Kestrels
A very warm welcome to Kestrels! Our class teacher is Miss Palmer and our wonderful teaching assistants are Mrs Bell and Mr Cadwallader.
Key information
Expectations
Our outdoor P.E. lesson will take place every Thursday and indoor P.E. will be on a Friday. Please make sure your child comes to school in their P.E. kit on these days. Please make sure your child does not wear jewellery on these days and long hair is tied back.
Reading books and diaries need to be in school every day. Our expectation is for the children to read five times per week. It is important to hear your child read regularly and discuss the books with them. Ask them to recall and retrieve information they have read, discuss how characters may be feeling at different stages of a story or look up new vocabulary and use in a sentence. Pupils will receive a stamp on their Starbooks loyalty card every time they have completed 5 reads per week. If they achieve the required number of stamps in a half term, they will choose from a variety of rewards. Their name will then be entered into a raffle to win a £10 Starbucks voucher.
Home learning
It is very important that our children continue to learn their times tables as it underpins many aspects of our maths curriculum. We use Times Table Rock Stars to set weekly tasks and battles to develop the children's knowledge and instant recall of multiplication tasks. We expect children to go on every day for at least 5-10 minutes to practise their tables.
Every week, the children will be given either Maths or English related homework to consolidate learning and extend their skills. These will need to be returned the following Thursday, so it can be marked and ready for the following day.
Sometimes we may set homework linked to our wider curriculum and will notify you of this.
Learning Powers
The children can earn points for using their learning powers. These include:
Busy Bee power- given for active learning, such as being focused.
Unicorn powers are given for playing and exploring, using a 'can do' approach.
Magnifying powers are given for creating and thinking critically, such as using learning walls independently to further own learning.
Useful resources
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
https://www.purplemash.com/login/
www.activelearnprimary.co.ukOur Topic
Click below to see what we are learning about:
Upper Key Stage Two - Parents information - What are your children learning?
This year, years 5 and 6 will be covering the following topics:
Victorians: We will be learning about all about the Victorian Era: significant events, Queen Victoria, what life was like for key groups of individuals, inventions and the British Empire. To further develop our understanding, we will visit Blists Hill in Telford and have our own Victorian School Day. All culminating to a Victorian Christmas Fayre at the end of the topic.
Ravishing Rainforests: Through our English and Geography work, we will develop our knowledge of rainforests as a forest biome as well as the plethora of flora and fauna that exist there. We will explore key issues occurring in the rainforests like deforestation and its impact on the species that inhabit there. In Art, we will be exploring Henri Rousseau and become inspired to create some art on this.
Blitzed Britain: We will focus on they key significant events of World War II. We will explore concepts such as propaganda and rationing as well as the role of women during this period of time. In P.E., we will be learning some of the dances that were around that time e.g. Lambeth Walk.
Photos of our learning environment and amazing work:
