Oak Class2015-16

TimetableTimes Monday

Miss HuddyTuesday

Miss HuddyWednesday

Mrs MooreMrs Cox

ThursdayMrs Moore

FridayMrs Moore

8.55 – 9.05

Registration(Handwriting)

Registration( Handwriting )

Registration( Quiet Reading )

Registration( Quiet Reading )

Registration( Quiet Reading )

9.05 – 9.35

Spelling Phonics/Group

Reading/Maths/SPAG

Spelling Phonics/Group

Reading/Maths/SPAG

KS 2 Teacher Assembly

Spelling Phonics/Group

Reading/Maths/SPAG

Celebration Assembly

9.35–10.50

Maths 9.35 – 10.00French

Maths Maths Maths

10.50 – 11.00

Spelling Test 10.00 – 11.00Music

P.S.H.E P.S.H.E P.S.H.E

11.00-11.15

B R E A K

11.15-12.15

English Maths English English English

12.15 – 12.30

P.S.H.E P.S.H.E Spelling Mental Maths Class Novel

12.30-1.25

L U N C H

1.25-1.30 Registration Registration Registration Registration Registration

1.30 – 1.50

Mental Maths Mental Maths X Tables R.E.  

Mental Maths

 1.50 – 2.40 

Swimming English 

P.E. 

ICT 

Spelling Group Reading/

Maths/ SPAG

2.45 – 3.05

Mrs Nelson/Mrs

Hill’s Assembly

Singing Worship

Topic  

Class Assembly

3.05-3.15 Class Novel Class Novel Class Novel Class Novel

SwimmingMonday 2.15-2.45pmTaunton School Pool2 SASP swimming coaches + Miss Huddy and Mrs Price

(Qualified KS2 swimming instructors)8 weeks from 14.09.15£2.50 per sessionNeed:

appropriate swimming costume/trunkstowelgoggles, if desiredno talcum powder

MusicTuesday 10 – 11am for 34 weeksCan bring them home to practice:

Once they have learned how to put the instrument together (need to press the special key to join two halves together)

If you are covered by your house insurance and a parents signs to take responsibility for the clarinet out of school.

Performance at Open Evening in JulyOpportunity to continue in a small group with free

clarinet hire but a small cost per lesson (dependent on the size of the group) next year.

Homework: Spellings - A copy of all the spellings for a half-term are found on

the website. Spellings are given out on a Monday and tested the following Monday. Children are expected to complete an activity from the Spelling Menu.

SPAG - a short piece of Grammar homework will also be set every Monday to be handed in the following Monday.

Reading – independently and to an adult. Please see your child’s contact book for guidance and the amount we expect them to read to an adult/themselves.

Times Tables Maths Abacus  Homework box – is located underneath the Interactive Whiteboard

in the classroom for children to hand in homework completed before the due date.

Further details are given on the curriculum newsletter

Websitewww.staplegroveprimary.co.ukClick on Children/Class Pages/Oak

How can you help us help your child? Homework – a quiet space/time; share how you learn best – what works for

you may work for them; encourage your child to work as independently where possible: we need to know if they aren’t secure.

Encourage reading – offer a slightly later bedtime if they use the extra time to read to themselves (it’s amazing how many reluctant readers become confident readers this way – a good tip is to read the first few chapters of book to your child until they become hooked and then leave them to continue the book by themselves)

Bedtime story – expands vocabularies; broadens understanding of the world and behaviour of others; improves comprehension when you don’t have to decode the words for yourself. Suggestions can be found in the About Us/Curriculum section of the website

Ensure your child has enough sleep – a lot of squabbles are caused by irritability due to being low on sleep.

Maths talk - using and applying skills in real life where possible e.g. weighing ingredients; measuring up for new furniture; calculating which offer in the supermarket is the best value for money etc

Tell us about anything that may have an effect on their behaviour in school.

CommunicationAvailable for quick messages before schoolBy appointment for longer meetings after

schoolTelephone – the office pass us any messages

and we will endeavour to ring back as soon as we are free

Write a note – we have a communication book that we note down any future medical appointments etc

Encouraging independencePacking and unpacking bagExplaining why homework is lateIndependent practice of spellings/times

tables etc in classIndependently leaving the classroom at the

end of the day (only to go down to the playground if they can see who is picking them up)

Topics this yearWho were the greatest builders in the world?

(History/D.T.)What happens inside us? (Science)Bright Sparks (Science)The games children play?

(Music/Dance/Art/Drama)Why do we speak English? (History –

Romans, Anglo-Saxons & Vikings))How do we make living here better for

everyone? (Geography)

Trips this yearTerm 1 - Museum of Somerset: Digging Deep

in the Bronze Age (free)Term 2 – tbcTerm 3 – Museum of Somerset: Saxon

Somerset (free) Tues 14th or Weds 15th June (tbc)

Net/Wall Festival @ Blackbrook Pavilion Weds 10th Feb

Orienteering @ Norton Manor Camp Thurs 30th June (tbc)