Determined Deer Class Page!

A warm welcome to the Determined Deer Class page.

Our Determined Deer Year 5 class are taught by Miss Wiltshire and supported by Miss De Mooij.

This page will showcase the amazing work that has been taking place in class and also have important information.

 

Important information for week beginning 21/9/2026

No dates yet for this week :).

Important information for week beginning 28/9/2026

Tuesday 29th September - Mr Betts covering 9am until 10am.

Wednesday 30th September - Miss Wiltshire out all morning. Supply to cover.

Friday 2nd October - Grandparent's morning.

 

Timetable:

Monday - Times table test. Children will know which times table they need to practise.

Monday - Hand in homework for marking.

Thursday - PPA afternoon. Children will be taught by Mrs Duckitt and the PE coaches supported by Miss De Mooij. PE kits needed.

 

Please remember your water bottle, reading book and reading diary every day.

 

Homework:

Reading: Your child will bring a reading book home from the School Library to read regularly (at least 5 times a week) at home. Please complete your child's reading diary to show when they have read.

Spelling: Morphs spelling game. More information to follow.

Maths: Times Table Rockstars and Maths Journals. Children will be told which pages they need to complete from their maths journals each week.

 

Useful Links

Purple Mash
Times Tables Rockstars

 

Our Topics

Autumn - Dynamic Dynasties

This project teaches you about the history of ancient China, focusing primarily on the Shang Dynasty, and explores the lasting legacy of the first five Chinese dynasties, some of which can still be seen in the world today. You will also learn about our Solar System and its spherical celestial bodies. We will describe the movements of the Earth and the other planets relative to the Sun, the Moon relative to Earth, and the Earth's rotation to explain day and night. In Geography you will learn about the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and worldwide time zones and study interconnected climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. Children learn about human geography and capital cities worldwide before looking at the UK motorway network and settlements.

Spring - Groundbreaking Greeks

In the Groundbreaking Greeks project, you will learn about different periods of Greek history, exploring the earliest civilisations, the devastation of the Dark Age and the breakthroughs and developments of the Archaic and Classical periods. You will understand how the geography of Greece affected the development of city states and explore Athens, learning about the structure of the government and society. You will get to know some of the most significant Athenians and understand why Greek art, culture, architecture, philosophy, medicine and mathematics were so significant. You will learn about the leadership of Alexander the Great and discover how Ancient Greece became part of the Roman Empire after the Hellenistic period. You will explore how the Romans respected and developed Greek ideas, making them their own and spreading them throughout the Roman Empire. To end the project, you will decide which was the ancient Greeks' greatest idea, and explore how the legacy of Ancient Greece affects their lives today.

Summer - Sow, Grow & Farm 

In the Sow, Grow and Farm project, you will learn about allotments in the United Kingdom and how the government encouraged people to have them to support food rationing during the Second World War. You will learn about food webs and animal life cycles, including how living things are dependent on one another within a habitat. You will investigate the different ways that plants reproduce and will dissect flowering plants to identify the different structures. You will have the opportunity to learn about farming in the United Kingdom and the techniques used in modern farming, including the challenges that farmers face. You will learn about the benefits of eating seasonally and about the pros and cons of importing food. You will also learn about world farming and how the different climate zones affect where different foods can be grown.