WELCOME TO BIRCH CLASS
Welcome to our class of Year 5 and Year 6 children.
ADULTS IN BIRCH CLASS
Class Teachers
Monday, Tuesday and Friday Mrs Morgan
Wednesday and Thursday Mrs Thornley
Teaching Assistant: Miss Gooding
HOME LEARNING
Homework is handed out on a WEDNESDAY and returned on a MONDAY. Weekly homework consists of:
Year 5:
Spelling - this will be completed on Spelling Shed.
Mathematics - this will be tasks set on Sumdog.
Reading - 4 x 15 minutes per week.
TimeTables Rockstars
Year 6:
Spelling - this will be completed on Spelling Shed.
Grammar - completed on SPaG.com
Mathematics - practice papers.
Reading - 4 x 15 minutes per week.
TimeTables Rockstars
To support our UKS2 children in taking ownership of their homework and to ensure they have the resources or support to complete it; there is a Thursday lunchtime homework club (where children can choose or are directed to attend).
Topic Homework:
Each half term, a grid is sent out within each key stage which links with the topic, their learning and our school value focus for the following half term. Within each key stage the pupils are recommended to complete a number of their chosen activities and each completed activity is rewarded with dojo points. At the end of the half term all classes showcase this homework to share and celebrate the children’s hard work and efforts. These homework grids will be available on our website in the 'Children' section or click the link below.
Home Readers:
Children are asked to read a minimum of 4 times per week for at least 15 minutes. We ask that the children's reading records are signed and handed in on a daily basis to be stamped and dojo points given out. Children who complete this will earn a special treat.
PE DAYS
Our PE days vary during the year depending on which days we have a PE coach in so make sure you wear your active uniform everyday! Long hair should be tied back and earings should be removed or taped.
Spring 2: Outdoor PE (with coach) Monday - rugby
Outdoor PE Tuesday - athletics
ROUTINES
Reading books and diaries should go home each day and be returned the following morning. Please put your reading diary on Miss Gooding's desk in the morning if you have read.
Phones should be switched off on entering the school grounds and go in a named envelope in our phone tray.
Packed lunches go on the packed lunch trolley and water bottles live in your table tidy on your table.
REWARDS
Reading: Children who have read 4 times or more are entered into Miss Gooding's special raffle for a prize. The class that has the highest total number of reads wins the special playtime box full of exciting games to play at break time.
Dojo points are given for all sorts of things - reading quizzes, homework, spelling tests, good work, kind behaviour, excellent manners... the list is very long. Each week the highest scoring individual is our class dojo champion.
Each week one child is chosen as our book winner for effort in class and home reading. The prize is a book!
Special certificates are awarded each week for either maths or English in our whole school Celebration Assembly.
TT Rockstar certificates are awarded when a knew rock status is achieved.
Bikeability
Last week the Year 5 and 6 children took part in Bikeability. Despite the rain they all had a great time practising their cycling skills on the playground and out on the roads.
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Autumn 2 has got off to a busy start celebrating Diwali where we looked at Rangoli patterns and enjoyed making a Chrysanthemum garland to decorate our classroom. We marked Remembrance Day with a special UKS2 assembly and listened to the classis poem 'In Flanders Fields' by John McRae. This week marks anti-bullying week and on Tuesday we wore odd socks to represent valuing differences and learnt about the 2024 theme of 'Respect'. We created a wall of kindness and kindness fortune tellers to encourage us to carry out daily acts of kindness.
Spring 1
After a rather snowy start, we have hit the ground running and are enjoying our new literacy theme of Science Fiction and our Science theme of Earth and Space. We made the most of a dry sunny day today to explore how far apart the planets are using scaling and to act out how the planets orbit the Sun.
Number Day
Birch Class had a great day celebrating number day with a maths quiz, photo opportunities, tattoos and other maths activities. There was also a chance to sing and dance to our favourite rock songs. Check out our photos below...
Internet safety day
To help celebrate Online Safety Day and remind the children of how to be safe online, we took part in an online workshop run by Tech She Can. This workshop reminded the children of the dangers they could face when being online and how to deal with them. It then led onto some jobs that children could do when they are older based on what they had been learning. It was a really informative workshop where the children were engaged and it was lovely to see the children showcasing their knowledge and sharing what they had learnt.
World book day
We enjoyed celebrating World Book Day on Friday 7th March. We bought our favourite books to school in disguise and either dressed as clues for our books or wore comfy reading clothes. We had great fun guessing the books from the clues provided and spent time writing our own blurbs and designing new front covers for our books.
Red Nose Day
Birch Class celebrated Red Nose Day by dressing in our best eighties fashion outfits (or wearing red) and grooving to some classic eighties music. We had lots of fun!
Neurodiversity day
We celebrated Neurodiversity day today, by thinking about and celebrating how different we all are and focusing on our differences as special super powers. We started our day with a special assembly lead by Pheobe Walker-Sharpe, which was very thought provoking, and then ended our day with a scavenger hunt.
