Oak Class | Christ Church Primary School Walshaw

Letters

All Zoom meetings are restricted access. The class teacher monitors participants and will only allow class members to enter the meetings.

Monday Assembly-14:45

Meeting ID: 748 6394 7699

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Wednesday Assembly 14:45

Meeting ID: 778 6441 0623

Passcode: TdcWA0

Friday Assembly- 14:45

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Transition Guide for Parents

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Bike Shelter Information

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Year 6 Activity Visits and Sleepover

Y6 Activity Visits and Sleepover

Welcome To The Oak Class Web Page

I hope you have all had a wonderful rest during half term and we have been spoilt with the glorious sunshine. Can you believe it? You are entering your final half term at Christ Church! It is going to be a fun, hectic last seven weeks, so strap in and get ready for the ride!

Please note that as part of the school's on-going measures to guard against Coronavirus and following the Government's advice, we need to keep doors and windows open for ventilation so please consider sending your child to school wearing a vest and/or long-sleeved t-shirt under their uniform and girls might want to wear woolly tights or switch to trousers during the winter months.

School Day Reminders

* The school day for Oak Class begins at 8:50 am and ends at 3:30 pm.

* PE is on Wednesday and Friday: please continue to send your child to school dressed ready for PE on these days- a t-shirt, school sweatshirt or cardigan, joggers or leggings and trainers - rather than dressed in their school uniform. (During lockdown, PE is on Wednesday and Thursday.)

Dates for Your Diary

*Homework to be handed in every Monday, set on Tuesday.

*Monday 7th June: Summer 2 half term begins.

* Friday 11th June: weekly cricket lessons begin.

*Thursday 1st July- Trip to Waddow Hall and sleep over. (Zoom meeting tbc soon.)

*Friday 2nd July- Trip to Heaton Park and Treetop Nets.

* Thursday 8th July: Sports Day

*Tuesday 20th/ Wednesday 21st July-Year 6 Production- Troy Story

* Friday 23rd July: Last day of the Summer 2 half term.

Below you will find the information regarding the curriculum coverage.

Mr. Beck, Mr. Gaffney, Mrs. Grundy and Mrs Chester.

If you are working online, don’t forget to be safe and savvy!

Never give personal information to anyone! Think about the safety of what you are sharing or posting if you are online or on your phone.

Do not share your school log-ins or change your log-in details. We won’t ask you to do that.

Make sure you are accessing online material that is relevant for your age and tell an adult at home if you come across something that is not suitable for you, or if someone is trying to contact/talk to you that is not someone you know.

You can contact your teacher through Seesaw if you feel vulnerable or worried, or contact Childline 0800 1111.

Useful reminders about Online Safety are at Thinkuknow.co.uk

Curriculum News

English

We will be reading a book by Louis Sachar called 'Holes' which is about a boy called Stanley Yelnats' whose family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre. We will also be rehearsing a production which we hope to share with the parents in the last week of term called 'Troy Story'.

Spellings

Children will be given a new spelling list every Monday. Children will be expected to practise the spellings both in school and at home ready for the test every Friday. Do not panic if you lose the spelling list they are attached below.

In our SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) lessons, we will:

Understand the subjunctive
Revise apostrophes for possession
Identify formal and informal writing
Look at confusing nouns and verbs
Understand EI and IE words.

Maths

Our Maths topics for this half term include:

Graphs and Averages

Understand averages
Calculating the mean
Reading pie charts
Reading line graphs
Converting miles into kilometres.

Negative numbers

adding and subtraction

Revise Area and Perimeter

area and perimeter of rectangles
area of parallelograms
area of triangles

Revise Volume

volume of cubes and cuboids

During each topic, there will be opportunities to apply learning to problem solving.

Science

In science, we will be focusing on 'Scientists and Inventors'.

We will be learning about:

Stephen Hawking
Libbie Hyman
Marie Maynard Daly
Alexander Fleming
Mary Leakey.

This half term topic is People of Faith.

Key Questions:

What is faith?
What does it mean for a person to have faith?
What does it mean to be a person of faith?
What motivates people of faith?
How does having faith affect people’s lives?

PSHE

We will be focusing on the topic of 'Being My Best'.

Five ways to wellbeing.
Identify aspirational goals.
Identify risk factors.
Changes.
I look great.
Media manipulation.

Topic

We will be continuing learning about 'What did the Greeks do for us?', below is an overview of the topic:

The Trojan War.
Greek Food.
Temples and columns.
Greek alphabet.

Homework

Your child will be given two pieces of homework to complete each week from a GCP book. Please look after the book. The homework will be handed out on Tuesday and will be expected to be returned the following Monday.

P.E.

I am delighted that our team of professional coaches will be leading Oak Class's PE lesson every Wednesday afternoon and a representative from Lancashire Cricket Club Friday mornings.

Your child can come dressed to school in their PE kit on a Wednesday and a Friday. It would be a good idea to check the weather forecast so they can dress appropriately. (No football kits allowed.)

For safety reasons, long hair should be tied back for PE and earrings either removed or taped over for safety (tape is supplied by school).

Do not forget to check out the school's Twitter page for regular updates and information.

@ccwalshaw