Upper Juniors - 2018/19
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Summer Term 2019
Welcome to the summer term! During this term, the Upper Juniors will be focusing our learning based around the theme of ‘GROOVY GREEKS’. A key part of their learning will be to do with Greek history and culture. The Upper Juniors will also be working hard to put on the end of term production of ‘We Will Rock You’ of which there is already great excitement and anticipation about! As the weather becomes warmer, please can ALL pupils have bottles of water in school so they are able to maintain concentration and focus in class.
This term we will be covering the following areas:
READING: Children are expected to read at home five times a week. All the children benefit from reading to an adult and reading is to be recorded (5 times a week) and signed in the relevant section of the student planner. Pupils will be rewarded with a house point when they meet this target for three weeks in a row. The benefits of regular reading are proven to have a big impact on a child’s spelling and writing. We continue to appreciate your support in this area.
MATHS: All maths groups will have times tables to practise and learn. In each maths group, teachers will make it clear to pupils what they should be practising each week. Pupils also have access to Times Table Rockstars. This is an online website that allows pupils to practise and reinforce their times tables. The login for these can be found in pupil’s diaries.
SPELLING: As always, we are putting a big emphasis on promoting the learning of spellings. To support this, pupils will be set at least 5 spellings each week on a Friday to learn for a test on the following Friday. These spellings will follow the National Curriculum words set for pupils to learn in Year 5 and 6.
Additional Theme homework will be set when appropriate and recorded by the children in their student planner. Please can you encourage your child to take responsibility for their homework by handing it in on time and requesting it if they have been absent on the issue date. In the circumstance where a pupil is experiencing difficulty in completing their homework by the due date, please encourage them to speak to their class teacher as soon as possible (i.e. not on the date it is due in).
Notes to and from the class teacher may be recorded in the student planner so please check them regularly and ensure that they are signed on a weekly basis.
Uniform
As a school, we encourage children to take pride in their uniform and to take responsibility for their uniform/belongings therefore, please can parents ensure that all items of uniform and PE kit are clearly named. In the event of a lost item, we would encourage children to search for their own belongings in our lost property cupboard (located in the corridor leading to year 6). Please note, it is compulsory for pupils to take out studded earrings for all P.E lessons. Pupils will be taking part in weekly outdoor P.E lessons so please make sure they always have an outdoor P.E kit in school, including trainers, to suit the ever changing weather conditions.
The staff and children are looking forward to celebrating some of the wonderful achievements and work that the summer term will bring! We look forward to sharing some of our learning with you throughout the course of the term as well as giving the year sixes
a fantastic send off in July! Please do check the school website for key dates this term.
As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything we can do to support your child’s learning in class.
Kind Regards,
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Welcome to the summer term! During this term, the Upper Juniors will be focusing our learning based around the theme of ‘GROOVY GREEKS’. A key part of their learning will be to do with Greek history and culture. The Upper Juniors will also be working hard to put on the end of term production of ‘We Will Rock You’ of which there is already great excitement and anticipation about! As the weather becomes warmer, please can ALL pupils have bottles of water in school so they are able to maintain concentration and focus in class.
This term we will be covering the following areas:
- History- Who were the Ancient Greeks?; Differences of men, women and children, Sparta and Athens; Beliefs; Myths; Theatre; Olympic Games and Democracy.
- Geography- Spending a day at Hillhouse woods (with a focus on compass work and water sampling).
- Science (Year 6)- Circulatory system, functions of the heart and the components of blood
- Science (Year 5)- Humans including animals, living things and their habitats
- Music- Learning songs for the production; learning musical notation (through improvising and composition) as well as studying some of the history of Greek music
- P.S.H.E- S.R.E (Sex and relationship education)
- Computing (Year 6)- Making a nature documentary , coding and internet safety
- Computing (Year 5)- Web Blogging
- R.E (year 6)- Going on the ‘Year 6 Retreat’ and Pilgrimage
- R.E (year 5)- Buddhism and looking at the Gospel
- P.E- Cricket, athletics and rounders
READING: Children are expected to read at home five times a week. All the children benefit from reading to an adult and reading is to be recorded (5 times a week) and signed in the relevant section of the student planner. Pupils will be rewarded with a house point when they meet this target for three weeks in a row. The benefits of regular reading are proven to have a big impact on a child’s spelling and writing. We continue to appreciate your support in this area.
MATHS: All maths groups will have times tables to practise and learn. In each maths group, teachers will make it clear to pupils what they should be practising each week. Pupils also have access to Times Table Rockstars. This is an online website that allows pupils to practise and reinforce their times tables. The login for these can be found in pupil’s diaries.
SPELLING: As always, we are putting a big emphasis on promoting the learning of spellings. To support this, pupils will be set at least 5 spellings each week on a Friday to learn for a test on the following Friday. These spellings will follow the National Curriculum words set for pupils to learn in Year 5 and 6.
Additional Theme homework will be set when appropriate and recorded by the children in their student planner. Please can you encourage your child to take responsibility for their homework by handing it in on time and requesting it if they have been absent on the issue date. In the circumstance where a pupil is experiencing difficulty in completing their homework by the due date, please encourage them to speak to their class teacher as soon as possible (i.e. not on the date it is due in).
Notes to and from the class teacher may be recorded in the student planner so please check them regularly and ensure that they are signed on a weekly basis.
Uniform
As a school, we encourage children to take pride in their uniform and to take responsibility for their uniform/belongings therefore, please can parents ensure that all items of uniform and PE kit are clearly named. In the event of a lost item, we would encourage children to search for their own belongings in our lost property cupboard (located in the corridor leading to year 6). Please note, it is compulsory for pupils to take out studded earrings for all P.E lessons. Pupils will be taking part in weekly outdoor P.E lessons so please make sure they always have an outdoor P.E kit in school, including trainers, to suit the ever changing weather conditions.
The staff and children are looking forward to celebrating some of the wonderful achievements and work that the summer term will bring! We look forward to sharing some of our learning with you throughout the course of the term as well as giving the year sixes
a fantastic send off in July! Please do check the school website for key dates this term.
As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything we can do to support your child’s learning in class.
Kind Regards,
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best