Welcome to Phoenix 2025-2026!
Hello! Welcome to Phoenix Class 2025-26! This year, we have 21 children from Years 5 and 6. I am Mrs Prior, the class teacher. Mrs Townsend is our brilliant teaching assistant, and Ms Domoney will be teaching on a Friday while Mrs Prior is planning exciting things for us to learn.
Each morning, the children complete a 'Quick Maths' challenge and work on their spelling and maths passports. This is a vital time of day so arriving and being organised by 8.45am is essential!
We spend our mornings focused on our literacy and maths and the afternoons are Science or non-core subjects.
Here is a snapshot of our learning for the first half of the Autumn Term:
Reading - 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell
Maths - revision of all key concepts
Literacy - Descriptive writing
Geography - Brazil
Computing - Exploring AI
Art and Design - Sculpture
RE - Christianity
French - Clothes
PE - Gymnastics and Football
Science - Forces and Space: Unbalanced Forces
PSHE - Me and My Relationships
Music - Gospel
The above curriculum areas gives you so many opportunities to complete additional work at home. Why not find out about Brazil? Or make a sculpture out of paper or recycling materials? How about writing a book review? You could try using Scratch Junior online and follow a tutorial to try out some coding. Please ask if you need more ideas!
Things you can do to help your child to learn well in school:
A little note on homework - reading daily will benefit your child in so many ways and is a great time to snuggle up together. Working on their passports and helping them to practise their times tables and spellings will have a great impact on how they feel in the classroom.
We hope you check this page frequently to keep up to date with the learning in Phoenix Class!
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Prior
p.prior@st-johntisbury.wilts.sch.uk
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