Return to school 8th March 2021

2nd March 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

24.2.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are very happy to be able to welcome all the children back to school on Monday March 8th on a full-time basis. Unfortunately, we still have to adhere to the same restrictions that were in place previously in order to keep yourselves, children and staff safe and help to prevent the rise of infection from Covid -19. 

This does mean we will still have staggered start and end times, (unless you have siblings in school, on which case you bring all children at the start time of your earliest child and collect all children at the latest finish time so that no learning time is missed).

It is important that only one parent brings their child/children to school to reduce the amount of people coming to school. This will ensure we can keep to social distancing measures in place as best as possible. It is vital that parents do not congregate around school premises when dropping off or collecting children as doing so could potentially increase the risk of transmission of the virus. We are very grateful for your support and understanding.

Please see the table below for start and end times together with their entrance for your child’s year group. 

 

Start and End Times:

Year Groups

Start Times

End Times

Entrance

YR

9:00am

3:15pm

Main Gate

Y1+Y1/2

8:45am

3:00pm

Main Gate

Y2

8:45am

3:00pm

Lower side gate (burn)

Y3

9:00am

3:15pm

Upper side gate (road)

Y4

9:00am

3:15pm

Lower side gate (burn)

Y5

8:45am

3:00pm

Upper side gate (road)

Y6

9:15am

3:30pm

Main Gate

 

Further Information:

  • Children should attend school in correct school uniform, Children should bring 1 bag, 1 named water bottle, 1 coat.
  • PE kits can only be worn on PE days (KS2 only) – all other times children must attend in the correct uniform.
  • YET/KS1 children bring in PE kits to school to be left on pegs for half term
  • Communication with your child’s teacher can be done via dojo or telephone appointments 
  • Parents should only attend the school office if absolutely necessary and preferably by appointment
  • Children will be taught in their classes and have access to a full and varied curriculum
  • Children will be given their own equipment and desks will face forwards
  • Reception teaching will operate as normal with access to age-appropriate provision
  • Lunchtimes will be staggered and children will eat with their year group bubble
  • Enhanced cleaning will be carried out during the school day
  • Children will be encouraged to wash their hands on entry and continuously throughout the school day (They also have access to hand sanitisers in all classrooms and corridors)

We are all looking forward to the children returning to school and enjoying their lessons again alongside their teachers and friends.

Mrs Garr

Rev. Paul’s Christmas Q&A

21st December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Each year group posed a question to Rev. Paul relating to their current topic questions for R.E. Watch the video below to see his answers.

Look out for a special guest appearance from Maisie the dog too!

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Marvellous multiples and fabulous factors

1st December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson
In Maths, for the next few weeks, Year 5 are building on our knowledge of multiplication and division. We have been looking at multiples, factors and common factors. Striping back to basics, we have used four gets to create arrays to visualise numbers, which has really helped support our learning.

Separating mixtures in Year 5

1st December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson
In Science this week, Year 5’s CSI team have been trying to discover what substance was put into Professor Brainstorm’s tea.
Continuing with our topic of properties and changes of materials, we looked at how to separate mixtures using sieving, evaporation, filtration and magnetism processes. The children also established that some changes are reversible and irreversible.
It turned out that someone had put sodium chloride in the professors tea… the investigation is ongoing. Check back next week for any case updates!

Un bon petit déjeuner de la classe 11!

1st December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson
This week, Class 11 have been learning breakfast nouns in French. They tucked into a continental French breakfast consisting of: crossiants, pain au chocolat, orange juice and apple juice. This was a great experience for the children and they learnt lots of new words as well as the opportunity to practise their manners in French. Magnifique!

Could you be the next CSI investigator?

15th November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This week Year 5 started their new science topic on Properties and Changes in Materials. Over the next few weeks they will be working on answering the Learning Challenge Question: Could you be the next CSI investigator?

The first lesson involved the children taking on the roles of crime scene investigators and looking at the evidence to identify the top secret project the kidnapped Professor Brainstorm was working on.

They had so much fun!

Journey to Jo’Burg Character Descriptions

19th October 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This week in Year 5 we completed our final character descriptions and moved onto writing diary entries based on our class novel Journey to Jo’burg. We have worked hard to include a range of features in our character descriptions. Including the use of: sentence openers, interesting adjectives, similes and metaphors. Our final pieces of work have been excellent!

Life on Mars…

16th October 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Last week was Space Week. The theme this year was Satellites. In Year 5 we have looked at the uses of manmade satellites and we have also learned about natural satellites such as moons that orbit around planets like Earth.

We then researched and compared the planets and discussed where we could go if we could no longer live on Earth. As a class, we decided on Mars.

Terrific Targets!

11th October 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

In Class 11, we have been thinking about our personal targets for the rest of the Autumn term, as well as discussing our targets with Mr Wilson for Numeracy and Literacy.

Here is an example of what we have been thinking about and the types of targets we have been set. All our targets are SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-based) and are agreed with the teacher so that we know what we are working towards.

 

Ask your child about their targets!