Phoenix

Phoenix

Welcome to Phoenix 2023-2024!

Hello! I am Mrs Hatcher - the year five and six teacher. Mrs Cockburn and Mrs Townsend are our brilliant teaching assistants, who we are very lucky to have helping in our class this year.

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.

In Phoenix, we love reading and I love reading aloud to the class - this half term we are reading 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' by Onjali Q Rauf' and we are going to complete lots of writing activities around the story. We are also reading 'Sword and the Stone'. For science, we are learning about 'Earth and Space' and aim to complete lots of practical activities to learn more about them.

Things you can do to help your child to learn well in school:

encourage good organisation and have good routines in place
spend time reading together daily
ensure your child does their homework
enjoy conversations around any home activity or outing
be a curious role model
help your child to be organised eg make sure their PE is in school and water bottle.

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!

Mrs Hatcher