• End of Year Expectations

"Let Your Light Shine"  

                                                                                                                     Matthew 5:16

At the heart of everything we do is a personalised approach to each unique individual within our Christian community. Our strong family ethos ensures that all children and staff feel valued, respected and supported to grow in confidence and flourish. Enthusiastic and caring staff have high expectations and are committed to nurturing the whole child, celebrating their individual gifts and talents. Guided by God’s love, we encourage every child to use their gifts to make a positive difference to those around them and to ‘let their light shine before others’, reflecting the message of Matthew 5:16.

Welcome to Class 3

My name is Mrs Tench and I am the class teacher for Year 5 and Year 6.  We also have Mrs Garnham working in Class 3 and she does most of the cover when I am not there.

I teach in the classroom 3 1/2  days a week.  These days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday morning.  On a Thursday I am the SENDCo and Mrs Rees teaches on this day.  

I have a Friday afternoon to prepare, plan and assess work and during this time the children either have Forest Schools with Mr Holland or Design Technology with Mrs Rees.

This half term we are learning about:

Geography - The Rockies and Andes

History - Ancient Greece

Computing - Scratch coding

Art and Design - Street art

Design Technology - Stuffed toys

Music - looping and remixing

PE - PE is every Wednesday afternoon and this half term we are playing tag rugby.  We will be outside so warm clothing is advisable.

Science - Earth, Sun and Moon

RE - Why are sacred texts and holy books so important to people of faith

We follow Whiterose Maths and use their scheme of work we are currently working on place value and will be moving on to addition and subtraction.   On a Thursday Mrs Rees will be teaching area, perimeter and volume.

We follow Literacy Counts and follow their schemes for writing and spelling.  Our writing is currently focusing on the book The Midnight Fair by Gideon Steerer.

Children will receive their spelling lists every week on a Monday and they have until the Friday the next week to learn them.  They contain sounds and rules we are focusing on and also two or three words from the Year 5/6 statutory word list.  

Homework - we do not give weekly homework out to the children as we feel that they need to focus on key skills such as learning their spellings, timestables and reading at home.