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Welcome to the Summer term in Years 5 & 6

Welcome to the Summer term in Years 5 & 6. Slide 2: Overview of topic Slide 3: Newsletter Slide 4: The Year 5 & 6 staff Slide 5: Useful dates Slide 6: How you can help your child at home Slide 7: Key Instant Recall Facts Slide 8: Writing signposts Slide 9: Useful websites.

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Welcome to the Summer term in Years 5 & 6

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  1. Welcome to the Summer term in Years 5 & 6 Slide 2: Overview of topic Slide 3: Newsletter Slide 4: The Year 5 & 6 staff Slide 5: Useful dates Slide 6: How you can help your child at home Slide 7: Key Instant Recall Facts Slide 8: Writing signposts Slide 9: Useful websites

  2. Years 5 & 6 Learning Journey SPRING Term 2013 Week 3 Pie Corbett flight poems Recap on forces Air pressure in flight Rock & Pop workshops Yorkshire Air Museum Week 2 Pie Corbett flight poems Science workshops A brief history of flight Week 1 Y6 to East Barnby Y5 mini topic on water and rivers Flight Week 4 Persuasive posters Investigating lift Wing design Week 6 Debate – an airport for Harrogate? Science week Kite design Week 5 Test week Art project week – observational drawing and photography

  3. THE TERM AHEAD IN YEARS 5 & 6 Signposts Children’s writing signposts are assessed and updated on a fortnightly basis following their Big Writes. Children and staff are finding this system very helpful. Maths signposts will continue to be set as an element of homework tasks whilst reading signposts are discussed and shared during weekly guided reading. Homework Homework is given out on a Friday to be completed and handed in the following Wednesday. Each child will receive maths homework and a topic/literacy related homework each week. This term, the children once again have a homework menu to choose from which has been sent as a separate email. It is also posted on the school’s website PE Please ensure that your child has the correct PE kit in school. This should consist of pumps or trainers, black or grey shorts and a white T-shirt. School jumpers or sweatshirts and jogging bottoms can be worn in colder weather. Water bottles and snacks Children are encouraged to bring a water bottle and a healthy snack to school each day. The second half of the term After half-term we will embark on a study of world cultures. Further information will be sent home nearer the time.

  4. staff IN YEARS 5 & 6 Teaching staff Mr Broad, Mrs Stewart, Mrs Wood, Miss Riddle, Miss Richardson Classroom assistants Mrs Tilson, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Gray, Mrs Carter, Mrs Frostick, Mrs Mabbott Miss Thwaites Inclusion team Mrs Wilson. Mrs Coghlan Mrs Mansfield, Miss Arkley Mrs Couldwell

  5. KEY DATES THIS TERM 15th-19th April – Y6 residential visit to East Barnby 25th April – Science workshops for all classes Week beginning 29th April - proposed trip to Yorkshire Air Museum 1st May – Harrogate School of Rock & Pop musical workshops 3rd May – Auditions for Y5/6 show 13th May – Y6 SATs 2nd July – Sports Day 8th July – Y5 day visit to Bewerley Park 15th & 16th July – Y5/6 end of year show 23rd July – Y6 Leavers’ Assembly

  6. How you can help your child at home Talking! By asking your child to talk about what they are doing at school, you not only reinforce their learning but also help to develop key speaking and listening skills. Spellings As part of their homework, each child will bring a spelling list home each week. Please help your child to learn these spellings and put them into a written context. KIRFs Children are asked to spend 20 minutes per week learning these recall facts at home. Please help your child by using some of the activities suggested on their KIRF sheets. General homework support Please encourage your child to take pride in their homework and ensure that it is completed to the best of his or her ability. Feel free to help and support but remember that they also need to be practising independence. HOME

  7. KEY INSTANT RECALL FACTS (KIRFs) These helpful fact sheets are stuck into maths homework books each half term. They can also be found on the Western School Website (www.western.n-yorks.sch.uk) on page 2 of the ‘Forms to Download’ section. A further explanation of their use can be found in the ‘Curriculum Information’ section. These are facts which the children need to commit to memory and which will be very valuable to them as mathematicians. The children will be tested on their knowledge of these facts towards the end of each half term.

  8. Writing signposts Each child in Years 5 & 6 has been given a guide to writing at the level they are aiming for. They have a copy in two of their writing books where teachers can sign off objectives as they are achieved. In addition, a copy has been stuck in their homework books as a guide for parents. One or two of the objectives have been identified for each child to work towards. It is hoped that this guide will provide parents with a clear idea of their child’s objectives for writing.

  9. USEFUL WEBSITES FOR YOUR CHILD TO VISIT • www.conkermaths.com - a very useful site with links to KIRF objectives. • www.bbc.co.uk/learning - lots of links for all ages covering almost everything! • www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch – a brilliant school website with games & activities. • http://nmolp.iwm.org.uk/webquests/launch.php?webquest_id=12&partner_id=imperial

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