Upper Juniors - 2018/19
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Spring Term 2019
Welcome back to a new term and a new school year! During this term, the Upper Juniors will be learning about ‘The Maya’. This topic always provides pupils with so many excellent learning opportunities about a historical civilization that they always find fascinating!
This term we will be covering the following areas:
Later on in the term, we will be visited by a team from ‘Mexicolore’, who will be coming into school to run a workshop all about the Mayans. This will be an excellent opportunity to reinforce what the pupils have been learning in class. This has been kindly paid for by The P.T.A, so we would like to take this opportunity to kindly thank them for supporting this visit.
We would also like to take this opportunity to share the homework arrangements in the Upper Junior Department for the Spring Term as outlined below:
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 with a ‘circled H’ (5 times a week) and signed in the relevant section of the student diary. In order for children to earn a House Point for achieving their reading target, they need to meet this target for three weeks in a row. As a department, we place a lot of importance on reading for all children, as this supports spelling and writing. We continue to appreciate your support in this area.
MATHS: All maths groups will have times tables to practise and learn. Pupils should bring home their times table folder each week which will show their test score and enable you to practise the tables they have found more challenging. Pupils also have access to Times Table Rockstars. This is an online website/ ‘App’ which allows pupils to practise and reinforce their multiplication and division facts. The login for this site can be found in diaries.
SPELLING: As always we are putting a big emphasis on promoting the learning of spellings. To support this, pupils will be set 10 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.
YEAR 6 During the spring term, year 6 pupils will be set a piece of reading comprehension or GPS as well a maths task each week. This will be set on a Thursday to be handed in on the following Thursday. Homework club will run on a Wednesday lunchtime for any pupils that wish to use this.
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).
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 a fresh start and celebrating some of the wonderful achievements and work that this new term will undoubtedly bring! We look forward to sharing some of our learning with you throughout the course of the term.
Kind Regards,
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Upper Junior Teachers
Welcome back to a new term and a new school year! During this term, the Upper Juniors will be learning about ‘The Maya’. This topic always provides pupils with so many excellent learning opportunities about a historical civilization that they always find fascinating!
This term we will be covering the following areas:
- Art- Sketching and exploring a range of materials, including the use of clay
- Geography- Geographical features on a world map, locating ancient Maya cities, compass and grid reference map work & going on a field trip
- History- Comparing British and Maya timelines, exploring different sources of evidence, Mayan religion, farming and its legacy
- Science (Year 6)- Living things and their habitats.
- Science (Year 5)- Space and Forces.
- Music- Composing and contrasting different type of music.
- Design and Technology- Preparing and cooking a variety of savoury dishes.
- P.S.H.E- S.R.E (Sex and relationship education)
- Computing (Year 6)- ‘We are market researchers’ and ‘We are interface designers’
- Computing (Year 5)- ‘We are Artists’ and ‘We are Architects’ units of work.
- R.E (year 6)- Creation accounts in other world faiths, Incarnation , big questions and Humanism
- R.E (year 5)- Life changing experiences for founders of different religions and Salvation.
- P.E (year 6) Tag Rugby, gymnastics and Real P.E.
- P.E (year 5)- Tag Rugby, country dancing, netball and gymnastics
Later on in the term, we will be visited by a team from ‘Mexicolore’, who will be coming into school to run a workshop all about the Mayans. This will be an excellent opportunity to reinforce what the pupils have been learning in class. This has been kindly paid for by The P.T.A, so we would like to take this opportunity to kindly thank them for supporting this visit.
We would also like to take this opportunity to share the homework arrangements in the Upper Junior Department for the Spring Term as outlined below:
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 with a ‘circled H’ (5 times a week) and signed in the relevant section of the student diary. In order for children to earn a House Point for achieving their reading target, they need to meet this target for three weeks in a row. As a department, we place a lot of importance on reading for all children, as this supports spelling and writing. We continue to appreciate your support in this area.
MATHS: All maths groups will have times tables to practise and learn. Pupils should bring home their times table folder each week which will show their test score and enable you to practise the tables they have found more challenging. Pupils also have access to Times Table Rockstars. This is an online website/ ‘App’ which allows pupils to practise and reinforce their multiplication and division facts. The login for this site can be found in diaries.
SPELLING: As always we are putting a big emphasis on promoting the learning of spellings. To support this, pupils will be set 10 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.
YEAR 6 During the spring term, year 6 pupils will be set a piece of reading comprehension or GPS as well a maths task each week. This will be set on a Thursday to be handed in on the following Thursday. Homework club will run on a Wednesday lunchtime for any pupils that wish to use this.
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).
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 a fresh start and celebrating some of the wonderful achievements and work that this new term will undoubtedly bring! We look forward to sharing some of our learning with you throughout the course of the term.
Kind Regards,
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Upper Junior Teachers