Wroxall Class

Welcome to the Summer Term in Wroxall Class! We hope the children have a wonderful final term in Year 5, with plenty of sunny days and happy memories being made.

Mrs Eaves is with the class Mondays, Tuesdays and Mrs Grier Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Mrs Foss will take the class for one lesson per week and also teach our topic lesson on Wednesday afternoons, and we are also very lucky to welcome Miss Yana as a volunteer TA in class on Thursdays. Miss Morris will be teaching Forest School with the class every Friday afternoon and you will have already received an e-mail outlining the details of what is required, at the end of last term. This will replace enrichment for Summer 1 and enrichment for Summer 2 will be music with Kieron on a Thursday afternoon.

Our topic this term will be the geography of South America, including plenty of rainforest learning too. We will be studying both human and physical features, as well as comparing South America with a region in the UK. Though not closely linked geographically, our class novel Kensuke’s Kingdom will immerse the class in the tropical rainforest environment. Our curriculum map and topic knowledge organiser below will provide more details. We have also included the homework tasks for the term and this will also be stuck into the pupils’ homework books.

Homework: 

Homework will be set on Wednesdays and needs to returned by Monday. Please see the timetable for the homework on the sheet below.

As usual, Mathletics will be set every Monday, to be completed by the following Monday. Due to the quick turn around of homework each week, please ensure this is completed on time so that we can give feedback on it before the following Wednesday.

BIRTHDAYS

A quick reminder that instead of sending in sweets for birthdays to be celebrated in class, we encourage all children to donate their favourite book to the class, which we will keep in school. It is obviously a much healthier choice and places a greater emphasis on reading at this age! Please feel free to inscribe it with a message, as well as their name and age. Thank you!


Age Related Expectations

Things to bring to school:

Each day your child will need to bring: -

  • A water bottle. Please name the bottle and remind your child to bring it in every day already filled so they can begin work on arrival.

  • A reading book. The children are expected to read in school and at home everyday. They can either bring a book home with them or have one book at home and one book at school. The Reading Passport was launched last term and so many of the pupils have enjoyed the start of their journey, reading their way around the world!

  • PE Kits need to be in school all the time. It is really important that the children have a pair of trainers so that we can make the most of the track and the fresh air in any weather. We cannot emphasise enough how often clothes are lost because they aren’t named - please help us with this.

  • A coat for those unexpected showers!


Languages

Wroxall Class will be having a ‘French in 15’ aural lesson each week with Mrs Grier, just to keep our hand in with what the class learnt last term and will be learning next year.

PE

PE will be taught on a Monday and a Friday this term. The sessions will be based around Real PE and Real Gym. Weather dependent, we will be inside or outside and the children can come into school in their PE kit on these days. PE kit includes black shorts or joggers, a white T-shirt and trainers. Please can this also be the case for dance club - normal PE kit each week.

In addition to PE lessons, we will continue with regular movement breaks and laps around the track. This is beneficial for the children socially, mentally and physically.

READING:     

This is of huge importance to all children. Reading for enjoyment every day, alone or with an adult, will not only increase your child’s vocabulary, but improve general knowledge, comprehension and general understanding across all subjects.

Please continue to encourage your children to read at home, ideally daily, but at least three times a week for 20-30 minutes.  They may bring home a book from school, or read their own books. Reading out loud to an adult or being read to, is not only for younger children - pupils of all ages benefit enormously from this.  Where possible, try to add any reading that you do together in your child’s reading diary.

Please feel free to send an e-mail via the office if you have any concerns.

We are sure this will be another exciting term, with lots to look forward to! Thank you for your continued support.

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Recommended reading list

It’s important for children to read as much as possible; to enjoy reading; to want to share what they have read with someone else and to challenge themselves to read different authors from different periods of time. In this way the children will build a rich vocabulary and greater understanding of the techniques authors use in their work to be able to apply this in their own writing. Have a look at our recently updated recommended reading list below!