Rowan
Welcome to the Rowan Class page. We are made up of Year 5 and 6 children. Mr Greenham is our class teacher. We are also supported by Miss Harris.
Rowan Class Parent information Autumn term 2025
Meet the teacher meeting presentation September 2025
Knowledge Organiser Marvellous Maya
Parent guidance for online maths resources
- A parent guide to times table rock stars.pdf
- Mathswhizz full parent guide.pdf
- Mathswhizz quick parent guide.pdf
- Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS) Work on multiplication and division facts like a rock star!!
- Maths Whizz This programme is used for home learning tasks, as well as use within school. Children access this site using their own username and password.
Autumn Term 2025
WB 06.10.2025
In Maths this week, Rowan have focused on their addition and subtraction skills. We began by going over the formal written methods for addition and subtraction, recapping on exchanging and regrouping. The children covered using the inverse operations, reasoning from known facts, and finally answering multi-step worded problems.
In English, the children wrote a pair of letters in role as Gregory from the book Gregory Cool. We contrasted Gregory’s initially negative attitude to visiting Tobago, with his positive attitude at the end of the story.
In Science this week, Rowan have learned about reflection, measuring the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection of rays of light. They used their knowledge to make periscopes. We also began to investigate shadows, measuring how the length and width of shadows changed depending on the angle of the light source.
WB 29.09.25
This week in maths, Rowan have covered the final part of place value by calculating with negative numbers. They completed an end of topic assessment before completing maths challenges using place value knowledge. We then moved on to addition using mental methods such as partitioning, rounding and adjusting, near doubles and counting on.
In English, Rowan began a unit of work about stories from other cultures, beginning with Gregory Cool. We read the story carefully and took part in different activities to understand the story better such as hot seating, annotating illustrations and examining the text for information.
In Topic, Rowan have learned about the goods the Maya considered most valuable for trade, and Maya traditional weaving. We also experimented with different weaving techniques.
WC 22.09.25
This week in Maths, Rowan have worked on rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and thousand. Some pupils moved on to working on powers of ten such as hundred thousands and millions. Rowan then went onto working with negative numbers, counting across zero as well as ordering and comparing negative and positive numbers.
In English, Rowan class continued our unit on grammar by examining the parts of sentences, namely verbs and subjects. Ask your pupil the difference between verb phrases and phrasal verbs!
In topic this week, Rowan have looked at some elements of everyday life for the ancient Maya, such as the roles of men, women and children, clothing and music. The children also examined a Maya lintel stone depicting a religious ritual, and created a fact file about some of the Maya gods.
WC 15.09.25
This week in Maths, Rowan revisited their place value knowledge by comparing and ordering numbers, finding more and less than a given number, identifying and using numbers on a number line and flexibly partitioning numbers to solve problems. In English, Rowan class continued their work on Grammar and word classes by identifying ‘to be’ verbs and verb phrases, ensuring these matched the subject and the tense. We also identified action verbs, considering regular and irregular forms.
In Science, the children continued their work on light by learning how light travels in straight lines. They went on to study how light reflecting off objects is what allows us to see. In Topic the children researched and presented information on Maya temple pyramids, such as El Castillo in Chichen Itza. The children presented their knowledge creatively through labelled diagrams. Finally, this week KPA took part in school elections on Monday as part of World Day of Democracy. The children voted for their favourite candidate for the role of house captain.
WC 08.09.25
This week in English, Rowan have primarily focused on writing persuasive letters to apply for their roles of responsibility in the school. Year 6 have also completed baseline assessments in reading, spelling and grammar, while Year 5 worked on word classes by writing a shared poem. In Maths, both year groups have worked on place value and number skills, while Year 6 also completed baseline assessments in arithmetic and reasoning skills.
In Science, Rowan began a unit of work on light by sharing their previous knowledge and thinking of research questions for our new topic. In Topic, Rowan put the Maya civilisation in context by comparing what was happening at the same time in Britain. Did you know that the Maya civilisation lasted from the late stone age, until after the end of the Tudor period? The children compared aspects of culture and life in Iron age Britain with the height of the Maya civilisation, finding differences and civilisations.
WC 01.09.2025
Welcome back to the new school year. Rowan class have been diving into their new topic of ‘The Marvellous Maya’. We have completed a range of creative activities, including writing using Mayan hieroglyphs and creating a class codex; tackling the maya number system and creating numbers using natural materials; following a recipe to make maya hot chocolate and taste test it, designing and making maya masks and finally, playing a game of the Maya sport Pok-a-tok.
