Welcome to Team Osprey

Staff in our class are:

• Miss Haynes – Teacher
• Mrs Harris – HLTA/TA
• Mrs Smith – TA

During the week we have the following activities…

• Daily Literacy and Maths
• Daily reading sessions.
• PE on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Weekly spellings and access to Spellzone
• Times tables rockstars/ Table Trainer
• Science on a Monday
• Enrichment afternoons will take place on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. During this time the children will take part in Music, Spanish, PE, Computing, RE and PSHE lessons.  
• History, Geography, Art and Topic lessons will take place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. 

Our theme for the term is Refugees and our creative curriculum sessions will be based on this.

Reading – Reading remains core to all learning and is used to drive our topic. We shall be doing this though our class novels of ‘Kiss the Dust’, ‘A Story Like the Wind’ and a selection of poetry and non-fiction texts.  Children take part in whole class guided reading and additional adult-led group reading sessions during the week.

Recommended reads linked to topic:

• After Tomorrow
• The Boy at the Back of the Class
• Eleventh Trade
• Floodlands
• The Unforgotten Coat
• Wind Singer
• Shadow

Home reading books are available from the school and can be changed by the children at any time.  Reading is part of your child’s homework and they have a challenge to read at least five times a week for 20 minutes.  Please, would you listen to your child read so that you can ask him/her questions and help them improve their understanding and fluency?  We would be grateful if you could then write a note and sign this in their reading record to say they have read to you or another adult.

Homework – Children will be expected to show that they have read for at least 20 minutes from Monday to Friday. They can either ask an adult to sign that they have read or write a summary sentence to show their understanding.

Spellings – Each child has a personalised spelling list and these will be practised and tested daily in class.

Useful websites to help your child:

• Spellzone- https://www.spellzone.com/login/login.cfm Your child has their own personal login and can access tasks set in class or set up and practise and test their own spellings taken from their personalised lists in school. 
• Numbergym- Table trainer- Bond builder- Mental Maths Challenge. Each child has their own login and can work through the various levels at their own pace according to their ability. The children access this in class and it is tracked. https://fusion.webfusion-secure.co.uk/~numbergym.co.uk/hosting/NG/NGSMenu/NGSmenu_HTML5.html
• Times Table rockstars – https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student Each child has their own login and can practise their tables and challenge and battle their friends whilst learning their timestables. 

We will be more than happy to answer any questions that you might have about any of the above, just catch us at the door or make an appointment.

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