Year 5 and 6
Welcome to Elm Class! We are a mixed Year 5 and 6 class. Miss George is the class teacher. We have two teaching assistants supporting in the classroom: Mrs Toplis works in the classroom on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Mrs Carter works in the classroom all week. Mrs Kett will be with us in class on a Wednesday as well. We also have other people in to teach some of our lessons. Mrs Crawley, our Art specialist, teaches us Art and helps us to produce some wonderful pieces of work to display around the school. Our PE coach, Mr Wilson, teaches some of our PE lessons throughout the year and we learn a huge amount from him. This year, our whole class have the opportunity to learn to play the ukulele with Mr Murphy which was very successful and enjoyable the last time we did this. The children have the opportunity to learnt the piano with Alex as well.
The Year 6 children work towards their SATs in May and are supported in this throughout the year with things such as: before and after school clubs, targeted revision work to do both in school and at home and general help and support to reduce any anxiety by learning good strategies and techniques to cope with the tests and be able to do their very best.
Throughout the year, we work closely with the High Schools so that they can get to know the children who will be joining them when they leave at the end of Year 6. We take part in different activities at both Sir John Leman High school and Bungay High School where the children can get to know their new school and some of the staff as well.
We have many sporting events that take place throughout the year. After school clubs are run by our PE coach every week and the focus changes every half term so there will be something for everyone! We take part in competitions which are organised by our North Suffolk Sports and Health Partnership where we compete against lots of other primary schools in a range of sports. The is also the opportunity to join other clubs throughout the year such as Running Club, STEM club and Choir.
As a Year 5/6, the children have opportunities to take part in a variety of events throughout the year: Bikeability is for Year 6 children to learn how to ride their bike safely on the road with level 1 and level 2 worked towards, a residential trip to Aylmerton and a watersports trip allow the children to develop so many skills while having fun with their friends and Crucial Crew teaches the Year 6 about staying safe and we enjoy going every year.
Being the oldest children in the school, Year 5/6 can also take on more resposibility. They can become Junior Road Safety Officers and Sports Leaders to help both the school and the wider community in different ways. They deliver an assembly each week in groups to teach the rest of the school about that half term's Christian Value. They design, make and run games at the Christmas Fair to help raise money, often raising over £100 which is an incredible effort. The Year 6 children run a carousel of PE activities as part of our whole school sports day where the other children take part and score points for their team.
