Welcome to Badgers

Key Information:

*Maths/English homework (alternating each week) will be sent out each Monday and will be due back in the following Monday

*Spellings will be sent home on a Friday and tested the following Friday. Spelling Shed is available for children to practise their spellings

*Year 6 may get additional homework to support their learning in preparation for SATs

*Your child should read 5x weekly and sign their reading diaries; I will collect these in each Monday

*Children have a TTRS login- this is a fantastic way for them to practise their multiplication facts- essential knowledge for all children!

PLEASE SEE CLASS DOJO FOR MORE UPDATES.

Topic Overview for 2025/2026

Autumn Term:
*Amazon: Rivers & Rainforests
*The Romans in Britain

Spring Term:
*How can we improve our local environment?
*The Mayans

Summer Term:
*The USA
*Anglo-Saxons & Scots

We are reading…
In our whole class reading lessons, we will be reading the following books:
*The Lost Whale – Hannah Gold
*Xanthe & The Ruby Crown – Jasbinder Bilan
*Sekllig – David Almond
*There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom – Louis Sachar
*The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
*The Final Year – Matt Goodfellow

We ask that you please do not encourage children to read these books before we have explored them as a class.