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:
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
Online Homework and Information
UKS2 Christmas Crafts!
This week the children in UKS2 have been preparing for Christmas and the New Year by creating some cards and calendars. Children used their ICT skills in particular to create their calendars, where they used PowerPoint to mind map some of their favourite things! Take...
Finished Fairgrounds!
This week saw UKS2 finish their fairground rides in DT. The children have worked hard all term on creating sturdy structures and complex electrical component controlled using ICT. They all added the finishing touches this week: ticket stalls, food stands and seats,...
Windy Winners!
Last week our children had the opportunity to show-off their design skills through our DT topics in KS2. Top Efforts were the order of the day for for the other phases as well. So, it's a huge well done to everyone. Windy Winners 9.12.21 Class Top Effort ...
Winter Runderland Week 2
Last week was another successful week doing Winter Runderland. Children across the school continued to do as much exercise as possible to earn carrots to power Santa's sleigh! 3 classes have already managed to earn the 300 to get them around the world and are now...
Christmas Jumper Day
What a day at the Nook! Yesterday was our traditional Christmas jumper day and everyone agreed that they had a fantastic time. All staff and children had the opportunity to really get into the Christmas spirit and showcase some fabulous jumpers at the same time. Why...
Christmas Lunch at the Nook!
We have to say a huge thanks to our school catering staff for cooking us a fabulous Christmas lunch yesterday. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and the school appeared to be quieter than usual after dinner...maybe everyone was feeling sleepy due to eating a bit too...
Year 5 Homework (10.12.21)
This week our homework is as follows (10.12.21). Reading Plus – Complete two texts Conquer Maths – complete the tasks on line and bar graphs Spelling practice. Look, cover, write and check activity Google classroom English- Task on editing and correcting sentences ...
Winter Runderland is off to a great start!
This week our winter fitness challenge Winter RUNderland has kicked off! Children took part in this last year and were excited to hear we would be participating again. The challenge asks children to do as much physical activity in school as they can across the month...
Windy Winners!
This week Windy Winners have a musical note to it! Staff have identified children who have shone through in our Christmas performance rehearsals. Our other award was for a Top Attitude, so it's well done to all our winners. Windy Winners 2.12.21 Class Top Attitude ...
UKS2 Science investigation
This term, UKS2 have been learning all about electricity. We recapped our knowledge from previous years and started to build on this by looking at the scientific symbols to draw a circuit. We then began looking specifically at voltage, what it means and how it may...
Year 5 Homework (3.12.21)
This week our homework is as follows (3.12.21). Reading Plus – Complete two texts Conquer Maths – complete the tasks on multiplying or dividing a number by 10 Spelling practice. Look, cover, write and check activity Google classroom English- There is a link to purple...
Y5 Basketball Club
This half term, year 5 have been lucky enough to have a coach in to run an after school basketball club. The coach has worked with 15 year 5 children, teaching them different skills each week and explaining how to relate this to a game situation. Year 5 have really...