Welcome to
Upper Key Stage Two
Staff
Miss Nuttall - Phase Leader and Class Teacher 6N
Mrs Cooper - Class Teacher 6C
Mrs Kelly - Class Teacher 5/6K
Miss Day - Class Teacher 5D
Mr Lock and Miss Keen - Class Teachers 5LK
If you would like to speak to a member of the team please pop into the office to make an appointment or e-mail Miss Nuttall on upperks2byron@thewestbrooktrust.org
Children's learning in UKS2 is supported by a team of teaching assistants (TAs).
Our TAs support in all classes, as well as teaching phonics throughout the school.
TAs in UKS2 - Mrs Baker, Mrs Reeve and Miss Khalid
Tuesday 3rd June - start of term 6
Tuesday 24th June - Junior Sports Day at Medway Park
Wednesday 2nd July - Primary School Proms trip to Chatham Central Theatre
Thursday 3rd July - Year 6 Secondary Transfer Day
Tuesday 22nd July - Year 6 leavers service
Tuesday 22nd July - end of term 6
PE - Term 4
5D - Monday (swimming) and Wednesday (outdoor)
5LK - Monday (outdoor) and Tuesday (indoor)
5/6K - Wednesday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor). Some Year 5s from 5/6K will be swimming with 5D.
6C - Monday (outdoor) and Thursday (indoor)
6N - Wednesday (outdoor) and Friday (indoor)
This term our indoor PE will be gymnastics and outdoor PE will be running.
Pupils should come into school wearing their PE kit.
If you need to contact us,
Curriculum
Information
Phonics and literacy
For more information on the teaching of phonics and literacy at Byron click here.
Maths
The main focus within Year 5/6 is using and applying our Maths knowledge.
Below are links to two documents showing what children should know and be able to do in Maths by the end of year 5 and 6:
Children should practise their times tables using the TT Rockstars app, Purple Mash and activties on the Top Marks website.
Our Curriculum Work Term 6
DT and History
In the final term of this year, our Curriculum subjects are DT and History.
DT
In DT we will be exploring how pulley systems work, then making our own castles complete with a drawbridge which will incorporate a working pulley system.
History
We will be looking in detail at four Queens of England, the impact they had on their subjects' lives and some of the key events that happened in their lifetimes.
Religious Education
Year 6 will be looking at different faith groups and their work with our local community, as well as the support they give to other communities in the UK and overseas.
Rights Respecting School
Article 7
The right to have a name. We encourage children to look into the meaning/origin of their names and make a picture any size, any style of their name for a display.
These are some of the websites that we like to use in school which the children have a log in for:
TT Rockstars - https://play.ttrockstars.com/
Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/byron-me7
myON (reading resources and quizzes) https://www.myon.co.uk/login/
Accelerated Reader https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/1893768