Kite Class
Kite Class
Teachers: Mrs Maddy Pengelly
Teaching Assistants: Mrs M Cornthwaite and Mrs N Hazzard
Welcome to the Summer term. We have an exciting curriculum planned for this term (more details below). If you do have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask any of the Kite staff.
Please can we remind everyone to ensure their child has a fruit or veg snack to eat at break. Also, remember we only allow water in the drink bottles.
Kite Curriculum Overview Year A 2025
Kite Class- Summer Term
English fiction will have a focus on suspense and action in our writing, using a finding tale. Non-fiction writing will follow, focusing on recount writing techniques. Poetry techniques will be taught during both the half-terms.. Pupils will also create their own ‘invent’ independent writing, to ‘show what they know!’ Spelling, punctuation and grammar will be taught throughout the year. Weekly spellings are attached below.
In Maths learners develop confidence dividing 1‑ and 2‑digit numbers by 10 and 100, building a strong sense of place value. They learn to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, even when the total goes beyond one whole. Pupils also explore families of equivalent fractions to deepen their understanding of proportional relationships. They recall factor–factor–product links across the 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 multiplication tables to strengthen mental fluency. Work with decimals includes adding and subtracting numbers to two decimal places, especially in contexts such as measures and money. Pupils find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares, helping them visualise space and shape. They describe and plot coordinates in the first quadrant, developing early graphing skills. Time becomes more flexible as they convert between analogue and digital formats, including both 12‑ and 24‑hour clocks. These skills combine to build a solid mathematical foundation. Altogether, the curriculum encourages accuracy, reasoning and confidence across number, shape and measure ‘Maths on Track’ (short burst sessions of 15 minutes) will continually revise and remind of topics taught.
Times Tables will be taught daily in short sessions. There will be an emphasis on oral rehearsal of the facts being learnt , as well as completing a practice booklet.
In R.E we will be asking : How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?
In this unit pupils will build on their knowledge about Jewish worldviews and way of life. They will recap work on Shabbat and deepen it by considering how different Jews today mark it. They will understand that Jews are diverse – beginning to use the language of Orthodox and Progressive. They will explore Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Pesach to build up their understanding of festivals and ideas of forgiveness, remembering, and freedom.
Science:
Plants:
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of plants; roots, stem, leaves and flowers.
- Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
- Investigate the ways in which water is transported within plants.
- Explore the role of flowers in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
All Living things:
- Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
- Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things
Computing
Data and information – branching databases
Learners will develop their understanding of what a branching database is and how to create one. They will use yes/no questions to gain an understanding of what attributes are and how to use them to sort groups of objects. Learners will create physical and on-screen branching databases. To conclude the unit, they will create an identification tool using a branching database, which they will test by using it. They will also consider real-world applications for branching databases.
Other curriculum areas for the term:
For the first part term, our topic work will have a History focus where we will be asking
How has crime and punishment changed overtime?
- To understand what we mean by crime and punishment
- To know some of the main features of crime and punishment over time. To know some of the main changes over time to the types of crime committed
- To understand how and why have punishments changed over time
- To begin to understand how have crimes been investigated over time
- To investigate how have our views about crime changed over time
To investigate how realistic the stories are about crime and punishment in the past
The second part of Autumn will have a Geography focus.
What’s it like to live in Bristol compared to Long Sutton?
This sequence of learning aims to enhance understanding of geography and the unique features of Bristol compared to Long Sutton. They will locate Bristol on a map and know the surrounding physical and human features. They will research how Bristol embraces its diversity through vibrant cultural festivals like St. Pauls Carnival, inclusive neighbourhoods such as Stokes Croft and Easton, and initiatives as a City of Sanctuary. They will look at how multicultural population, events, shops, and community programs foster unity, celebrate different cultures, and promote equality and belonging for all.
Art Skills:This term, the children will explore a wide range of creative techniques, including printing with found materials such as fruit, vegetables, wood blocks, string and simple press‑print methods. They will use their sketchbooks to record interesting textures and patterns, helping them observe and interpret both environmental and man‑made designs. As part of this work, the class will learn how to modify and adapt their prints to develop more confident, thoughtful artwork. Alongside printing, pupils will investigate pattern using paint, pencil, textiles, clay and digital tools, with a special focus on tessellation inspired by the work of M.C. Escher. They will also develop their drawing skills using materials such as pencil, charcoal, inks, chalk, pastels and ICT software. Altogether, these activities aim to build creativity, curiosity and a strong understanding of how patterns and shapes appear in the world around them.
DT – Seasonal Eating We will learn about various fruits and vegetables, and when, where and why they are grown in different seasons. Discover the relationship between colour and health benefits.
Music :Traditional instruments and improvision (India)Children listen to a range of rag and tal music, identifying traditional instruments as well as creating their own improvisations and performing as a class.ballads. Children learn what ballads are, how to identify their features and how to convey different emotions when performing them. Using an animation as inspiration, children carefully select vocabulary to describe the story, before turning them into lyrics by incorporating rhyming words and following the structure of a traditional ballad.
We will learn French. The focus will continue to be food related! Bon Appetit ! We will be learning about French food and exploring different cultural customsExploring different ways to say ‘the’ when talking about shopping; applying new vocabulary and sentence structures to tell their own simple story about a trip to the shops.
Weekly Spelling Tests will be on a Friday. All children have a paper copy and also a copy stuck in their reading record books.
ALL YEARS : Encourage your child to develop their Times Table knowledge
Reading- Please sign your child’s reading record every time they are heard reading. This will show a minimum of 4 reads a week is being completed. Reading record books will be checked every Friday and signed by member of Kite staff.
If you are using the AR scheme ,please log on below and complete a quiz. Always keep reading. Read aloud to an adult daily and read to themselves for at least 20 minutes a day, preferably more. Here is a link to questions to ask when listen to your child reading. If possible share stories as a family too. Write a book review for each book you read.
A reading website that has updated lists of children’s authors reading aloud and fun activities. https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-author-activities/?utm_content=1584565321&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Class work for children who are absent but able to work:
English
Have a go at the writing activities. Why not write your own tale using a character you have created and a detailed setting description? There are some help sheets below.
Create a character: Character Description
How do you write dialogue? Remind yourself here:Dialogue help Have a go at creating a setting: story-settings-writing frames
Children can write out the times tables. As a guide , begin with 10X, 5X and 2X. Move on to the others up to 12X. The corresponding division facts should also be learnt.
Reading 4 times a week for at least 20 minutes is encouraged. AR quizzes (for those using AR) can be accessed during school time.
Maths: Click on the links on the sheet.
Maths isolation workwho-was-jesus-6mv66c-9bc2d80dd348839
Time –
1.maths-ks2-lesson Time to the minute Powerpoint
1.maths-ks2-lesson Time to the minute worksheet
2.Telling-the-time AM PM answers
Here is some shape revision:
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