Year 5/6 Van Gogh
Welcome to Van-Gogh Class!
At Knowle, classes are named after inspirational people and our class is named after the famous artist, Van-Gogh. Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life.. including some of his most famous works Starry Night and Sunflowers. The children already know and will continue to learn more about Vincent and why he is such an inspirational role model.
The class teacher this year is Miss Drage. We are also lucky to have many wonderful Teaching Assistants across Year 5/6, but mainly within our classroom you will find Mr Fenn and Mrs Gilpin.
Our topics this year are:
Autumn: World War Two
Spring: Anglo-Saxons
Summer: Vikings
We love to build a relationship with all children and their families and enjoy having that link, so please feel free to contact us whenever you need to. We hold an open door policy, so please come and speak to us and we will try and help in any way we can.
It is going to be a fantastic final year in Year 5/6!
P.E
Please note that we have PE on a Tuesday, so please remember to dress your child in their full PE kit on this day. Please ensure your child has their coloured PE top, PE hoodie, PE bottoms, hair tied up and jewellery removed on these days so that they are ready and safe to take part.
HOMEWORK
For Year 5 and 6, homework will consist of spellings to practice for a test on the following Friday. The spellings are linked to the National Curriculum. In addition, the children will bring home a Times Table Trek sheet with a range of times tables to solve. Please support your children in practicing them at home to enable them to progress further. Children will also be given topic homework each week, where they will get a chance to explore other subjects in more depth.
Please encourage your child to read for at least 20-30 minutes EVERY night.
READING
Children should bring in their reading records every day and are encouraged to read every night at home. Please do encourage your child to read at home, it'll make a tremendous difference to their confidence and attainment in class! The reading book you receive will be in line with your child's reading ability. The children are assessed regularly and book levels are set accordingly. Please try and complete their reading record by signing it to acknowledge they have read at home and we can check these in school and gets books quizzed and changed.
Thank you for your help, support and cooperation.
Below you will find a series of important website links you can use for learning at home: