Class 3 is our final class. This is where you will find our upper Key Stage Two pupils; Year 5 and 6. Mrs James is the class teacher.

The curriculum in Class 3 is enriching and inspiring. A typical school day consists of English, Maths, Guided reading and a foundation subject in the afternoon such as Geography or Music.

In Class 3, the children are encouraged to become members of our Junior Leadership Team. The children become ambassadors for our school and are given many opportunities to represent our school and lead initiatives that support all areas of school life. Junior Leadership roles range from maths leaders to pastoral leaders. As well as Junior Leadership members we also have Foundation Buddies. These are Year 5 pupils, who buddy up with a foundation stage child. Buddies support our younger children with their transition to ‘big school’, they play with them on the playground and model exemplary behaviour.

Mrs James leads Computing, Maths and PE in school. She is passionate about sport and organises all the sporting activities and competitions for our school. She also enjoys maths and runs an annual X Factor times table competition. This sees children from each year group go head-to-head in a speedy multiplication contest.  Each year, Mrs James takes the class on a residential trip to the Lake District (this is Mrs James’ favourite time of year).  During the residential trip, children take part in activities such as caving, canoeing and ghyll scrambling. Another exciting trip that happens in Class 3 is a trip to London; this happens every two years. We travel to London on the train and visit the House of Parliament.

Useful Websites

Maths

Arithmetic – https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-papers/

This website has lot’s of practice papers for the arithmetic SATs Test (with answers). Great for practice at home

Times Tables Rockstars – https://ttrockstars.com

BBC Bitesize

• Bitesize – Mathematics – Handling Data You can do a lot with the information you find. Learn about understanding and presenting data in this section. Includes frequency diagrams, mean, mode and median and probabiltiy.
• Bitesize – Mathematics – Shape, space and measure. Find out about angles, lines and graphs. Important shapes and useful everyday measurements are also covered.
• Bitesize – Mathematics – Number work Activities to support work on decimals, fractions, percentages, operations and much more!

Maths – Woodlands Junior Variety of interactive mathematics games

Mathematics – Crickweb Interactive games to develop skills in all areas of maths.

Maths Online Games – Topmarks Lots of fun, interactive games to develop skills in all areas of maths.

Maths Mansion!! You are trapped in a Gothic mansion by Bad Man until you can successfully crack the maths challenges! Enter the television adventure game for 9 – 11 year olds

Maths Games Range of games to test your skills in all areas of Maths

Mathematics Who wants to be a Mathionaire ? Test your mathematical knowledge to win one million.

Maths Revision Series of activities to aid SATs revision covering previous SATs paper questions.

Fun mathematics games Fun games to practise times tables, number bonds and division facts.

Mental Maths Boost your mental maths skills with this quick fire game.

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/mentalmachine2.html

Mathematics Skills Revision Sample questions covering all areas of the Year 6 Mathematics Curriculum.

• SATS Revision Past SATS paper for English and Mathematics

English

BBC Bitesize

• Bitesize – Spelling and grammar Poor spelling and grammar can be really confusing! A good understanding of spelling and grammar will make you a better writer, reader and all round communicator. Help with nouns, adjective, punctuation and lots more !
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/
• Bitesize – Writing Writing is an important part of communicating with others. You need to write in a way your reader can easily understand what you are trying to tell them. Use this site to write in different genres.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/writing/
• Bitesize – Reading Reading fiction and non fiction texts including adverts, dictionaries and poetry. Learn how to look at language, layout and meaning.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/reading/

Literacy – Woodlands Junior Full range of activities to support all aspects of Literacy

Literacy – Crickweb Range of interactive games to support learning in all areas of literacy.

Hangman – http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacyresources/files/alpha/alpha.htm

Spelling Game – Look, Cover, Write, Check Fun activity to practise spelling tricky words.

Spellings Useful website to support with spelling

Literacy Printable Literacy revision activities.

Dictionary and Thesaurus Work Use your dictionary to complete these online activities.