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January 2010
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome back to Class 8. I hope you have all enjoyed your Christmas holidays. I am looking forward to a busy term as we begin to prepare for SATs in May. This newsletter will give you some information about your child’s weekly timetable, the content of the curriculum for the term and additional information or reminders.
Class timetable
- PE is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Pupils need to bring the appropriate kit and remember not to wear earrings on these days.
- Homework days are Tuesday and Friday.
- Please make comments in your child’s homework diary if you have helped them or if they have experienced any difficulties with the work.
- Children still need to be reading regularly at home if they are to make sufficient progress. Please encourage your child to make a note in the back of their reading record book of any other texts they may read on their own.
Curriculum
- Some of the curriculum areas will not be taught this term; additional time will be given to Mathematics and Literacy as these are the subjects the children will be tested on in May.
Other useful information
- My PPA time is on Wednesday mornings when Mr D Webb will be teaching creative writing and Mr D Harvey, Spanish.
- Booster classes will now begin on Tuesday January 12 and will be held every Tuesday and Thursday until May. It is expected that all children attend these sessions as it gives us an opportunity to work with small groups. The children, who are to receive one to one sessions however, need not attend the booster for that subject but are expected to attend for the other subject.
- SATS this year will be held from Monday 10 May to Friday 14 May. Holiday days should not be taken during this week as they cannot be granted by the school.
Mrs L Maloney
Mathematical Development
- To enhance mental calculation strategies and pencil and paper procedures in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- To further develop skills involving, money, fractions, decimals, percentages, measures, shape ‘n’ space, handling data and using a calculator.
- To revise areas of Mathematics from previous years.
- To explore SAT style questions and complete practice SATs papers.
- To read a range of text-types to gain knowledge of fiction, non-fiction and poetry work.
- To develop writing skills in story and non-fiction text types.
- To enhance reading comprehension skills and explore SAT style questions.
- To gain an understanding of spelling rules and patterns.
- To enhance grammar and punctuation skills during the sentence and word level sections of the literacy hour.
- To explore SATs type questions; complete practice SATs papers and investigate model answers.
- To study 3 units during the Spring Term: balanced & unbalanced forces, reversible & irreversible changes and more about dissolving.
- To develop an understanding of a range of scientific vocabulary and revise other elements of science covered in previous years.
- To develop a better understanding of fair testing.
- To develop word processing skills, whilst using the Microsoft office programs of 'Word' and ‘Publisher’.
- To use the internet to aid revision particularly the BBC Bitesize site and Espresso.
- To use CD ROM/Internet to search for specific information.
- To investigate contrasting localities in the UK including the local area. This will link to Literacy lessons and will form the basis for those lessons.
- To use Geography as a starting point and work with a variety of different media.
- To use modroc to create a model based on either the local environment or a contrasting one.
- Cricket – To enhance sending and receiving ball skills and improve tactical skills in the game.
- Dance – To explore movement whilst listening to music.
- To continue to learn about Islam and compare this to other major religions.
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