Sea Turtles
Meet the Sea Turtles Team
Teachers
Ms Uphus (Monday to Wednessday) and Mrs Knight (Thursday and Friday)
TA:
Miss Clarke
PPA cover:
Mrs Broderick
Class Information
What does provision look like for those with additional needs in Sea Turtles 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.

Timetable
Pupil planners need to be brought into school and handed in every morning and checked by a class adult daily
We will visit the library weekly
PE days are Monday (inside) and Friday (outside)
Mrs Broderick will teach the class on Wednesday afternoons during the teachers' PPA
Term 2: To change is to improve?
Through our rich text ‘The Wild Way Home’ by Sophie Kirtley, we will be stepping back in time to the Stone Age! We will be exploring this wonderful text in RIC, developing a range of reading skills, such as predicting, inferring, retrieving and summarising.
In English, we will use this text to inspire different styles of writing including a newspaper report, a balanced argument and a diary entry.
In the build up to these extended pieces of writing, we will revisit different types of sentences, as well learning how different sentence openers and conjunctions can enhance their writing.
We will also be revising how to punctuate adverbials and clauses with commas and how to use inverted commas and other associated punctuation for dialogue.
Key Dates
Odd Socks Day - Monday 13th November
Book Fair 14th-17th November
Firework Night - Friday 17th November
Parent Consultations - Tuesday 14th and Thursday 16th
Parent Information Evening - Thursday 23rd November
Parent Forum -Thursday 30th November 8:45am
Christmas Dinner - Thursday 14th December
End of term - Friday 15th December
Inset Days 2023-24
Friday 1st September 2023
Monday 4th September 2023
Tuesday 5th September 2023
Friday 19th January 2024
Monday 15th April 2024
Knowledge Organiser and Curriculum Overview


PE Days
Monday
Thursday
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 jumper
plimsolls or non marking trainers
Woodland Day
Our Woodland days generally take place once a term. Families are notified near the time when a woodland day has been scheduled.
The children need to come dressed in appropriate clothing, including long sleeved tops and trousers to protect them from thorns.
Useful links for online learning at home
General
Reading
Lexia - https://www.lexiacore5.com/
EPIC – eBooks: https://www.getepic.com/ (Our class code is on our Google Classroom under 'Classwork' --> 'Useful websites')
Spelling:
Sir Linkalot:
Maths
Homework
Homework is set every Friday on Google Classroom and will be due in the following Thursday. The homework folder can be found under the 'Classwork' tab.
There are two sheets for homework:
Reading record - please record what you have read and how often you have read in the new green Reading record book. We encourage children to read at least five times a week either independently (aloud or in their head) or aloud with an adult.
Activities - there will be spellings to learn and timetables to practise. In addition to this, there will be either a RIC (reading) or SPAG task.
Mangahigh - Children to login and complete the Manga High task set by your teacher. They should aim to complete the task three times. The children's logins can be found on their Google Classroom under 'Classwork'.
Lexia - if your child has a Lexia account, please ensure they are accessing this regularly at home. Their login can be found on their Google Classroom under 'Classwork'.
Please do let the class teacher know if you require a paper copy.
We ask that you send in a photo of the work instead of a paper copy to reduce the number of items coming into school.
