Summer Term 2026

Reading 

In the Summer Term the children will have the opportunity to look at texts and extracts in depth, discuss vocabulary, write predictions and answer SATs style questions. The children will be looking at different question types such as inference, retrieval, vocabulary, summarising, explanation and comparison.  

To help your child at home, please continue to encourage them to read daily and record their progress in their reading records for the teachers to see. Please continue to explore Sora, an excellent online library with so many wonderful books and audio books to read/listen to.  

Writing 

In the Summer term the children will be looking at the following texts: Rooftoppers, Gravenhunger, Rock, Paper, Scissors and Basher History. The children will write to advise, narrate, inform and entertain. The children will make predictions from the text, continue their narratives, summarise the main ideas from parts of the story and identify the main ideas and write letters. The children will integrate dialogue to convey character, use dashes, colons, semi colons, extended noun and adverbial phrases for description and practise the skills learnt in the previous terms.   

Maths 

In the Summer term, the children will be focusing on the following units:  

Year 5: Shape, Position and Direction, Decimals, Negative numbers, Converting units and Volume.    

Year 6: Shape and Position and Direction. After SATs the children will be continuing to do some investigations in maths.  

RE

In Summer 1, Rowans will explore the theme of divine and answer the key question – what Bible stories lead Christians to believe that Jesus is God on Earth? By the end of the unit, children will be able to describe the ideas about the concept of divine, and describe why the concept of divine is important to Christians. They will also be able to describe why the concept of divine is important for Christians and what the concept means to them.

In Summer 2, Rowans will explore the concept of Umma and why this is important for Muslims. By the end of the unit, children will be able to explain some examples of how they relate to the theme of community and what this means in their own and others’ lives. They will also be able to respond creatively to the concept of community understanding the value of Umma in Muslim’s lives

French 

• In French this term the children will explore the French speaking world. They will learn how to contract the preposition ‘à‘ when it is used with the definite article of a noun, how to contract ‘de‘ when it is used with the definite article of a noun and to know which specific verbs must be used with the three categories of weather expressions. The children will locate French-speaking countries on a map and show an understanding of national identity and begin to consider stereotypes.  

Computing 

In computing the children will identify different types of AI and their applications in everyday life. Explore text-based and image-based AI tools to understand how they generate content. Apply coding skills like decomposition and pattern recognition to interact with AI applications. Analyse the effectiveness of prompts and refining them for improved AI outputs and explore ethical considerations around AI use and its impact on society. 

PSHE 

The children will be learning about safety. This will include online safety, recognise when someone is choking, understand some of the reasons adults decide to drink or not drink alcohol, understand that other people can influence our decisions but we have the right to make our own choices and in the second half of term the children will be covering Sex Education units.  

Music 

In music the children will understand how to clap a steady pulse, fit two ostinatos together, create an accompaniment, create an extended melody and practise it and create sound effects to fit with an accompaniment. It is also the term we practise and perform the play so the children will be learning songs and dances for this.  

Science

This term our topics are Forces that Oppose Motion and How Light Behaves. In Forces, we will be investigating the effects of air and water resistance on different shaped objects along with how different surfaces affect friction. In our Light topic, will be investigating how light travels including through different objects and how light and object affect shadows. We will also be exploring how our eyes work and how we see things.

Art

In art, we will be starting to explore coiled clay pots linking our learning to our history topic in order to make Greek pots. We will be sketching our pot ideas considering shape and themes pictured on the pots and whether they will be red or black figure pots. We will also be learning about clay skills by using tools, making coils and using slip.

Design Technology

We will be exploring seasonality and bread in our food DT topic this term before making fairground rides linked to our science topic where we will be using pulleys and electrical circuits to make the rides work.

Geography

In geography we will be looking at the deserts and the desert climate and whether we would like to live in the desert based on our explorations about the advantages and disadvantages of the Mojave Desert in North America.

History

Following on from the Ancient Greeks, we will be comparing and contrasting other ancient civilizations of the Ancient Egyptians, Indus Valley, Shang Dynasty and Ancient Sumer focusing on where and when they were around and what they discovered and how their legacy links to today.