Friday 6th September

UKS2 News Roundup:

First of all, we must say. ‘Welcome back everyone’; Team 5/6 hope you have had a fantastic summer and feel ready for another exciting year ahead!

 

A big welcome to Mrs Moore, Miss Hinton, Mrs Brooks and Miss Morris to the Year 5/6 team! Miss Hinton will be supporting Mrs Moore during the morning sessions and Mrs Moore will teach her class during afternoon sessions; we will be sure to inform you should this change. Mrs Brooks is based in Mr Malley’s class and Miss Morris is based in Miss Gascoigne’s class. Mr Bell, a former pupil, will also be joining Mr Malley’s class each Friday to support children’s learning.

 

Achiever of the Week:

A huge well done to all the children in the phase for their amazing efforts with their home learning all about America! We have been enthralled with the high quality and wide variety of home learning we have seen so far, therefore our Achiever of the Week simply must go to the whole phase for their exceptional dedication to this! Check out our blog to see a selection of home learning we have had the pleasure of seeing this week!

 

Splat the SATs (Year 6 children only).

All year 6 children received a ‘Splat the SAT’s’ pack before the summer holidays. Splat the SATs will begin 17^th September, these sessions will run between 9am and 10am with Mrs Dale, initially every other week for the Autumn 1 half term (as this is a longer than usual half term). Splat the SATs will then continue every week from Autumn 2. Please ensure your child has their completed papers in school ready for these sessions.

 

Planners / Reading:

This week, your child has received a planner, where the children should record any entries for reading they have done at home; for every four entries recorded, your child will receive a bookmark sticker and for every ten bookmark stickers collected, they will receive a delicious hot chocolate with squirty cream and marshmallows to enjoy in class over a good book! We do however, ask that parents/carers acknowledge the entries the children or parents/carers have entered into the planner on a weekly basis by simply initialling the planner at the end of each week; the entries will be stamped and signed by the class teacher every Monday. We ask that the children bring their planner to school every day in case anything else needs to be recorded.

 

Numeracy:

In Numeracy this week, we have been learning how to use mental skills quickly to add, this includes finding the missing number to make 100, 1000 and decimals added to make 1; we have taken part in some exciting learning around the summer movie blockbuster ‘Despicable Me 2’, which the children seem to have thoroughly enjoyed!

 

Next week we will be extending our addition and subtraction skills to some multi-step problems, involving problems around Universal Studios to link in with our America unit. 

 

Literacy:

 

In Literacy this week, we have been looking at the features of non-chronological reports and have started to write our own non-chronological report about Florida. Next week, we will be continuing to write our reports, making sure we include ambitious use of capital letters, full stops and connectives within our paragraphs.

 

SPELLINGS: This week, the spellings are: improbable, important, impossible, impress, imbalance, indistinct, inspire, inspect, inadequate, incorrect. Your child has received a copy of these spelling which have been glued into their planner. They will be tested on these words on Friday September 13^th.

 

PE:

Mr Malley’s class and Mrs Moore’s class will have PE on a Monday afternoon, Miss Gascoigne’s class will have PE on a Tuesday morning and therefore ask that all children bring their PE kit in for these sessions. Children are required to have an change into their PE kit every session. This half term we will be studying various American dances, therefore indoor PE kit is needed: black shorts, white t-shirt, bare feet or indoor pumps (Miss Gascoigne’s class may wear leggings or trousers as we will be doing street dance and may need to use our knees).

 

Music:

This year, the children in Year 5/6 will be given an exceptional opportunity to develop skills using a musical instrument. The year 5 children will receive a 30 minute guitar lesson every week for the academic year and the year 6 children will all receive a 30 minute violin lesson every week for the academic year. These sessions will commence next week and your child will be provided with an instrument to use during these sessions – how exciting!

 

Topic:

 

In Topic this week, the children have been learning about the landmarks, geographical features and states of America using atlases to help them. Next week we will be learning about iconic American artists and we will be creating our own pop art in the style of Andy Warhol. Please could your child bring in an old t-shirt to wear when painting, if you have one handy!