Expectations
All planners MUST be in school everyday - they are vital for communicating with you, noting when children have read in school and recording homework tasks.

Reading has been proven to improve learning, so we encourage all of our children to read on a daily basis. Please continue to support us in this by listening to your children read at home, as well reading with them and discussing their book.

Uniform

Please note that children should be wearing completely black shoes to school each day, as per the school uniform policy. Year 6 are permitted to wear their leaver's hoodies once they have received them, however other types of hoodie are not permitted. 

Homework

Homework will be set each Friday and will be due in the following Friday. Each week children will have spellings to learn as well as either a reading task, a piece of maths work linked to what they have been learning in school or a SPAG activity.  Failure to complete homework will result in children missing their break time or part of their lunch time during school in order to complete it. 

Children need to come to school in their PE kits on days where they are scheduled to have PE. Please ensure that your child has the appropriate kit and footwear on these days. As per the school policy, this includes a white t-shirt, black tracksuit bottoms or sports leggings and trainers or pumps. Football kits, t-shirts and hoodies with logos, normal leggings and any form of crop top are not permitted. Children without PE kit or who are not wearing the appropriate kit will be asked to wear spare kit provided by school. If children wear earrings, they must be able to remove them before the lesson as we cannot cover them up with plasters or surgical tape.

P.E. days are as follows: 

Year 5 Durand: Wednesday and Friday

Year 6 DeLacy: Monday and Friday

Key websites to support homework and home learning

These are some of the key learning platforms we use in school and they are a valuable resource to support learning at home learning. Children all have logins in the back of their planners. If your child is without their login, please get in touch with the class teacher. Homework will be set weekly to some of these platforms, so please do get in touch if your child is struggling to log in. 

• Spelling shed Weekly spellings will be set on here. Each week, the class with the most points will be announced in assembly.

• Math Shed A great way to learn your times tables or improve your speed!

• Hit the Button Times tables practise against the clock - just like we do in our times tables tests!

• Times Tables Games A variety of times tables games to play on the PC, tablet or phone.

Methods taught in school

Below are links to online videos which outline the written methods of multiplication and division that your child will be taught in year 5.6. 

Column multiplication - 4 digit by 3 digit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr5fjLXLg70

Speed guide to short division

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLze82Zcc4Y

Long division - dividing by a 1 digit number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjO7YaSXg54