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WINTER

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Welcome Year 5/6

WINTER

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• Mrs. Smith

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• Mrs. Childs

■ Teaching Assistants - ○ Mrs. Saunders

Staff

Entrances and Exits

In September, Badgers classroom will be in the hall, not in the usual Badgers classroom. This is because Nursery and Reception children will be in the usual Badgers classroom whilst the building work will be continuing to extend the Early Years classroom. Badgers class will come into school in the morning and leave school at the end of the school day through the main school entrance. Hands will be washed using the outdoor sink before entering school and before going home.

Things you need to bring with you each day:

• Please come wearing full school uniform
• Bring a full water bottle - we will not be able to provide cups
• r spare water bottles in school.
• A coat
• Reading book and home/ school diary (which we will give

you on your first day back)

• Please bring reading books and diaries in a book bag or

folder, not a rucksack. We will not have space for rucksacks

• r bags.
• Will will not be using lockers or cloakrooms in the Autumn

term.

• Packed lunch (nut free) or school lunches can be ordered
• n ParentPay by Sunday night for the week ahead

Class Information

■ Individual pencil cases, with all you need for learning, will be provided by school.Please do not bring in pencil cases from home. ■ Children in Year 5 and 6 are welcome to bring in their own handwriting pen/ fountain pen - blue ink only (no biros). These pens will be left in school in their school pencil case and cannot be taken between school and home.

Class Routines

❏ Badgers children will take book bags, coats and packed lunches from home straight to their seat in the classroom and then complete a morning task. ❏ Morning break (10.30 - 10.45am) ❏ Children can bring in a healthy snack to eat at playtime. ❏ Lunchtime (12.00 - 1.00pm) We will be eating lunch together in the classroom. If you have ordered a school lunch, this will be brought to you. ❏ Morning and lunch play will be in a set area for each

• class. Children from other classes will not be able to mix

together at playtime or lunchtime.

Good hygiene - hand washing

▪ We will continue to promote good hygiene within school at all times including regular hand washing.

Teaching Timetable

■ Will will continue our broad and balanced curriculum topics. ■ There will be no swimming until at least the summer term. ■ Onside Coaching will teach PE on Thursday afternoons. Badgers children need to come to school on Thursdays in their school games kits with school jumpers, tracksuit bottoms and trainers. ■ Protective Behaviours - 4 lessons in October and November.

■ Manor Adventure - 17th - 19th March ■ Relationships and Sex Education will take place in July.

Importance of Reading Fluency

Please read regularly with your child and record reading in their home/school diaries.

Diaries need to be brought into school each day with reading books.

Book Talk

Writing Focus

■ Accuracy of punctuation and spelling ■ Use of ambitious vocabulary ■ Developing writing stamina ■ Skills to edit successfully ■ Consistent, fluent, joined handwriting at speed

Importance of Maths Fluency

Please help your child practise for their badges.

Times Tables Rockstars

TTRockstars Heat Map

Topic Approach

Topics and Key Texts

Autumn 1 Hola Mexico

Topics and Key Texts

Autumn 1 Love To Investigate

Can we make red? (Science) What colour is a shadow? (Science)

Topics and Key Texts

Autumn 2 Stargazers

Topics and Key Texts

Autumn 2 Love to Investigate

Why are zip wires so fast? (Science) Why do rockets lift off? (Science)

Topics and Key Texts

Autumn 2 Love To Investigate

How do levers help us? (Science) How does the moon move? (Science) How clean are your hands? (Science)

Topics and Key Texts

Autumn 2 Love To Investigate

Can we track the sun? (Science) How do we know the Earth is round? (Science) Why do planets have craters? (Science)

Topics and Key Texts

Spring 1 Frozen Kingdoms

Topics and Key Texts

Spring 1 Companion Projects

Why are things classified? (Science) Inuit (Art and Design)

Topics and Key Texts

Spring 2 Pharaohs

Topics and Key Texts

Spring 2 Love To Investigate Why does milk go off? (Science)

Topics and Key Texts

Summer 1 Blood Heart

Topics and Key Texts

Summer 1 Love To Investigate

What can your heart rate tell you? (Science) How does blood flow? (Science) What’s in blood? (Science)

Topics and Key Texts

Summer 2 Time Traveller

Topics and Key Texts

Summer 2 Love To Investigate Do we slow down as we get older?

Knowledge Organisers

▪ Essential facts and vocabulary children will need to know and understand for their topic. ▪ Read the organiser together with your child. ▪ Quiz and self-quiz. ▪ Repetition and regular retrieval will help the children commit the information to their long term memory (learn by heart).

Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge Organisers

Homework Policy - Year 5/6

▪ Reading (at least 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week - please record in diaries). ▪ Complete Big Maths corrections posted on Seesaw each Friday. ▪ 3 Mathletics and 2 SPaG.com set on Thursdays to be completed by Tuesday. ▪ 7 spelling sentences set each Thursday on Seesaw. ▪ Times table Rockstars and Total recall badges - on going. ▪ Topic knowledge organiser for self quizzing ▪ Year 6 SATS revision (spring term)

Summer Holiday Homework

▪ Reading regularly. ▪ Maths fluency - Total Recall badges (and revising ones already achieved). ▪ TTRockstars. ▪ Opportunities for writing -postcards, lists, stories, invitations.

Parental Support

Communication

▪ Seesaw ▪ Curriculum Newsletter. ▪ Text/Email.

Behaviour Steps

Bullying

Please speak to US

Parents in School

▪ Parents’ evenings after Autumn half

• term. There may be virtual parents’

evenings. ▪ Parents are not able to enter school during the Autumn Term.

Questions

admin3014@we-learn.com

▪ If there are any questions for your new class teacher please contact us on the email below using ‘FAO Badgers 2020’ in the subject line.