Kestrels

Our over arching question focus for the year is...

 

The Price of Progress - Cost & Reward

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Kestrels - Yr5 

Teacher - Miss Lois MacDonald

TAs - Mr Dean Pavely and Mrs Gemma Keeler

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Welcome to Kestrels!

Hello all and welcome to the Kestrels Class page. I hope you enjoy have all enjoyed your half term holiday and are ready to continue on our learning journey. Also this term, we will be starting Swimming. We will be doing two sessions before Christmas and then the last three sessions in Janurary. If you have any questions or things you want to run past me, then please just pop and see me at drop off or pick. 

I cannot wait to get stuck back into our learning.

Miss Mac 

🙂❤️

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Here is all the important information that you need to know for the upcoming term but if there is anything you need clarification on, please come and speak to us. 

  • School gates open at 8:30
  • School finishes at 3:10pm
  • KS2 Gold Book Assembly is every other Thursday 
  • PE is on a Wednesday  (inside or outside depending on weather)
  • Homework is handed out on a Friday and is due back the following Friday
    • Homework consists of:
      • Spelling practice of their weekly spelling words. This is given on a sheet where they have to first find the meaning of the word and write down each definition and then use each word in a sentence. 
      • 15mins of times table practice on TTRS.
      • Reading, where they should be completing 5-reads a week and record these on either Boom Reader or in their reading journal.

Swimming Sessions

  • Kestrels will have five swimming sessions this year, two before Christmas and three in January. The dates for the five sessions are as follow:
    • First session = Tuesday 9th December 
    • Second session = Tuesday 16th December

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

    • Third session = Tuesday 6th January (first day back)
    • Fourth session = Tuesday 13th December 
    • Fifth session = Tuesday 20th December 
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  • 21st November - PTA Cake Sale and Christmas Jumper Sale
  • 28th November - Christmas Jumper Day 
  • 28th November - Christmas Fair
  • 4th December - Panto Trip
  • 10th December - Building Society Talk
  • 17th December - Sleigh to Give Donations being collected
  • 19th December - Non-uniform Day
  • 19th December - End of Term (finish at 1pm)