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Maths
At East Farleigh we follow the Power Maths programme. Below are the units we study each term.
It is important to support the children by helping them to learn their times tables using TTRS.
Hit the Button is also a useful website for practising doubles, halves, division facts, times tables, square numbers and number bonds.
You can also find quizzes to support the units we are studying here:
Reading
Children in Key Stage 2 at East Farleigh use the Accelerated Reader (A.R.) programme to support their independence in selecting books that are appropriately pitched to promote fluency and comprehension skills at exactly the right level. This helps to secure the very best progress from each and every child, whilst still allowing plenty of choice and autonomy in being able to select books that appeal to their individual interests.
It has proved to be a very effective system for motivating children and ensuring good progress in reading. Children have access to a range of beautiful books in their class libraries; these are regularly replenished from our school library.
It is vital that you and other family members continue to listen to your child read as they progress through the school. This not only helps support their fluency and comprehension, but it can also lead them to develop a true love and enjoyment of reading as they will see first hand the pleasure you take in listening to them share their stories with you. It is important that you capture these moments by writing in your child's reading record book; this also gives us a useful measure to see how regularly children are reading.
Some useful links that may also be helpful in supporting reading are below:
BBC Bitesize Year 5 Comprehension
Top 100 Recommended Reads for Year 5
Spelling / Vocabulary Building
In Key Stage 2, the children follow Pathways to Spell. This is a programme of spelling objectives that we teach daily to ensure pupils become confident and competent spellers. At home, some of the spellings they may need to recap on are common exception words for years 3-6.
The Year 3 & 4 words are: 
The Year 5 & 6 words are: 
It is always beneficial to practise these at home. Fun ways to do this could be:
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Make the spellings using scrabble letters
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Write each letter in a different colour pen : s p e l l i n g
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Paint the spellings
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Put the spellings onto flashcards and see how many you can spell out loud in a minute.
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Pyramid spellings e.g.
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sp
spe
spel
spell
spelli
spellin
spelling
Enrichment across the curriculum
Our topics this year are Sow, Grow Farm, Groundbreaking Greeks and Dynamic Dynasties.
Here are some useful links that may support their learning:
Sow, Grow, Farm
How to take a six-figure grid reference with Steve Backshall and Ordnance Survey
BBC Bitesize Exploring food and farming in the UK
