Rushbury, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 7EBHeadteacher: Mrs Diane Pye
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4 January 2017
Happy New Year. Welcome back to a new term.
There will be a Christingle Service at 2.15pm on Thursday 12 January at St Peter’s church. Children will be making Christingles for this. Please do join us if you can.
For your information, this is what we will be studying this term:
Ancient Greece
Attached to this letter is a summary web of what the children will be learning.
Additional information, dates and resources are available on the school website.
In mathematics, the children will do daily maths activities covering all areas of computation. We will continue to use Maths on Target for mathematics progression. Year 6 children will be given a weekly arithmetic paper to do for homework (some Year 5 children will also be given this homework). We recommend the Usborne mathematics dictionary to help support homework.
P.E. will continue to be on a Monday and Friday with Mr Wellings. In bad weather,children will be transported to the village hall.
The Children will continue to learn Spanish with Mrs Wilson on a Monday. Children will do alternate weeks of English grammar and Spanish.
Homework
Reading
The children have been asked to keep a record, in their home school links book (class 3 – on a bookmark), of all the books they read and the dates they started them. It is important that they read at home every day and can discuss favourite books by author or genre. Please ask your child to hand in their home-school link book if you have any messages. Please do not hesitate to come into school if you want to discuss the books your child is reading; we are always happy to help.
Comprehension activities and reading different texts form an integral part of many lessons. All of this is monitored carefully by teachers and support staff. In addition, there is a quiet reading time every day.
Each Monday the children will be given spellings from the National Curriculum to learn. The children will have a spelling test on a Monday.
Friday mornings will include multiplication tests,mental maths, and homework followup. Key Stage 2 will continue to be split into three groups.
Education City Homework has been a great success with children consolidating class learning at home.
Each week the children will be set English, mathematics and science homework on Education City. Class 3 children will be given homework over 2 weeks. The number of activities each week will vary. The homework requires access to a computer. If this is a problem, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.
Nessychildren will continue to have access to this spelling programme. Once again there will be a prize for the child in each class who learns the most spellings.
Homework project: Children in Key Stage 2 will continue to lead an assembly on Thursday afternoons. Last term this homework was very successful.
The theme is Magical Musical Instruments. Children have been asked to research facts about one musical instrument, talk about the instrument, find a piece of music in which the instrument has a significant part, name the composer of the music and play all or part of the music as part of the assembly. The assembly does not need to be lengthy. Children need to think about their audience and make sure they have rehearsed what they want to say.
It is very important that your child knows when their slot is and is adequately prepared. If your child needs any support, resources, equipment to make something with or wants to print out something at school, please let us know. We have some resources in school. Children have use of the hall computer and projector. Some children prepare work at home and then copy their work onto powerpoint at school. In the past, children have included short videos, models, drama, costumes and artefacts. The rota is below. A similar list will be on the wall in class so that the children can write in the name of their artist once they have decided. This will avoid repetition.
Thursday Assembly rota:
Charlie / To be done this termAaron / To be done this term
5 January / Hannah
12 January / Oliver
19 January / Lois
26 January / Shaun
2 February / Archie
9 February / Maisie
16 February / Brendan
2 March / Maddie
9 March / Freddie Royce
16 March / Aiden
23 March / Clara
30 March / Thea
6 April / Freddie Wills
27 April / Flossie
4 May / George
11 May / Jack
18 May / Sophie
25 May / Josie
22 June / Emily
29 June / Ryleigh-Mae
6 July / Evie
Wider Opportunities
This term, Class 2 and 3 will be split up into four mixed-age groups. Approximately every four weeks, each group will move to a different activity.
Activity 1
Cookery
Leader: Miss Dugdale
Children will learn basic methods and seasonal cookery. In addition, children will experiment with ingredients and create their own recipes.
Activity 2
Gardening
Leader: Miss Carter
Please bring in warm clothes and wellington/ outdoor boots.
The school will provide gardening gloves.
Work will cover RHS levels, sustainability issues, Eco work and the setting up of a school vegetable stall.
Activity 3
Art Design and Church Links
Leader: Mrs Child
Children will research an artist. Their art work will be inspired by this artist.
Activity 4
Design and Technology
Leader: Mrs Gravestock and Mrs Momcilovic
Children will learn about programming. They will build on their knowledge of ‘Scratch’ to make simple programs. In addition, they will create animations based on the Greek Myths.
Activity 5
Knitting
Leader: Mrs McAra
Children will make a knitted gift.
Please let us know if you are interested in helping with any of these activities.
Diary Dates From Spring 2017
We will inform you of any changes, but please keep up to date on the school website
Tuesday 3 January:PD Day (children not in school – Global Learning, CPD with Longnor Primary School
Wednesday 4 January:Children return to school (spring term)
Thursday 12 January:2.15pm Christingle Service St Peter’s Church
Tuesday 24 January:Ks2 Tri-golf, Church stretton
Thursday 26 January:Sal Tonge story-teller with KS2
Tuesday 7 February:Regional netball finals, Ludlow School
Wednesday 8 February:Year 5 STEM day at Church Stretton secondary school
Monday 20 February:Half Term
Monday 27 February:Children return to school
Monday 27 February:Yr 3&4 Dodgeball, Church Stretton
Tuesday 28 February:Regional indoor athletics finals, Ludlow School
Friday 3 March:Wrekin College Maths Challenge – Year 5
Tuesday 7 March:Winter games – KS2- Shrewsbury sports village
Wednesday 15 March:Y3&4 Quicksticks, Church Stretton
Tuesday 21 March:Reception/Y1 sports festival, Church Stretton
Tuesday 28 March:Regional Y5&6 dodgeball finals, Church Stretton
Friday 7 April:9.30am Easter Service, St Peter’s Church
Monday 10 April:Easter holiday start
Monday 24 April:Children return to school (summer term)
Tuesday 25 April:Y2 sports activities, Church Stretton
Friday 28 April:KS 2 regional tri-golf finals, Lacon Childe school
Tuesday 2 May:Y3&4 tennis, Church Stretton
Monday 8 May:SATS Week. All Year 6 children must be in school
Thursday 18 May:Y5&6 orienteering, Cardingmill Valley
Monday 29 May:Half term starts
Monday 5 June:Children return to school. Residential visit Cleobury Outdoor Centre
Tuesday 6 June: Residential visit Cleobury Outdoor Centre
Wednesday 7 JuneResidential visit Cleobury Outdoor Centre
Monday 12 June:Year 1 phponics screening checks all week (includes Y2 retests)
Y5&6 rounders, Church Stretton
Wednesday 14 June:Regional rounders finals, Ludlow Town FC
Thursday 15 June:Concord College Choir competition
Friday 16 June:KS 2 visit to Millichope Estate
Thursday 22 June:KS2 athletics, Church Stretton
Tuesday 4 July:Summer schools’ games finals, Shrewsbury Sports Village
Tuesday 11 July:Reception/Y1 sports festival, Church Stretton
Wednesday 12 July:School end of term concert (2.00pm, St Peter’s Church)
Thursday 20 July:regional athletics finals, Ludlow school
Friday 21 July:9.30 am Year 6 Leavers’ Service, St Peter’s Church
Last day of term
Class 2 Timetable Spring 2017
Mrs Collins
TeachingAssistant
Class 2 / 8.50 / 9.25 – 10.30 / 10.45– 12.00 / 1.00– 3.15
PM: Support groups with Mrs Child
( Miss Carter – Thursday)
Monday / Morning work
Mental Maths
Spelling Scheme / Assembly / B / L / 1.00-1.30
Miss Carter
Spelling Test and reading / 1.30 – 2.00
Mrs Wilson
Spanish/ grammar / 2 – 3.15 pm
Mr. Wellings
PE
Activsports club
Tuesday / Morning work
Mental maths
Spelling Scheme / R / U / 1.00– 2.00pm
Forest School
Mrs Wilson & Mrs Collins / Class time
Wednesday / Morning work
Comprehension
Spelling Scheme / E / N / 1.00 – 1.20 Open The Book Assembly / 1.25 – 2.05
, Music Lesson
Mr Bennett / 2.05 – 2.40
Reading
& punctuation / 1.45 – 3.15
Whole School singing
Mr.Bennett
Thursday / Morning work
Comprehension
Spelling Scheme / A / C / Assembly
Class 2&3lead / Reading
& punctuation
Friday
a.m.
Mrs Pye,
Miss Carter & Mrs Child / Morning work
Mathematics / Celebration
Assembly / MULTIPLICATION TESTS
MATHS HOMEWORK / K / 10.45 – 12.00
Mr.Wellings
PE / H / 5 Activities
Gardening and sustainability –Miss Carter
Cookery, food safety, DT-Ms Dugdale
Church Links/Art and Design-Mrs Child
Computer Programming –Mrs Gravestock & Mrs Momcilovic
Knitting – Mrs McAra
As always, we will keep you informed through the weekly newsletter.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Diane Pye Mrs Kate Collins