VICTORY HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL NURTURE-CHALLENGE - EXCEL

Welcome to Year 5 Mr. Rogers (Year 5 Teacher) and Ms.Claire. Ms. Tina (Team Leader Year 5/6) and Ms.Claire.

Specialists

TIMETABLE Lessons to note Monday is PE Tuesday is Library and will be the day we test spellings Wednesday is swimming Thursday new spelling rules or sounds will be taught linked to homework set for the week.

The rocket and how it works… ●The rocket is a behavioural chart which is used throughout the school. ●The children begin each day on the middle of the chart starting on green. ●The children move up the rocket for good behaviour/work/manners. ●The children move down the rocket when they do not follow our golden rules. ●For each colour above green, children can earn points for their house. ●These points also contribute to our House Events which occur throughout the year.

WW2 BACK TO THE FUTURE UNDER THE SEA SHIPWRECKED ANCIENT GREECE Topics

Writing End of year expectation is 3a. We will aspire to exceed this target and are already very happy with some of the writing that the children have produced. Ongoing Alan Peats- super sentences VCOP A variety of planning formats

Maths Big Solve Setting Beat That Mathletics Weekly maths champion- (current focus is times tables)

Arabic Fadia Daas- Information has been sent to parents via the Welcome letter. We expect each student to spend 20 minutes weekly working on Arabic & Islamic homework.

YEAR 5 RESIDENTIAL TRIP ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: MAZE ARCHERY ROCK CLIMBING ZIP LINING LOW ROPES CANOEING SNORKELING EVENING ENTERTAINMENT ON ALL NIGHTS Sunday 15th November 2015, returning on Tuesday 17th November Tuesday 15 th September 2015 at 1:45-2:30pm- parents meeting AED350 deposit to be paid, no later than Thursday 24 th September 2015

Collaborative Learning! ELLI. Differentiating, challenging and extending – ’Nurture, Challenge, Excel’ Streaming and ability groups (Maths, Literacy, spelling/SPAG, Guided Reading) Learning Enhancement. English as an Additional Language. Supporting learning and how we work…

Questioning Engaging students through effective questioning Aiming for higher level questioning. Giving the children the opportunity to compose their own higher level questions.

Collaborative Learning Activity Test your memory and verbal recall.

SCHOOL COMMUNICATOR IS BEING PHASED OUT- INFO ON MOBILE APP AND WEBSITE REPORTS AND ASSESSMENTS (X2 REPORTS AND X4 ASSESSMENTS) HOMEWORK PARENT HELPERS PARENT SKILLS - TOPICS CLASS REP- THANK YOU TO MRS VICKI HOLLEY Communication

NURTURE – CHALLENGE - EXCEL ‘PARENTS AS PARTNERS’