Owls

Welcome to Owls.

My name is Mrs Blackburn.

General Reminders

• PE: We have two PE sessions a week, Thursday (indoor) and Wednesday (outdoor). Please make sure the children come to school in their PE kits on those days. If they have long hair, ensure it is tied back and earrings are taken out or covered.
• Library: Each week, the children will have the opportunity to visit the school library and choose a new book to read and enjoy. This is on a Wednesday so please ensure their Library book is in school on that day so they do not miss out on this opportunity.
• Water Bottles/Snack: Please ensure that your child brings a water bottle and a healthy snack to eat during snack break.
• Homework: Children will receive homework every Friday and are expected to complete and return it the following week. Homework is either sent on paper or to children's dojo portfolios.
• Learning journals: Children will record their learning each day in their learning journals. This is so parents can see what children have been learning in class that day and can talk about this at home. Children also record any reading they have done in their journals. We ask that children read to an adult 3 times a week. Please initial each day to state that you have listened to your child read. Weekly spellings are also stuck into journals each week. These are also sent via dojo.
• Class dojo: At Frenchwood, we use class dojo as a platform to communicate with parents. We love to share photographs and news on dojo. It can also be used for parents/carers to contact staff directly, but please be aware that during teaching hours, messages are not always seen. Children receive a QR code to access their "portfolio" - an area where they can submit homework and receive links to online learning. 

TTRS (Times Table Rock Stars)

Knowledge of times tables in Year 6 is essential! They need a quick recall of their multiples to help them with other mathematical questions such as fractions and finding percentages. Times table knowledge can be improved with daily practise and what could be better than a game to help them do this? 

Log in details are safely stuck inside journals. 

This term our focus in computing has been mirco:bits, we have tinkered, debugged and programmed them to show many different things from our name, a stick man animation to finally a pedometer. Children have really enjoyed the challenge.