Welcome to Oaks
Teacher: Miss Smith
Welcome to Oaks Class! This year is all about growing in confidence, becoming independent learners and taking pride in everything we do. We will challenge ourselves, learn from our mistakes and support each other along the way. We have lots of exciting learning ahead and can’t wait to see everyone flourish throughout the year!
Homework
Homework is set every Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Thursday. Some homework may be completed online. Homework pages and tasks will be available on the class website each week.
Spellings
Spellings are sent home at the start of each unit. Children will be tested at the end of the unit. Please practise regularly, as units vary in length.
Times Tables
Children should continue to practise their times tables daily, including regular use of Times Tables Rock Stars (TT Rock Stars) at home.
Reading
Children should read at home every day for 10–15 minutes. To develop independence and responsibility, children can record their reading in their own reading diary and have it signed by an adult.
Please ensure reading diaries are brought into school every day.
Resources:
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
Tennis in UKS2
In spring term, UKS2's PE focus was tennis. The children built on skills previously learnt in lower KS2 and learnt about volleying. They then progressed to be able to play a doubles match by the end of the term. All the children tried really hard with a very difficult...
Year 5 and 6 Game Creators
This half term, Elms, Willows, Oaks and Beeches classes have used Purple Mash to create our own multi-level platform games. We planned and designed the game environment with a theme in mind, then set to work creating this using 2DIY3D in Purple Mash. We created a...
St Alban’s Drama
On Thursday, Years 5 and 6 walked to St Alban's Community Centre, along with children from other schools in our local area. It was a fantastic opportunity to follow up on our drama workshop in school, where children gave their true thoughts and feelings about a range...
Worry Boxes
This half term, our school councillors worked alongside members of staff to redesign and launch our worry boxes. Our school councillors thought carefully about how the boxes would look, how best to record their worries and how the box would be checked. Each class has...
Year 6 Homework (31.3.23)
This week our homework is as follows (31.3.23). Reading Plus – Reading Plus is optional Conquer Maths – Conquer Maths is optional Maths – Complete 10 min Daily test Reading – Complete 10 min Daily test GP&S - Complete 10 min Daily test Article 28: You have the...
Dazzling at the Dance Festival!
Yesterday, our after school dance club- made up of children in year 5 and 6- went out to the sage to take part in the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival. The children performed in front of a huge audience at The Sage alongside 16 other acts. The girls had been working...
Easter Service at St Alban’s Church
This morning, Years 3, 4 ,5 and 6 took part in our annual Easter Service at St Alban's Church and did us proud! Year 5 took the lead and did an amazing job telling the Easter story. Sign Squad performed the sign language interpretation of the songs beautifully, and...
Mountain Fact Files
This term UKS2 having been looking at different aspects of physical geography, including: mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. They have completed some fact files on a mountain of their choice. A few have of them have been uploaded. They talked about how exciting it...
Classification Keys in UKS2
This term, UKS2 have been learning about the classification of plants and animals. They have explored the Linnaean system and learnt how to use MRS GREN to identify living things. This week, children went out and investigated the school grounds looking for a range of...
Down’s Syndrome Awareness
To raise awareness about Down's Syndrome, Matthew Atkinson, a young adult who has Down's Syndrome presented an inspirational assembly this morning. He talked about what it is like to have Down's Syndrome and the amazing things that he has achieved with his life so...
Windy Winners!
Well done to our winners this for their 'Top Efforts' and for being 'Top Writers' as well. Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can. Class Top Effort Top Writer Dragonflies ...
Year 6 Homework (24.3.23)
This week our homework is as follows (24.3.23). Reading Plus – Reading Plus this week (two texts). Conquer Maths – complete the tasks on Statistics – please remember to use the videos as well. Maths – Complete Paper 1 Reading – Complete Reading Paper Purple Mash -...