Otley Class.
Hello and welcome to Otley's web page!
We are a Year 5/6 class, with Mrs Rowley as our teacher.
Mrs Willett is our Teaching Assistant and we are often supported by Mrs Mansfield. We are lucky to have Miss Nixon, Mrs Norwood, Mrs Smith and Miss Brown working with too!
End of Year Expectations
Autumn Term
Welcome to in Autumn in Otley Class! Oue topic title is Land of the Free. This will allow us to study the human and physical geography of the United State of America as well as look at some important cultural ideas from the USA. We will be encouraging the children to read books by American authors and those set in the USA.
English
Our class read is Holes by Louis Sachar. Most of our English work will be based on this book, our focus will be on the more challenging vocabulary and on answering questions by refering carefully to the text.
Maths
Maths covers a range of areas, some which we review and others we are learning about for the first time. We have spent time working on place value and calculations.
Our Medium Term Plan (MTP) provides more detail about what we are learning about this Autumn Term.
PE
We have one PE session each week, this will be on a Thursday morning this term.
RE
We will be learning about Christianity, particularly the importance of the incarnation of God.
French
Across the school, we are learning about places we might visit. Our focus will be using the correct article to go with the noun, as well as being able to read and write in French as well as speak it.
Art and DT
Our work in art will be based on the portatraits by an American artist, WE will be looking at the concept of power and identity as well as considering ways in which we can repeat and reflect patterns. In DT, we will be studying the importance of symbols on totem poles in Native American culture. We will think about usingthis symbolism to represnet ourselve.