Orcas

Meet the Orcas Team

Class Teacher

Miss M Bray 

Teaching Assistants

Mrs A Duc (Monday - Wednesday)

Mrs B Du Plessis (Wednesday - Friday)

Term 2 Dates

Term 2 Dates


Swimming - every Thursday until 21/11/24

Class Information

PE Days


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

For swimming:


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 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

Term 2: What are the ingredients for change?

Rich Texts

The Highwayman

‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes is a narrative poem, which is set in 18th-century rural England. The poem tells the story of an unnamed highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord's daughter, and the red coats who want to capture him. 

The Graveyard Book

WINNER of the 2010 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL and the 2009 JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL.

 ONE OF BBC'S HUNDRED GREATEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME


Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. There, living among the dead, Bod discovers that he possesses remarkable magical powers: he can avoid people's notice, scare them, and even invade their dreams.


There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that the real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives - and he has sinister plans for Bod...

Weekly timetable

Orcas Example

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:

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