here.
Dates for the diary
PE days – Monday (Mrs Cumberland – no PE on 9th or 16th June), Thursday (Mr Megson)
Summer 2
Y5 Tennis Trophy Visit (Tuesday 10th June)
Y5/6 Visit to Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts (Wednesday 11th June)
Y5/6 Sports Day – 17th June (pm)
Links to support learning
Reading
Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 20 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.
Read more about English in Y5 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study
Maths
Times Table Rock Stars (please ask if you need a reminder of your child’s login details) – all children are expected to be fluent in their tables up to 12 x 12 so regular practice is very helpful!
Written methods for addition, subtraction, short multiplication, long multiplication and short division are taught as in the pictures below.
Read more about maths in Y5 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study
Other useful links
Wildlife Trust – facts about the European Badger!
Badger Trust – support our class ‘mascot’!