A very warm welcome to everyone in Class 4. It’s lovely to see the new Year 6 children already rising to the challenge of being at the top of the school. The Year 5’s have settled into the class quickly and I am sure we are going to have a great year ahead of us. We’d like to say a special welcome to Maddy who has joined us in Year 6 – it feels like she’s been with us all along.
There are a few changes this year. Firstly, we are lucky to have Mrs Boulton joining our team. She will be teaching the class every Friday. Forest School will now take place on Tuesday, so remember to bring in all the right clothes! Spellings will be given out and tested on a Monday. Every child will have a guided reading session during the week that will then be followed up with an activity to be completed at home. Other homework will also be given throughout the week, particularly for the Year 6’s, but they will be given a week to complete it. As always, the emphasis remains times tables knowledge. By the time children reach Year 5, the expectation is that they are able to recall all tables facts within 5 seconds!
As some of you may be aware, there is now grammar test at the end of Year 6. In order to help you support your children, I will be sending home a grammar glossary. This will also go up on the website.
PE will be on Monday and Thursday, but it’s important to have kit in school all week. Whilst the weather is still warm, we may go out at different times. We have a cross country competition coming up on 20th September, so we will be getting in some extra practise for that.
Our topic for this term is Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. We have lots of exciting activities planned including dying cloth using plants and berries, making our own thatched round house and carrying out an invasion! If you have an old bed sheet at home that is white cotton we are looking for donations to experiment with natural dyes. We have a trip planned to Birmingham Museum to see the Anglo-Saxon exhibition on 13th October. We will be archaeologists for day, digging for treasure and clues about Anglo-Saxon life. Keep checking the class news section of the website for further updates.
Pease feel free to come and have a chat with me if you have any queries or concerns.