Welcome to Elms
Teachers: Mrs Lemmon, Miss Jones & Mrs Barnett
Welcome to Elms Class! We are committed to creating a caring and supportive environment where every child feels happy, safe and confident to learn. We encourage children to do their very best, show kindness to others and take pride in their achievements. We are excited to work together and make this a successful and enjoyable year for everyone.
📚 Homework
Homework is set every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Friday.
✏️ Spellings
Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each spelling unit and children will be tested at the end of the unit.
As our spelling units vary in length, please check the spelling sheet carefully for the date of each spelling test. Regular practice at home will help children make excellent progress.
📖 Reading
Children should read at home every day for at least 10–15 minutes.
Daily reading plays a vital role in developing fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills, so we encourage reading to become part of your child’s everyday routine.
💻 Reading Plus
Children should complete 5 Reading Plus texts each week, both in and out of school.
There will be two opportunities during the school week for children to access Reading Plus. Any texts that have not been completed in school should be finished at home as part of their homework.
Regular use of Reading Plus helps to develop reading fluency, comprehension and confidence, supporting children’s progress across all areas of learning.
🔢 Times Tables
Children should continue to practise their times tables daily, including regular use of Times Tables Rock Stars (TT Rock Stars) at home.
Frequent practice helps children improve their recall speed and accuracy, building confidence in mathematics and supporting their learning across the curriculum. Even a few minutes each day can make a significant difference.
⚽ PE – Wednesday
Our PE day is Wednesday, where children will be supported by Mr Peden. Please ensure that children come to school with the correct PE kit.
We are looking forward to working together and making this a fantastic year in Elms Class!
Resources:
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Online Homework and Information
End of year fun!
The whole of year 5 have been enjoying their final week as the Elms and Willows and been taking part in a range of activities. Lots of these activities were our transition activity form a year ago and they enjoyed reminiscing this! We have done games of kick rounders,...
UKS2 Art Club!
This term, some children in UKS2 have been able to take part in an art club. They have had lots of freedom with activities and certainly had lots of fun practising, experiencing and showing off their creativity! Some of the activities included creating clay ornaments...
School Games Mark Platinum Award!
Each year, our school applies for the school games mark, which is a nationally recognised value mark for PE and school sport. Over the last couple of years, the school games mark hasn't ran due to Covid. However, prior to Covid we had achieved Gold in the school games...
KS2 Sports Assembly
This morning, KS2 had their sports assembly, where over 90 children and their parents gathered together to celebrate a great year of sport! Children received medals for a range of events that they have taken part in throughout the year and enjoyed looking back at...
Year 5/6 Orienteering
This week, children in year 5 and 6 took part in some orienteering in the nature park organsied by B Outdoors. Some of the year 6s and staff had done the course last year, so Andy from B outdoors ensured that he made it even more challenging than the year before! The...
School Games Day!
Yesterday, children across the whole school came together to celebrate School Games Day. Each class was assigned a country and came dressed in the colours of their countries' flags. This year's School Games Day was focused on Paralympic and disability sport. In the...
Travel Information from Tyne & Wear Metro
Some great free travel information from Tyne & Wear Metro. Please click on the link below to download the flyer: Tyne and Wear Metro_Take the kids for free poster
Windy Winners!
A huge well done to all our winners this week. Our two awards were for a 'Top Effort and Top Reflector' Class Top Effort Top Reflector Dragonflies Oliver Caleb Ladybirds Ariadne Elsa Robins Heidi Oscar Owls Yomna George Nightingales Leo Jace ...
Year 5 Homework (8.7.22)
This week our homework is as follows (8.7.22). Reading Plus – Complete two texts (can be written in reading diary) CGP Maths book- perimeter pages 48-49 Spelling practice sheet- Look, cover, write and check activity CGP Books English-Spelling rule 'shun' pages 74-75 ...
WN PTFA Splat the Staff and Break the Rules
Windy Nook PTFA will host a summer fun day on Thursday 14th July 2022. Hopefully the children will have lots of fun and we will raise a little bit of money for the PTFA. Break the Rules! The children can break any of the following rules No uniform – come in casual...
WN PTFA Tombola donations needed please
Can you help us raise money by donating a new/unopened item for our Fun Day Tombola? Bottles or cans of wine, spirit, lager and cider – welcome. Bottles, jars or sprays of toiletries – we’ll take those too! Boxes of biscuits and sweets – most definitely. Gift cards or...
Learning about WWI at St Alban’s Church
This week children in upper KS2 had the chance to visit St Alban's Church as part of their WWI history topic. The children went up the church in search for some war graves. After a brief discussion about the timeline of WWI, the children were on the hunt to find the...