Letter to Parents - January 2012
Dear Parents.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. I trust you all had a marvellous Christmas.
Classroom Organisation.
Rebecca will continue to teach all Literacy lessons, as well as geography, history and French. I will teach all Numeracy, Science, and Sports lessons.
PE
The Balloons will continue to follow an active sporting curriculum. I am pleased to announce that we will again be using Golden Lane Swimming Pool, although this may not be available until early February.
Monday: PE at Golden Lane ( 9.00-10.00am)
Tuesday: Swimming at Golden Lane (9.00-10.30am)
Wednesday: Sports at Coram’s Fields (1.30-3.30pm)
Friday: Tennis at Golden Lane (9.20-10.30am)
Please note that swimming lessons are part of the curriculum, therefore if you consider your child to be well enough to attend school, they are well enough to swim.
If children are not suitably attired on any day of a sporting activity, they will not be allowed to participate. It is essential the children are equipped with their own tennis racquet- they will not be allowed to play without one.
Reading
We continue to place great emphasis on reading and value our library enormously. The children will choose a book on Thursday and have until the following Thursday to complete it. We expect these books to be read in a week, unless an extension has been agreed by me. The children are aware that their reading diary must be kept up to date, recording all the books they have completed from our library and from home as they will be checked regularly, but I would appreciate it if the parents were to monitor this too. Please ensure the diaries are kept in the homework folder.
Spelling
The children will be issued an initial list of this term’s spellings, which will help them with their weekly test on Fridays, but thereafter, should a replacement be required, it can be found on our school website.
Humanities and Science
Geography: Australasia. The children will be learning some fascinating facts about coasts, how they are formed, why they are so different and the wildlife they support. I am sure the children will be very excited to know that we are going to visit Walton on the Naze in Essex for our school trip in September, where the children will be able to explore the coast for themselves. They will be studying coastal land forms and indulging in a spot of fossil hunting. We would love to see any coastal pictures your children may have.
History: Historical Sources. Rather than study a particular period, we will be looking at how we extract information from sources and evaluating their reliability. We are planning a visit to The British Museum to enhance our understanding.
Science: Gases. We have a cracking topic this term, with some really exciting experiments to consolidate scientific understanding.
I very much look forward to witnessing your children do great things this year. Please remember that I will always make myself available to discuss ANY aspect of your child’s development.
Robert
