Rowan

We work with a range of teachers throughout the week to make the most of their subject specialisms. Our main teachers are Ms Catchpole and Mrs Dear. We also work with specialist PE coaches. Please see the timetable pdf for who teaches on which days.

Welcome to the spring term in Rowan Class. As part of our creative curriculum, we will be learning about the Antarctic and how children's lives have changed across history. We will investigate healthy eating and make a tart from seasonl ingredients. We will find out about sacred texts and think about who Jesus really was. For full details of our curriculum this term please see the information sheet.

Our PE days are Thursday and Friday. Children should wear PE kit on these days. Please remember to take earrings out before coming to school on these days.

You will need:

To know if you are having school dinner or a packed lunch and what your after-school arrangements are (going home on the bus or in a taxi, going to Puffins, going to a club, being picked up or walking home on your own). If Year 5 children would like to walk home without an adult, please make sure that we have written permission from parents for them to do so.

Your reading book, reading record and any completed homework.

A drinking bottle of fresh WATER.

A fresh fruit snack for break time.

A coat or waterproof jacket - we work and play outside in all weathers!

Outdoor shoes and a change of clothes for the school field in winter.

Your PE Kit (team coloured T-shirt, shorts and trainers, plus track suit type trousers and top during the winter months). This should be worn to school on PE days.

A warm hat and gloves in cold weather.

A sun hat during in hot weather.

All stationery is provided so you do not need a pencil case.

Effective feedback involves a dialogue between teachers and learners to identify what has been done well and the next steps for 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.

In Rowan Class we take pride in our work and we make sure that certain things are always correct.

BE READY TO LEARN

HAVE A CAN-DO ATTITUDE

RESPECT YOUR RESOURCES

LAY OUT EACH PAGE CORRECTLY

HAVE HANDSOME HANDWRITING

SHOW OFF YOUR SPELLING

PERFECT YOUR PUNCTUATION

KNOW YOUR ONIONS - One Number In ONe Square

MISTAKES ARE IMPORTANT TO LEARNING - Cross mistakes out neatly

CIRCLE SELF-ASSESSMENT FACES CLEARLY

RESPOND TO ALL MARKING