Phoenix

Phoenix

Welcome to Phoenix 2023-2024!

Hello! I am Mrs Hatcher - the year five and six teacher. Mrs Townsend and Miss Finn 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.

Here is a snapshot of our learning for this half term (Summer 1 2024):

Reading - 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and 'Jennie' by Paul Gallico.

Maths - Lots of revision ahead of KS2 SATs - number, fractions, angles, ratio and decimals

Science - Change in humans

PSHE - Relationships

Geography - local study

PE - Athletics and Orienteering

RE - Islam

Art - using pen to draw trees

Computing - coding

The above curriculum areas gives you so many opportunities to complete additional work at home. Why not make a poster all about Islam? 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:

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