Welcome to Oak Class
I am delighted to welcome Oak Class pupils and their families to the new school year, and am looking forward to getting to know everybody. This will be an exciting year of learning, growth and new adventures as children build on their skills, develop confidence and work together as a team. There is a lot to look forward to and I can't wait to see the enthusiasm and creativity that every pupil brings to our classroom. The adults working in Oak Class this year are myself (Ms Leeb) and Miss Taylor.
For a half-termly curriculum map and a copy of our 'Meet the Teacher' presentation, please click on the links below:
Year 6 Sats Information
This year the KS2 National Tests (SATS) for Year 6 pupils will take place during the week beginning 11th May and follow this timetable:
Monday 11th May: Spelling, grammar and punctuation paper 1 (45 mins)
Spelling, grammar and punctuation paper 2 (20 mins)
Tuesday 12th May: Reading (1 hour)
Wednesday 13th May: Maths paper 1: arithmetic (30 mins)
Maths paper 2: reasoning (40 mins)
Thursday 14th May: Maths paper 3: reasoning (40 mins)
More information can be found at this link:
Summer Term
Geography
Climate Change: How is Climate Change affecting our planet?
Over the Summer term, our Environment-focused Geography topic will explore Climate Change (this half term) and Sustainability (next half term). The children will develop their understanding of climate change and the greenhouse effect, identifying both natural and human causes. They will learn about carbon footprints and some of the ways we can reduce these. The impact of climate change will be studied by looking more closely at how particular plant or animal species are being affected. As well as plants and animals, the children will identify ways in which children's rights are being impacted by climate change. To finish this part of the topic we will investigate how people are taking 'climate action' and think about some of the things we could do at Harting.
For more detailed information, please see the Knowledge Organiser below
Websites to support this topic
Science
Animals, Including Humans: How do humans grow and develop over their life time?
In this topic, children will explore the different stages of the human life cycle. They will start by finding out about the gestation periods of different animals (including humans) and then explore the key stages of foetal development. After this, the children will explore growth and change in: babies and children; adolescence and puberty; adults and old age. By the end of the topic they will be able to pinpoint key milestones in a human life and how these impact on the body.
For more detailed information, please see the Knowledge Organiser below
Websites to support this topic
Knowledge Organisers
Please find below the knowledge organisers linked to your child's learning this term. These documents provide details of the key knowledge the children are expected to learn across the sequence of learning. We would encourage parents and carers to look at these with their children and use the information on the sheets as a basis for discussion.
Our Week in Oak Class: w/b 13.04.26
This week Oak class have returned after the Easter holidays full of enthusiasm. In English the children have planned and started writing an adventure story based on one of the escapades of Odysseus. Maths lessons have focused on decimals including converting fractions to decimals, rounding decimals and fraction, decimal, percentage equivalents.
During RE , the children, in the role of detective, were looking for evidence (in the Gospel of Luke) for the Resurrection of Jesus. They worked in groups to write a mini play-script based on the Bible verses they had read. All are looking forward to performing their play next week. Oak thoroughly enjoyed starting our new PE topic: Athletics - with a lesson that was all about stamina when running.
In our Design and Technology lessons we continued work on designing and making a prototype electric vehicle using pulleys. The children designed their vehicles and then accurately measured and safely cut the wood to make a chassis.
Summer Term (first half) 2026 Photo Gallery
Sanding in the sunshine
1/18
Safe sawing!
9/18
Accurately measuring wood to make a chassis in DT
11/18
Ac
12/18
Hard at work on play scripts in RE
16/18
Retelling the Adventures of Odysseus with our partners
17/18
Spring Term (second half) 2026 Photo Gallery
Thinking about the legacy of the Ancient Greeks
2/54
Oak class visiting the church
4/54
Performing our speeches in the role of Odysseus
9/54
Science Week Activity: making and testing different paper aeroplanes
18/54
Writing a descriptive poem using ideas on strips of paper
21/54
Thinking about the 'big story' of the Bible
23/54
Examining artefacts from Ancient Greece
25/54
World Book Day
33/54
Much excitement - Leavers Hoodies!
37/54
The Olympic Victor!
38/54
Picking up a real sword
40/54
Lots of fun throwing spears at Mr Tidey
44/54
Playing an Ancient Greek game called Petteia
50/54
Archimedes' Screw
51/54
Solving one of Archimedes' maths puzzles
53/54
Spring Term (first half) 2026 Photo Gallery
Playing 'translation race' in maths
1/67
Making dice for a maths game
2/67
Using mirrors to look at inherited traits in Science
5/67
Practising the Ancient Greek 'phalanx' formation
8/67
A visit from the hedgehog man
12/67
Making stencils
13/67
Screen printing
16/67
A maths arithmetic scavenger hunt
19/67
Fun fraction games
21/67
Washing over the base with white acrylic paint
24/67
Creating our posters: background layers
30/67
Working together to solve maths problems
35/67
Lots of excitement when one of our classmates demonstrated an exploding volcano he'd made!
36/67
Creating freeze frames to get inside the mind of a character
38/67
Exploring maps to find out more about Ancient Greece
41/67
Birdwatching! Taking part in the RSPB Big School's Birdwatch
47/67
Making improper fractions
49/67
Making sesimographs to 'measure earthquake activity'
56/67
Practising 'Drop, cover, hold' (earthquake drills)
58/67
Maths - chocolate investigation
63/67
Making micro-organisms in Science
66/67
Year 5 Forest School
Autumn Term (second half) 2025 Photo Gallery
Oak Class really enjoyed singing at the Village Hall Christmas lunch
1/52
Learning about the Linnaean system of classification
4/52
Maths games
7/52
Working on symmetrical and asymmetrical balances using equipment
9/52
Oak enjoyed a live lesson on Extinction and how wildlife is being preserved from Chester Zoo
12/52
Sorting and grouping in Science
13/52
Making 3D models of the layers of the earth for our Geography topic
16/52
Magnets to separate paper clips and rice
21/52
Evaporation to separate salt and water
22/52
Sieving to separate flour and raisins
23/52
Using filtration to separate sand and water
24/52
Dice games to reinforce our maths learning
26/52
Pyjama Day!
33/52
Presenting our Black History Month Projects to the rest of the class
35/52
Working on our Black History Month Projects
38/52
Investigating dissolving in Science
42/52
There were some very scary characters in Oak Class on Monday!
52/52
Autumn Term (first half) 2025 Photo Gallery
Singing at MRC
3/83
Our visit to the War Memorial
6/83
Adding the portrait and bringing it all together using a range of techniques
8/83
Using paint and printing to create the second layer
11/83
Collaging the first layer of the portrait
17/83
Putting the final touches to our self portraits
19/83
Workshopping our song
22/83
Learning about Henry Percy at Petworth House
24/83
Intervieing a character to get to know more about his life.
25/83
Testing various materials for their conductivity
29/83
Addition and subtraction games in maths this week
33/83
Investigating which material keeps ice frozen the longest
38/83
Voting at the Oak Polling Station
44/83
Investigating thermal insulation properties in Science
47/83
Portrait Club
50/83
Exploring and testing the properties of materials in Science
53/83
Exploring symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes in gymnastics
55/83
Making 'visual notes' about new artists for our 'Exploring Identity' topic.
61/83
Place Value Connect 4 and Roman Numerals Nine Men's Morris
64/83
Exploring the alliances formed before WW1 through a 'tangled web' activity.
65/83
Making hands using Zentangle patterns
70/83
The Cup Stack Challenge - using an elastic band and some string to create different pyramids
74/83
Our Trip to Fort Nelson
Reflection and the Last Post to end our day
1/19
Learning about how injuries and illnesses were dealt with on the battlefield
5/19
Learning about different weapons and methods of fighting
8/19
Learning about life in the trenches
13/19
Working out semaphore messages
17/19