Thank you to everyone who has made the start to the new academic year so succesful. The children have been very organised and are now in the right frame of mind to start the year ahead after our induction period. Last week, each class voted for the children they would like to be our class representatives on the School Council. Many congratulations to them and we know that they will do us proud!
Induction meeting
We will be holding our annual induction meeting on Tuesday at 3.15pm for parents of children in Years 5 and 6. We will be discussing all the issues that are important throughout the year, as well as giving you the opportunity to ask us anything that can help to support your child's learning. We look forward to seeing you there.
Conway meeting
The Year 6 residential to Conway is fast approaching and the children are really excited (despite them being Year 6's!) There will be a meeting for parents this Thursday at 6.30pm in the school hall. You should have already received a letter telling you the 'kit' which the children need to bring with them, but the are copies available in school should you need one.
Homework
Homework will begin this week for Year 5/6. Each week, your child will receive a set of spellings, which they need to learn for a spelling test on Fridays. We would also like them to use these spellings, to create a series of sentences, to develop their vocabulary, punctuation and sentence structure. They will also bring home a piece of numeracy to be completed on a weekly basis. Literacy and Numeracy will be given out on MONDAYS to be returned on THURSDAYS. Science homework will be given out on WEDNESDAYS to be returned on TUESDAYS. We would ask that you sign and date your child's homework before they hand it in. If there are difficulties with any aspect of homework, then please see any member of the 5/6 team.
Literacy
We will be working on aspects of Journalistic writing. It would be great if you were able to show the children any of the newspapers, magazines or pamphlets that you read yourselves. It will help them to understand that there is a purpose to reading and writing beyond the classroom. Ask them to point out some of features that are common to all types of journalistic writing. We are looking particularly at extending sentences by joining them with a variety of connectives. A great game to play, is by giving your child a sentence and asking them to think of a second sentence to join it to, using a connective. The more humourous, the better!
Science
We are investigating the topic of reversible and irreversible change. This is a particularly good topic to cover in the kitchen, as we investigate the effects of heating and cooling on different materials. Remember getting your child to make Rice Krispie cakes in Foundation? Start with a block of chocolate and get them to make some of those cakes again. This time, tell them that you would like a small bar of chocolate back again when they have finished! Can they tell you how they did it? (without buying another bar!!)
Art Work
The children will be undertaking lots of art work this year, and although they are the oldest children in the school, they can still get a bit carried away with paint, pastels and charcoal! It would be great if the children were able to bring in an old shirt from home to protect their uniform during art activities. Thanks!
Home-School link books
Many thanks to all the parents who have written comments in their child's home-link book. We do read them all and reply as soon as we receive them. Please do remind your child to show you their diary, as there will always be targets and information in there for you to read. If there is any other information which you feel that would be of use to you, please let us know.
We look forward to seeing some of you on Tuesday!
