Should you need to contact Mrs Kennedy or Miss Hoy, please email office@brington.cambs.sch.uk

We will provide a response within two working days.

Learning At Home

All of your weekly homework, and any other home learning tasks will now be sent on Google Classroom.  The link for this website is below. 

Homework will be set every Monday and will need to be returned on the following Monday.

Please let us know if you need any help accessing or using Google Classrooms.

Autumn Term First Half 2025-2026

A wonderful new year for us to share with each other, where we will be working hard, learning new things and having fun!!

We have some fantastic topics to explore throughout this academic year and we are looking forward to spending the time with you all in Eagles class.

During the first half of the Autumn Term we will study European Geography and find out about the human and physical characteristics of different countries and cities in Europe.   In science, our first topic is Light.  We will find out how it travels, what happens when light travels though different materials, and discover how rainbows are formed.

Homework will be set on a Monday and collected in on the following Monday.

Mrs Johnson will be teaching you on Wednesday afternoons and is looking forward to our PE units of Dance and Tag Rugby.  Our PE days will be on Monday and Wednesday so make sure you come into school in your PE kits on these days.

Our medium term plan and knowledge organisers for science and geography are below if you would like any more details about the lessons we will complete this half term.

Please don't have any worries or concerns about school or homework.  We are always keen to listen, support and help you with anything you need.   

Mrs Kennedy and Miss Hoy

Summer Term 2.  2024-2025.

We have reached the last half term of this year - and the last half term at Brington for our wonderful Year 6 children!

I hope you have been busy learning your lines over the half term break for our end of year production.

This half term we will study Human Geography and will look closely at how different countries trade goods and services with each other.  We will link our DT work to this topic by exploring the development of cranes - hopefully designing and building our own by the end of the term.  

We will have Swimming every Monday and Wednesday so ensure you come to school in your PE kit and remember to pack everything you need for swimming.  

We will make sure we have plenty of time for rehearsals alongside a very busy half term!

Mrs Johnson will be teaching you as usual on Tuesdays. 

Please let me know if you need any help or support in any way.

Mrs Kennedy

Summer Term 1.  2024-2025.

I love the Summer Term with sunshine, swimming, school play and fresh air!

This half term we will study the Industrial Revolution and discover how this period in history dramatically changed the way that people lived and worked.  We will link our art work to this topic by exploring the work of L S Lowry who created some unique and fascinating pieces of art.

We will have Forest School every Thursday afternoon so ensure you come to school in the correct clothing including long trousers and long sleeved tops each week.

In science we will be using all of the knowledge we have gained about working scientifically to plan and complete a series of practical investigations designed to look at how to be fair and accurate with our planning and execution. 

Mrs Johnson will be teaching you as usual on Tuesdays.  This will include Athletics for our PE session, so please remember to wear your PE kits on this day.

Please let me know if you need any help or support in any way.

Mrs Kennedy

Spring Term 2.  2024-2025

Welcome to the second half of the Spring term where we should start to see longer hours of daylight and some warmer weather.  Fingers crossed for a move onto the field!!

This half term we are studying the Ancient Maya. This links very well to our Rainforest topic from last term.  We will look at the location and lifestyles of people from the Ancient Mayan civilisation and end the term with a DT topic linked to chocolate!

In Science we will find out how living things have evolved and adapted over time to suit their environments.  There are some super practical investigations linked to this topic including one with sweets!

Our PE days will continue to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so please come into school wearing your PE kit on these days.

Our text this term is 'The Nowhere Emporium' - an excellent book full of mystery and excitement.  

Please have a look at the medium term plan below if you would like any more detail about our learning for this half term. 

Mrs Kennedy

Spring Term 1.  2024-2025.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope you all had a relaxing break over Christmas and are now looking forward to being back together again in school for the next term.

This term our topic is Rainforests.  We will find out which parts of the world have the best conditions for rainforests to flourish and how each different layer of the rainforest can support different types of flora and fauna.  Our English text - The Explorer - is a fabulous book and we will study this during our guided reading and writing lessons.  

In science we are looking at animal and plant life cycles this term are will be creating diorama's in art.

Our PE lessons will continue to be on a Tuesday and Wednesday so please come into school wearing your PE kit on these days.

Mrs Johnson will teach you on Tuesdays as usual.

Please let us know if you have any concerns or worries.

Mrs Kennedy

Autumn Term - Second Half 2024-2025

For the second half of the Autumn term our class reading text is Floodland and this will provide us with more knowledge about the environment and climate change.  Our main focus will be Biomes of the world and we will think about the impact of climate change and how this affects different areas of the world.

Our Medium Term Plan document is below this post if you would like more detail about all of the learning we will enjoy this half-term.

PE lessons will continue to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so please come to school in your PE kits on these days.

We will always provide all of the equipment for school but, if you wish to, you may bring in your own small pencil case with your own equipment.  

Mrs Kennedy

New School Year 2024 - 2025

A fresh new year for us to share with each other where we will be working hard, learning new things and having fun!!

We have some fantastic topics to explore throughout this academic year and I am looking forward to spending the time with you all in Eagles class.

During the first half of the Autumn Term we will learn about North and South America and make comparisons to our own country.  We will find out about Christopher Columbus and investigate some of the discussions about his life.  In science, French and art we will study the earth in space and create some futuristic, multimedia artwork. 

Homework will be set on a Friday and collected on the following Friday.

Mrs Johnson will be teaching you on Tuesdays and is looking forward to our PE units of Hockey and Gymnastics.  Our PE days will be on Tuesday and Wednesday so make sure you come into school in your PE kits on these days.

Our medium term plan is below if you would like any more details about the lessons we will complete this half term.

Please don't have any worries or concerns about school or homework.  We are always keen to listen, support and help you with anything you need.