Upper Juniors - 2017/18
Class 5C
Class 6G
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Class 5B
Class 6H
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Welcome back to the summer term! We hope you all had an enjoyable Easter break. During this term, the Upper Juniors will be focusing our learning based around the theme of ‘VIVE LA FRANCE’. There will be lots of opportunities for pupils to learn and practise their French as well as develop their French writing. Pupils will also be working hard to put on the end of term production of ‘Beauty and the Beast Jr’ which they are already very excited about!
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 and signed (5 times a week) in the relevant section of the student planner in order for children to earn their half termly house point. 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. In each maths group, teachers will make it clear to pupils what they should be practising each week. Pupils also have access to My Maths and Times Table Rockstars. These are both online websites that allows pupils to practise and reinforce what they have been learning in class. The logins 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 undoubtedly 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!
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Upper Junior Teachers
This term we will be covering the following areas:
- Geography- France:- it’s geographical regions- identifying their human and physical characteristics, key topographical features and land use patterns
- Science (Year 6)- Circulatory system, functions of the heart and the components of blood
- Science (Year 5)- Animals and other humans
- Music (Year 6)- Composing and writing musical notation as well as learning songs for the production
- Music (Year 5)- Listening, comparing and evaluating a range of musical genres
- Design and Technology- Cooking bread and ratatouille
- P.S.H.E- S.R.E (Sex and relationship education)
- Computing (Year 6)- ‘We are Travel Writers’ and ‘We are Publishers’
- Computing (Year 5)- ‘We are Gamer Developers’ and ‘We are Bloggers’
- R.E (year 6)- Humanism and death in different religions
- R.E (year 5)- Initiation ceremonies in different religions
- 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 and signed (5 times a week) in the relevant section of the student planner in order for children to earn their half termly house point. 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. In each maths group, teachers will make it clear to pupils what they should be practising each week. Pupils also have access to My Maths and Times Table Rockstars. These are both online websites that allows pupils to practise and reinforce what they have been learning in class. The logins 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 undoubtedly 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!
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Upper Junior Teachers