Welcome to the Determined Deer Class Page!

The Determined Deer are taught by Miss Neall supported by Miss Richardson (Wednesday - Friday Afternoon).

Key Dates

Friday 13th September-  Enrichment Begins 
Wednesday 11th September - Meet the Teacher
Wednesday 18th September - Proud Peg Day 
Thursday 3rd October - Y5 Magistrates Workshop 
Friday 4th October - Grandparents' morning
Thursday 17th October - African Dance Workshop 
Friday 18th October - Last day of term 1

Tuesday 29th October - First day of term 2
Tuesday 5th November - Internet Safety Workshop
Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th Parents' Evening
Wednesday 20th November - Speak Out Workshop
Tuesday 10th - Panto Trip
Tuesday 17th - Performance at the church 2pm and 5:30pm
Thursday 19th December - Last day of term 2

Monday 6th January - First day of term 3
Friday 10th January - Young Voices Trip
Friday 17th January - Enrichment Start
Tuesday 11th February - Online Safety Day
Friday 14th February - Last day of term 3 

Tuesday 25th February - Allotment Trip - PM                                                                                                                                                          Wednesday 26th February - Tractor visit                                                                                                                                                                Thursday 6th March - World Book Day                                                                                                                                                                    Friday 7th March - Farmer Visit                                                                                                                                                                                Tuesday and Wednesday 11th/12th March - Parents Evening                                                                                                                            Wednesday 26th March - Open Afternoon 2:30-3:30                                                                                                                                          Friday 4th March - Last day of term 4

Tuesday 22nd March - Magna Trip                                                                                                                                                                          Thursday 24th March - First Swimming Lesson Day 

Here are our routines:

Monday

• Spelling test 
• Hand in homework

Tuesday

• New spellings 
• New homework set

Friday

• P.E. lesson with Synergy Sport - Please can your child come to school dressed in their P.E. kit

Homework

Reading: Your child will bring a reading book home from the School Library to read regularly (at least 5 times a week) at home. Please encourage your child to complete their reading diary to show when they have read.

On a Tuesday, your child will bring home a 60-second reading comprehension sheet to complete for the following Monday.

Spelling: On a Tuesday, your child will receive a Look Say Cover Write Check sheet to complete at home with 10 spellings. The spellings will also appear on this class page on the school website each week. These spellings are based on the National Curriculum and linked to the words, patterns or rules we will cover in class.

The children will be tested on these words on the following Monday.

Maths: The children will receive a sheet, with questions to complete at home, based on their learning in class during that week. This will be sent home on a Tuesday to be handed in on the following Monday.

The children can continue to practise times tables using Times Tables Rockstars at home. They will have a times tables test every Tuesday revisiting previously learnt times tables which will involve both multiplications and divisions.

Useful Links

Purple Mash
Times Tables Rockstars

Our Topics

Autumn - Dynamic Dynasties

This project teaches you about the history of ancient China, focusing primarily on the Shang Dynasty, and explores the lasting legacy of the first five Chinese dynasties, some of which can still be seen in the world today. You will also learn about our Solar System and its spherical celestial bodies. We will describe the movements of the Earth and the other planets relative to the Sun, the Moon relative to Earth, and the Earth's rotation to explain day and night. In Geography you will learn about the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and worldwide time zones and study interconnected climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. Children learn about human geography and capital cities worldwide before looking at the UK motorway network and settlements.

Spring - Sow, Grow & Farm 

In the Sow, Grow and Farm project, you will learn about allotments in the United Kingdom and how the government encouraged people to have them to support food rationing during the Second World War. You will learn about food webs and animal life cycles, including how living things are dependent on one another within a habitat. You will investigate the different ways that plants reproduce and will dissect flowering plants to identify the different structures. You will have the opportunity to learn about farming in the United Kingdom and the techniques used in modern farming, including the challenges that farmers face. You will learn about the benefits of eating seasonally and about the pros and cons of importing food. You will also learn about world farming and how the different climate zones affect where different foods can be grown.

Summer - Groundbreaking Greeks

In the Groundbreaking Greeks project, you will learn about different periods of Greek history, exploring the earliest civilisations, the devastation of the Dark Age and the breakthroughs and developments of the Archaic and Classical periods. You will understand how the geography of Greece affected the development of city states and explore Athens, learning about the structure of the government and society. You will get to know some of the most significant Athenians and understand why Greek art, culture, architecture, philosophy, medicine and mathematics were so significant. You will learn about the leadership of Alexander the Great and discover how ancient Greece became part of the Roman Empire after the Hellenistic period. You will explore how the Romans respected and developed Greek ideas, making them their own and spreading them throughout the Roman Empire. To end the project, you will decide which was the ancient Greeks' greatest idea, and explore how the legacy of ancient Greece affects their lives today.

Spellings Autumn Term 1

Week 1 - WB 9th September
Week 2 - WB 16th September
Week 3 - WB 23rd September
Week 4 - WB 30th September
Week 5 - WB 7th October
Week 6 - Consolidation week WB 14th October

Autumn Term 2

Week 1 - WB 28th October
Week 2 - WB 4th November
Week 3 - WB 11th November
Week 4 - WB 18th November
Week 5 - WB 25th November
Week 6 - Consolidation week WB 2nd December

Spring Term 1

Week 1 - WB 6th January
Week 2 - WB 13th January
Week 3 - WB 20th January
Week 4 - WB 27th January
Week 5 - WB 3rd February
Week 6 - Consolidation week WB 10th February

Spring Term 2

 Week 1 - WB 24th February
Week 2 - WB 3rd March
Week 3 - WB 10th March
Week 4 - WB 17th March
Week 5 - WB 24th March
Week 6 - Consolidation week WB 31st March