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Year 6 Newsletter

   

Year 6

 

Newsletter

 

September  2008

 

6P – Mrs Phillips

 

6C – Mrs Charlton

 

6D – Miss Delaney

 

Teaching Assistant - 

             Mrs Ballard

 

 

 

 

Curriculum

 

 

 

 

This is some of the work to be covered in Year 6 this term.

 

Literacy

An understanding of fiction genre, narrative writing, biography and autobiography and the power of imagery.

 

 

Numeracy

A range of areas from the numeracy strategy, starting with place value.

 

Science

Forces and Micro-organisms.

 

ICT

Internet activities and using controlling devices.

 

 

RE

Who brought Christianity to Britain ? What does it mean to be a Hindu? Where can we find out about the birth of Jesus?

 

 

Art /DT

Using different media to record different landscapes. To design and make models of shelters.

 

 

Music

To develop an understanding of how musical structures are used in songs.

 

 

 PE/GAMES

Gymnastis, dance and invasion games.

Please ensure correct kit is in school on these days.

 

             History

 

Britain Since 1930.

 

             French

 

To develop an understanding of spoken and written language

 

             PSHCE

 

New beginnings, bullying, getting on and falling out and safety in the home.

 

Homework

This will be given out most days and should be returned to school by

the next day.

 

Spellings

These will be given out on Mondays to be learnt for the following week.

  

Visits

26^th September – Junior Citizen

 

17^th, 19^th and 21^st November class visits to Wisley.

25^th and 26^th November – Imperial War Museum .

 

     Volunteers

 We are always pleased to welcome parents into school either on a weekly or occasional basis.

 

Reminders

 

Please remember to sign Contact Books each  night.

 

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Year 5 Newsletter

 

Year 5

 

Newsletter

 

September  2008

 

5E – Mrs Evans

 

5W – Mrs Warnell

 

5BP – Mrs Barnes & Miss Perry

 

Teaching Assistant - 

             Mrs Brown

 

 

 

Curriculum

 

 

 

 

This is some of the work to be covered in Year 5 this term.

 

Literacy

Instructions, traditional stories, significant children’s author (Roald Dahl) and poetic style

 

Numeracy

Place value, multiplication facts up to 10 x 10, odd and even numbers, triangles, symmetry, frequency tables, bar charts, length and weight.

  

Science

Earth, Sun and Moon

Gases All Around Us

 

ICT

Spreadsheets & Graphical modelling

 

 

RE

Parables & miracles, the golden rule and why light is used as a symbol at Christmas

 

 

Art

How textiles can be used to represent stories.

 

 

Music

Cyclic patterns

 

 

 PE

Invasion games, dance and gymnastics.

  

5E have P.E on Tuesday.

5BP and 5W have P.E on Thursday.

 

Games lessons will take place on Wednesday afternoon.

 

 

Please ensure correct kit is in school on these days

  

Homework

Please read the list of homework your child can expect this year which is stuck in the front of your child’s contact book.

 

Spellings

These will be given out on Mondays to be learnt for Friday.

  

Visits/Events

Star Dome 23^rd September

 

 

Roald Dahl Museum

 

10^th, 14^th, 17^th October

You will receive further details soon.

 

Greek Day   23^rd October (The day will include a visit by a theatre company)

 

Cycling will take place during the week beginning 13^th October.

 

     Volunteers

We are always pleased to welcome parents into school either on a weekly or occasional basis.

 

Reminders

 

Please remember to sign Contact Books each night.

 

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Year 4 Newsletter

 

Year 4

 

Newsletter

 

September  2008

 

4M – Mrs. Margetts

 

4G – Mr. Gough

 

3rd Group –  Mrs Heenan.                  

 

Teaching Assistant - 

             Mrs Melsom

 

 

 

Curriculum

 

 

 

 

This is some of the work to be covered in Year 4 this term.

 

Literacy

Stories with historical settings: Imaginary worlds:  Recounts, newspapers and magazines.

 

 

Place value, times tables, Shape, telling the time, Measure.

 

History

 

 

Our topic this term is looking at The Tudors.

 

Science

 

Moving and Growing

Separating solids and liquids

 

ICT

 

Using word processing skills to produce an information newsletter.

 

 

RE

 

Why do Christians Pray?

 

Global Citizens.  Christmas Art

 

Art

 

Viewpoints and the human body

 

 

Music

 

Surrey Arts and Music specialist lead teaching.

 

 

 PE

 

4G – Monday and Friday

4M – Monday and Wednesday

Please ensure correct kit is in school on these days

 

Homework

 

This will be given out on Fridays and should be returned to school by

Monday.

Children should be encouraged to read for at least 10 minutes each night.  This does not always have to be their reading book.

 

Spellings

 

These will be given out on Mondays and will be tested on Friday.

 

Visits

 

We are arranging a trip to

Hampton Court

and will let you know the date when the details are finalised.

 

 

     Volunteers

 

 We are always pleased to welcome parents into school either on a weekly or occasional basis.

Please talk to the class teacher if you would like to come in.

 

Reminders

 

  

Please remember to sign Contact Books each  night.

 

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Year 3 Newsletter

 

Year 3

 

Newsletter

 

September  2008

 

3C – Mrs Crease

 

3R – Miss O’Riordan

 

3^rd Group –  Miss Perry    & Mrs Hawes

 

 

Teaching Assistants -  Mrs Hawes &

Mrs Hubbard

 

        

Curriculum

 

This is some of the work to be covered in Year 3 this term.

Literacy

We are looking at stories with familiar settings, myths and legends, poetry and report writing this term.

 

Numeracy

We will be following the National Curriculum and focusing on the four calculations as well as learning the 2,3,4,5 & 10 times tables.

Geography

We will be learning about the local area and ‘Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?’ We will be going for a local area walk on 26/11.

History

 

In History we will be learning about the Romans. We are having a Roman Day on 23/10 which will include a drama group.

Science

This term we will be learning about teeth & eating and materials.

ICT

We will be learning about e-mail and combining text and graphics.

 

RE

This term we will be learning about Jesus and Harvest. On 3/12 we will have an RE day about why we give presents at Christmas.

 

Art/DT

In art we will be looking at changing places and in DT we will be making moving monsters. There will be an Art Walk in Staines this term –

 

3C on 30/9 & 3R on 2/10

 

Music

The children will be exploring descriptive sounds this term.

 

French

 

In French the children will be learning ‘All about me’.

 PE

This term we will be doing gymnastics, dance and invasion games.

3C – PE on Tuesday, Games on Friday

 

3R – PE on Monday, Games on Friday

 

Please ensure correct kit is in school on these days.

Homework

There will be two pieces of homework each week, literacy, maths or topic based.

 

Spellings

These will be given out on Mondays to be learnt for a test on Friday.

Uniform

 

It would be very useful if your child’s name and class can be written in all their uniform.

Volunteers

 We are always pleased to welcome parents into school either on a weekly or occasional basis. Please see your child’s teacher to arrange this.

Reminders

 

Please remember to sign Contact Books each night.

Children should be reading every night, please record this in their contact books.

 

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