Kestrel
Kestrel Class
Class: Kestrel
Year group: Years Five and Six
Teachers: Mrs Sheardown
PPA teacher: Mrs Salvidge
Number of children in the class: 25
(PPA is time for teachers to plan, prepare and assess)
Welcome Year 5&6!
Welcome to Kestrel Class. We are a class of 25 Year 5 and 6 children who are taught by Mrs Sheardown and are helped by Miss. Ferguson. This page is where you can find important information, as well as updates of the fun things we are getting up to in class.
We are part of UKS2 and therefore learn closely with the rest of Year 5 and 6 in Kingfisher and Fox Class. PE is on Monday and Friday. Please come to school wearing your PE kit on these days.
Homework will be given out on Fridays along with Spellings. If you need to contact me directly, please use the contact form below or contact me directly on ClassDojo.
Class Information
Fox, Kestrel and Kingfisher Class Newsletter – Summer Term 2 2026
Welcome back to our final term this year and for some their final at Scotter School! We have lots of exciting things ahead to look forward to as well as some special activities for Year 6!
Summer 1 Highlights
Year 6 have had a successful term swimming.
Year 6 worked hard while completing their SATs
Reminders for Summer Term 2 2026
Each day, children will need suitable uniform according to the weather, water bottles containing water only, healthy snacks for break, reading book and reading diary every day, please can you encourage as much reading at home as possible. You may want your child to bring sun cream. Please can they leave it in lockers and not share this with other children. Books will be changed when needed. Children should not wear jewellery to school apart from stud earrings. Year 6 are welcome to wear their leavers hoodies everyday next term.
PE for Kestrel and Kingfisher will be Wednesday and Thursday for the first two weeks after half term. PE will then be on Monday and Thursday.
Fox will have PE on Tuesday and swimming on Thursday for the first two weeks after half term. PE will then be on Monday and Swimming on Thursday.
Children are to come to school in their PE kit and trainers on these days to avoid the need to change in school. Earrings need to be either removed for PE or covered in plasters that you can provide please.
Class Dojo is still being used to communicate with parents and there is a contact the teacher form on the class page on the website for you to be able to contact us directly.
Curriculum Focus for Summer Term 1 2026
Our History topic this term will be: What legacy did the Ancient Greeks leave for us?
Maths Year 5 – angles, factors, multiples and prime numbers, negative numbers and coordinates.
Year 6 – progression work for year 7.
Year 6 KIRFS - I know the formulae for funding area of different shapes. I know the square roots of square numbers to 15 x 15.
Year 5 KIRFS - I can recall square numbers to 12 and their square roots. I can identify prime numbers to 20.
English – We will be ‘writing to persuade’ and ‘writing to entertain’ using our History topic as a stimulus for writing.
Science – We will be exploring classification with the key question: What are living things and how do you classify them?
RE – What is my world view?
DT – How can you build a scale model of a parthenon?
Computing - How can I programme successfully?
PHSE – citizenship
French – ‘Me in the World’
Music - How does music connect us with the environment?
Diary Dates for Summer Term 2026
Monday 1st June – Children return to school
Friday 12th June – year 6 Athletics Day at Gainsborough Trinity
Friday 26th June – Sunday 28th June – Year 6 Residential Trip to PGL
Monday 29th June – Sports Day
Tuesday 30th June – Year 6 Science Day at Caistor
Friday 3rd July – Transition morning – moving into your new class for the morning
Monday 6th July – Sports Day reserve date
Monday 13th July – Reports sent home and Vinci Construction Trip
WC 13th July – Careers week
Tuesday 14th July – Rocksteady Music Assembly
Thursday 16th July – Key Stage Two Disco
Tuesday 21st July – Year six leavers assembly to year six parents, 1:45pm
Tuesday 21st July – Year six leavers party 6pm
Wednesday 22nd July – Last day of Summer term two, shirt signing for Year 6 and UKS2 water fight
As we have learnt, the best made plans sometimes need to change. The above dates may need to be altered but we will do our best to communicate any necessary changes as soon as we are aware.
Age Related Expectations in Year Five and Year Six for English and Maths
Kestrel
To contact Mrs Sheardown directly, please complete the form below.