You are expected to read at home every night and discuss what you have read with an adult. It is essential that you fully understand the text you are reading and become familiar with new vocabulary, so that you can apply this learning to your writing. Your reading record need to be signed every night and handed in to be checked each morning. This is vital for you to progress across the whole curriculum.
We have a large class library, stocked full of exciting books, for you to enjoy, as well as access to the school library and the reading scheme books. We also read a class book every day.
Times Tables: We expect you to know your times tables (to 12 x 12) off-by-heart, so these will need to be practised frequently. There are fun games to practise them on the Topmarks website.
Spellings: A set of spellings to learn will be given out every Friday. The list is available on Google Classroom, along with a variety of optional activities and you can also practise them on the Twinkl Spelling app. You will be tested on them the following Friday.
KS2 SATs Revision: Leading up to the Key Stage 2 SATs in May, you will be given revision to do every week; this will include maths arithmetic and reasoning, reading comprehension and SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) questions. Please keep this safely in your reading record (along with your maths and SPAG knowledge organisers) until you need to hand it in. Home revision is given out on Mondays and due in the following Monday.
Other: There will be times throughout the year where single homework assignments will be set. Please log in to Google Classroom often to access links to useful learning websites and keep up-to-date with what we're learning in class. You are encouraged to research and practise at home what you have been learning at school.
Your usernames and passwords should be kept at the front of your reading record for easy access at home. You should have passwords for welearn365, Google Classroom, spag.com, Twinkl spelling.
Our P.E. days are Wednesdays and Thursdays. You need to have your P.E. kit in school for every lesson.
You will need to have a water bottle in school every day. Please remember to re-fill with fresh water, not squash or juice.
If you have any questions please feel free to come and ask, preferably at the end of the school day.
Ms Place, Mme Golding and Mrs Newitt