Welcome to Oaks
Hello. We are the Oaks. In our class we believe in working our hardest to reach our full potential and to thrive at school. We also have a lot of fun along the way too!
Our teacher is Miss Smith.
Resources:
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
Important information:
Homework will be given out on a Friday and returned the following Thursday (Maths, Grammar and Reading Comprehension – there is also online homework too, which includes Conquer Maths and Reading Plus).
Spellings are expected to be practised regularly over the week.
P.E. is on a Monday– children are expected to have their kit to participate (P.E. kit will be taken home after use and not left on school premises).
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is now done through our online payment service.
Online Homework and Information
Learning About Muslim New Year in UKS2
This term, children in Year 5 and 6 have been learning about Islam in RE. This week, they focused on Al-Hijra which is the Muslim New Year. Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when...
Year 5/6 Homework 9.5.25
Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- 2x Conquer Maths Tasks on Addition and Subtraction of Fractions with Different Denominators (Please make sure you do Y5 homework only.) Y5 Oaks – English- p.94 and 95 – Homophones 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5...
Year 5/6 Homework 2.5.25
Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- 4x Conquer Maths Tasks on Fractions (Please make sure you do Y5 homework only.) Y5 Oaks – English- p.64 – Punctuating Speech in Two Parts 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least...
School Council Seek Gardening Legacy
At the start of each academic year, each Key Stage 2 class nominates two school councillors to form the School Council. This year, the school has elected some wonderful councillors who work very hard to make a real difference to life at the school. The children on...
Year 5/6 Homework 14.3.25
Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.12-13 – Written addition and subtraction Y5 Oaks – English- p.30 – Present tense and past tense and p.31 - Verbs with 'ing' and p.32 - The present perfect 1x arithmetic paper...
World Book Day Celebrations
Windy Nook celebrated a fun-packed World Book Day last Thursday, with the entire school taking part in a wide range of activities to cheer-on everything reading. All children received free books thanks to Mr. Atkinson from WHSmith, who kindly supplied these for us. In...
Classifying in Year 5 and 6
This week, Elms, Oaks and Beeches have started their new unit of science, which is all about the classification of living things. The pictures show the children sorting animals into their classes according to whether they are mammals, reptiles, fish and so on. We...
Year 5/6 Homework 7.3.25
Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.8 - Ordering and Comparing Big Numbers and p.9 - Counting in Powers of 10 Y5 Oaks – English- p.24-25 – Prepositions 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x...
UKS2 Music
IMG_9695 IMG_9698 IMG_9699 The children have been learning how to use body percussion during our music lessons. They have listened, practiced and performed two classical music pieces called 'The Nutcracker' and 'In the Hall of the Mountain King'. The children...
How Many Jelly Beans?
The pupils and staff had a fantastic time celebrating the 25th anniversary of Number Day. We based our maths activities around the story 'How Many Jelly Beans?' The day was filled with fun activities focused on exploring the world of statistics and numbers. The...
Achieving the Silver Artsmark Award!
Our journey towards achieving the Artsmark award has been a success! We have been awarded the Silver Award! After 2 years of hard work, we have raised the profile of the arts within school. This award (accredited by Arts Council England) is the only creative quality...
Year 5/6 Homework 14.2.25
Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.60 and 61 – Estimating Volume and Capacity 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10 minutes reading per night recorded in...