Orcas

Meet the Orcas Team

Class Teacher

Miss M Bray

Teaching Assistants

Mrs A Duc (Monday - Wednesday)

Mrs B Du Plessis (Wednesday - Friday)

Term 5 Dates

Start of Term 5 - Tuesday 22nd April
Stunning Start - Tuesday 22nd April
Table Talk - Tuesday 29th April and Friday 9th May
Bank holiday, school closed - Monday 5th May
Fabulous Finish - TBC
Woodland Day - TBC
End of Term 5 - Friday 23rd May

Class Information

PE Days

Term 5 - Tuesday afternoons

All of UKS2 will have double PE (the whole afternoon) on Tuesdays - Tuesday will therefore be our only PE day.

Please make sure your child has the following items for each PE session:

A yellow t-shirt
Black shorts and black jogging bottoms or leggings
A black jumper or their school jumper
Plimsolls or non marking trainers

Woodland Days

Woodland date for Term 5: TBC
Please ensure your child wears appropriate clothing for the setting and the weather.
If it is raining, please ensure your child brings wellies and a spare change of shoes to change into, aswell as a waterproof coat.
If it is sunny, please ensure your child has a hat and is wearing sun cream.

UKS2 Equipment

To support children in developing responsibility, and to prepare them for transition to secondary school, all UKS2 children will require a small pencil case containing:

• A black handwriting pen (not a biro)

• A pencil

• A rubber

• A sharpener

• A glue stick (optional)

Children are not required to have their own rulers, colouring pencils or colouring pens.

The school will provide this equipment for children in receipt of Pupil Premium.

Thank you for supporting us and your children with this.

Knowledge Organisers and Curriculum Overview

Rich Text

Earth Heroes: Twenty Inspiring Stories of People Saving Our World By Lily Dyu

When faced with climate change, the biggest threat that our planet has ever confronted, it's easy to feel as if nothing you do can really make a difference . . . but this book proves that individual people can change the world. With twenty inspirational stories celebrating the pioneering work of a selection of Earth Heroes from all around the globe, from Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough to Yin Yuzhen and Isatou Ceesay, each tale is a beacon of hope in the fight for the future of our planet, proving that one person, no matter how small, can make a difference.

Example weekly timetable

Y5 T5 timetable

Homework

For year 5 this year homework will be set on a Friday via Google classrooms (paper copies can be given if preferred) and will be due on the Thursday the following week. The homework will include:

Mangahigh
Rehearsing the weekly spellings or accessing NESSY
Reading 5x per week
Optional fortnightly topic homework

Home support

Reading / Reading comprehension:

20 minutes, 5 times a week

Mangahigh:

30 minutes, once a week

Spellings:

Set Fridays, daily practice

Topic:

Optional 30 minutes, every other week

What does provision look like for those with additional needs in Orcas class?

Outlined in the document below are the waves of provision we use to support children with additional needs. Support is tailored to each individual and provided as needed, with or without a diagnosis. Please talk to your child's class teacher if you have any concerns about your child, their needs or the provision in class. You can find further information on the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities page on our website. This is where you will find our vision for SEND pupils, and our SEND information report which outlines what we as a school can offer.

English / Reading comprehension / Reading: The children are supported with STEM sentence, shared writes, key word maps, focus words each week, group work, CLIKR, 1:1 reading sessions, daily reading, reading materials to follow during shared class reading sessions, Lexia and focused 1:1 / group same and next day interventions.

Maths: The children are supported through the use of scaffolding, Mangahigh, group work and use of resources. The resources allow the children to understand the lessons through focused concrete learning where they are supported in 1:1 and group same and next day interventions to progress onto pictorial and abstract learning.

Curriculum: The children are supported during curriculum lessons through the use of STEM sentences, verbal discussions to support understanding and group work.

Website provision map KS2 (2) (1).docx

Useful website links

Lexia: https://www.lexiacore5.com/

Mangahigh: https://www.mangahigh.com/en-gb/

BBC bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn

Topmarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Phonics play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Times tables: https://mathsframe.co.uk/

Nessy: https://www.nessy.com/en-us

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