100% Attendance Autumn Term 2017/18
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Upper Juniors - 2017/18
Class 5C
Class 6G
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Class 5B
Class 6H
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Welcome back to a new term and a new school year! We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to what should be a really busy Spring term. During this term, the Upper Juniors will be studying a theme titled ‘The Art of Drawing’. Within this theme, pupils are going to be learning and improving their sketching skills as well as using other mediums of art. There will be a lot of time dedicated to the redrafting of art work so pupils can learn to be critical evaluators, focusing on improving the quality of the work they produce. They will also be learning how to take purposeful and effective photographs, using the village as their focus point.
This term we will be covering the following areas:
Later on in the term, we will be opening our very own ‘Uppers Gallery, celebrating the learning and achievements of all pupils. Although final details are still to be confirmed, we are planning for the gallery to showcase a wide range of the pupil’s art work, as well as some of the photos they have taken. The gallery will be open to pupils and families as well as anyone from the West Bergholt community.
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 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 the Spring Term and celebrating some of the wonderful achievements and work that it will undoubtedly bring! We look forward to sharing some of our learning with you throughout the course of the term.
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Upper Junior Teachers
This term we will be covering the following areas:
- Art- Developing and refining sketching skills, still life drawings, pastel work and photography
- Geography- Water cycle, biomes, vegetation belt and climate zones
- Science (Year 6)- Living things and their habitats
- Science (Year 5)- Earth and Space
- Music- Improvising, composing and performing music
- Design and Technology- Creating and designing a buggy (with an electric circuit)
- P.S.H.E- S.R.E (Sex and relationship education)
- Computing (Year 6)- Scratch and iMovie
- Computing (Year 5)- We are Artists/We are Bloggers
- R.E (year 6)- Humanism
- R.E (year 5)- Life changing experiences for foundations of different religions
- P.E (year 6)- Real P.E, tag rugby, gymnastics and tennis
- P.E (year 5)- Real P.E and tag rugby
Later on in the term, we will be opening our very own ‘Uppers Gallery, celebrating the learning and achievements of all pupils. Although final details are still to be confirmed, we are planning for the gallery to showcase a wide range of the pupil’s art work, as well as some of the photos they have taken. The gallery will be open to pupils and families as well as anyone from the West Bergholt community.
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 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 the Spring Term and celebrating some of the wonderful achievements and work that it will undoubtedly bring! We look forward to sharing some of our learning with you throughout the course of the term.
Mr Hassard, Mrs Gibson, Mrs Carter and Mrs Best
Upper Junior Teachers
