Key staff who will be involved in your child's education this year Mrs Suzanne Schneider -5S Mrs Sarah Jones- 5J Mrs Zoe Bilbe Miss Kerry Morgan- Teaching Assistant Mrs Rose Cain PPA

Timetable Year Group: 5S/5J Week: 2 (Autumn 1 2016) Date w/b: 12th September 2016 8:45 – 9:15 Register & Morning Task 9:15 – 10:15 10:20 – 10:55 Collective Worship and Break time 10:55 – 11:55   11.55 - 12.10 12.10 – 1:00 Lunch Time 1.00 – 1.30 Guided Reading /Library 1:30 – 2.30 2.30 – 3.00 3.00 – 3.15 Monday ZB am 5J English Adverts 5S Maths Place Value 5J PE Basketball Basketball 5S English SPaG Sentence Types 5J Maths 5S PE All – PSHE Bill’s New Frock Scenes Newsround, Class Story and end of day tasks Tuesday SSc Duty 5S English Spellings Handwriting 5S Art Self Portraits All - RE Who Is God? Collecting Ideas Wednesday SM SEN VW PPA RC/ZB Place Value 5S English PPA Young Governors French 5S Music 5J Music Thursday SJ Duty 5J Art God Portraits Addition Place Value God Poems Friday 8.30 Briefing Spelling Test Teach new spellings P4C Session 2 Discussing the question All - Times Tables Give out Homework and Spellings

Curriculum Map The curriculum map is currently being updated. The topics will broadly stay the same and the current version is online. The new version will available online, when it is completed.

Phase Expectations

Trips Throughout the year there will be a variety of trips. These will probably include: British Museum (Greeks) Intech Planetarium (Space) Cathedral trip You will be given plenty of notice about upcoming curriculum related trips and the costs involved.

Homework Given out on Friday, returned to school the following Thursday. Ten spelling words for your child to learn. Reading journal. Children are expected to complete two of the reading tasks every week if possible (one is essential). Maths and English tasks will also be set. These will be relevant to the learning that is taking place in the classroom. Maths homework may include the use of Mathletics. AJS does run a Homework Club every Wednesday for half an hour during lunch time.

Spelling No Nonsense Spelling Program Spelling Autumn Term OUGH word string ABLE and IBLE suffixes Homophones Plurals- adding s, es, ies Hyphenated words Statutory Words

Reading Your child will read with the teacher, in a guided reading group, once a week. They will also complete guided reading tasks every day. These may include comprehension activities, dictionary and thesaurus skills, writing tasks about books read etc. Reading is a focus at AJS and is being encouraged at home with the Reading Journal and Reading Journal tasks.

PE 5J: Monday and Tuesday 5S: Monday and Thursday We recommend the children wear trainers, not plimsolls. Also, as the weather gets colder, jogging bottoms are recommended. Please remember all jewellery must be removed and earring tape supplied.

Behaviour Foundations of Learning Thinking Skills Self-Awareness Collaboration Independence Christian Values Love Hope Grace Traffic Light System in classrooms

Communication Newsletters At the beginning of each unit, a newsletter will be sent home containing information about what we will be learning in the classroom. This will include the core Christian value, subjects to be covered and the outcome of the unit. Available at the end of the day Classes will be lead outside at the end of the day. We are usually available to chat briefly at this time. Appointments For any issues or concerns, you are welcome to book an appointment to see me and discuss these in greater detail.

And finally… Many thanks for your continued support. We look forward to getting to know you and your child better over the coming months and helping them realise their potential. Please come and see us if you have any further questions or concerns.