Vocabulary skills are studies using the Wordly Wise series in which students are expected to be able to use as well as understand words. Writing emphasizes the fine-tuning of basic skills learning in grammar and vocabulary while developing a broader understanding and usage of analytic writing abilities. Creative writing projects are also part of the curriculum. Speaking skills are encouraged through memorization and oral presentation, literary circles, poetry readings, and reciting. The class performs a play for the whole school.
Students adapt a Shakespearean play for a student mini-production.
Students participate in a story-telling fair. A formal tea his held for parents and faculty at which students are expected to use social and conversational skills. Grade 5 Music Singing is continued. Recorder study adds reading the bass clef. In the P.E. program for Grades Five and Six, children develop an understanding of competitive situations both individually and in a team setting.