Class Teacher- Mr. Lowe

Teaching Assistant - Miss Jones

PPA Cover - Mrs. Finnigan

Forest School- Mrs Arden-Littlewood

SENCO Lead - Miss Milnes

OUR LEARNING JOURNEY

Forest School - Monday Afternoon - Spring 1 , Spring 2 and Summer 1

Children are to come into school in their Forest School kit on the day they are doing Forest School.  Can you please make sure that your child is wearing a long-sleeved top and pants that cover the whole of their legs.  For footwear children can wear wellies or an old pair of trainers.  Please remember that children must wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.

P.E.

Tuesday: Indoor P.E.

 Friday: Outdoor P.E.

Please could the children have a PE kit in school all week as there are times when the timetable changes and our PE lessons move to another day. We will be having Indoor PE sessions on a Tuesday morning and Swimming will be taking place on Thursday afternoons.  If a PE kit has not been brought in, there is the consequence of missing break time.

Children need to bring their PE kits into school which can be left in school and taken home at the end of each half term for washing. Children will need to come into school in full forest school kits of long sleeve top, long trousers or leggings, and suitable footwear (ideally wellies).  

The P.E Kit should include black shorts, joggers/leggings, white t-shirt, zip up jumper and pumps/trainers. 

Please note that jewellery, should not be worn to school to prevent injury in P.E. Children with long hair will need a hair tie for P.E. 

If an incorrect PE kit has been brought in, a kit warning will be issued. Two consecutive kit warnings will result in a consequence of missing break time.

The children are encouraged to keep a roll on deodorant in their locker so that they can apply it when needed.

Swimming - Thursday Afternoon - Autumn Term Only

During the Autumn Term, we will be having swimming lessons at Reddish Vale High School on a Thursday afternoon.  Please ensure that your child has an appropriate swimming kit on this day. A separate letter will be sent out containing information

Homework

The children will be given homework each week on a Friday to be returned by the Tuesday of the following week.  The homework will be used to consolidate the children’s knowledge of what has been covered in class or prepare for further learning. The homework will usually consist of a Maths and English task and a weekly spelling list. Homework will be set online. If you are having any issues with accessing homework, a paper copy can be provided.  If homework is not completed there is the consequence of missing break times the following day until it is completed.

A weekly spelling assignment, linked to the weekly spelling pattern, will also be put on Ed Shed (Spelling Shed) for the children to complete.  In addition, we ask that children keep practising their times tables regularly on Times Tables Rock Stars.  The more your child practices their spelling and times tables, the better they will become at both.

Click on the links below to access Ed Shed (Spelling Shed) and Times Tables Rock Stars:

Ed Shed (Spelling Shed) https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login

Times Tables Rock Stars https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/29148

READING

At Whitehill, we want children to develop a love of reading.  You can help at home by listening to your child read and encouraging them to read every night.  The more they read, the more they will become confident and fluent at reading.  Boom Reader is a digital reading record which allows you to log your child's reading activity.

Click on the link to access Boom Reader: https://go-read.co.uk/parents/

Class Dojo

 Please follow a link to our page dedicated to all the online learning platforms we use.
https://www.whitehill.stockport.sch.uk/children/learning-zone