Pine

Welcome to Pine Class. We have 36 pupils. Our teacher is Mr Carter and our teaching assistants are Mrs Clark, Mrs Anderson and Miss Davy.

This term we will head back in time to find out how the towns and cities of the United Kingdom (UK) first developed. We will learn about the needs and requirements early settlers had when choosing a place to build a home. We will look at place names around the UK to see how the Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Vikings all left their mark. Through use of digital and paper maps, we will investigate land use in different sized settlements and the ways in which settlements are linked together. At the end of the unit, we will draw together all our learning about settlements to design our own new settlement!

Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday. We work with Commando Joe on a Thursday. Children should wear their PE kit on these days.

In Pine Class we are particularly focusing on:

ALL marking responded to
No OK as a response
Sensible faces (as part of pupil self-assessment)
Success criteria written
Correct letter formation and joined handwriting
Starting writing at the margin
Writing on the line
Spellings copied correctly
Capital letters
Full stops, Exclamation marks, Question marks
Their, there, they're used correctly
To and too used correctly
No doodling or scribbling
No rubbing out

DUM TUMS (Date, underline, miss a line, title, underline, miss a line, success criteria)

We all have been involved in a dialogue about the high expectations we have of all pupils. Effective feedback involves a dialogue to identify what has been done well and the next steps to learning. Pupils are regularly given verbal feedback about their work and areas to work on. Where appropriate, we use pink highlighting to identify where we are 'Tickled Pink' that the Success Criteria (expectations set out at the start of the lesson) have been achieved. Green highlighting identifies a next step (Green for Growth). Children are also encouraged to self-edit and correct or improve something using their purple polish pen. For more information, please do ask your child, read our policy on the school website or speak to us.

What do you need for school?
Your PE Kit (team coloured T-shirt, shorts and trainers, plus track suit type trousers and top during the winter months).This term children will wear their PE kits to school on PE days on every Tuesday and Thursday.

Your book bag, with reading book and reading record.
Bottle of fresh WATER.
KS2 need to bring a fresh fruit snack for break time (infants receive a piece of fruit from school).
Outdoor shoes and a change of clothes for the school field in winter and a coat, warm hat and gloves during the winter.
To know if you are a school dinner or a packed lunch.
Sun hat and sun cream during the summer.

Pencil cases are not required, all stationery will be provided.