Welcome to Phoenix 2024-2025!
Hello! I am Mrs Hatcher - the year five and six teacher. Mrs Townsend is our brilliant teaching assistant and we are really lucky to have a trainee teacher in our class this year: Mrs Prior.
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 this half term:
Reading - 'War Horse' by Michael Morpurgo
Maths - revision of all key concepts
Science - Lifecycles
PSHE - Friendships and Assertiveness
Geography - Climate zones and thinking about where food comes from?
PE - Cricket and Tennis
RE - Christianity
DT - Food of West Asia
Computing - E-Safety
The above curriculum areas gives you so many opportunities to complete additional work at home. Why not make a poster about the different climate zones around the world? Or sit in the garden or park and draw a tree? 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!
Mrs Hatcher
Useful online safety websites:
www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk
http://www.safetynetkids.org.uk/personal-safety/staying-safe-online/