Yew

We have 23 pupils from Year 6 in our class. We work with a range of teachers throughout the week to make the most of their subject specialisms. We have Ms Catchpole, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Anderson and Mr Carter for most subjects, with Mrs Sanders for Spanish and Miss Cruickshank for PE. Please see the timetable pdf for who teaches on which days.

Welcome to the autumn term in Yew Class. This term we will be studying a wide variety of topics and themes across all the subjects including Rivers and Mountains in History and Living THings in their Environment in science. Please see this term's curriculum newsletter for more details. We will be visiting Burwell House to spend a day investigating rivers, including getting into the river in waders to take measurements.

Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday with Miss Cruickshank. Commando Joe is on a Thursday. Children should wear PE kit 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 you would like to walk home without an adult, please make sure that we have written permission from your parents for you 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 Yew 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

This year the Key Stage 2 SATs are due to take place on Monday 12th to Thursday 15th May. We will be preparing the children for the tests in a measured way throughout the year so that they feel confident with the style and manner of the tests as well as the curriculum content.