Croeso i Blwyddyn 6! 

 Important things to remember:

We have P.E. every week. Our P.E. day is a Thursday. Pupils need to wear their P.E. kit to school on this day. Blue or white t-shirt, black shorts and trainers. If pupils forget their kit, there is spare available in school to ensure they participate.

We are often asked how parents can help their children at home. Here are some ideas for you:

* Pupils will have a homework menu each half term, with activities linked to their topic work. They can complete them as little or often as they like but should aim to complete all the tasks by the end of the half term.

* Basic addition and multiplication skills are at the heart of most of our maths work. Helping your child practise these skills will really help them to progress. There are many websites with worksheets you can print or games you can load. We suggest that 5 minutes a day on the Hit the Button website will have a positive impact on your child's learning. Please take a look (see the link below). If they have mastered Hit the Answer on a particular times table, move on to the Hit the Question. After that, have a go at division facts.

* Reading- Your child will be bringing home a reading book to read with an adult. They will also have a reading record with question prompts for you to ask to discuss the text and ideas for activities your child can complete to show their understanding.

* Active learn- Your child has an online account with their reading books (as well as some maths games). They need to read the books and answer the questions. This helps us to assess their comprehension skills, which are as important as their ability to read fluently. Listening to your child read means that you can pick up on their mistakes. Reading TO your child helps them to understand what good, fluent reading with expression sounds like.

Abernant trip.

Please come to school as normal on Wednesday 22nd October. Children should be in clothes suitable for travel and their first activity.

We will be making our own packed lunches at school as our first activity and their children have already selected cheese or tuna.

Bring suitcases, sleeping bag and pillow to the Virgil Street entrance and we will meet in the downstairs hall.

We will have medication forms to complete if you would like us to administer any medication other than Calpol that you have already signed for. Please make sure all medication is in the original packaging and is in a named ziplock bag.

A maximum of £3 in coins in a named purse to be handed in at this time too.

We will prepare the children in school and we loading up onto the minibuses at approximately 11am if you would like to wave them off.

Photos will be uploaded to Seesaw during our visit.

We will be leaving Abernant on Friday at 1:30pm. The journey back will take approximately 2 hours so we expect to be back at school at about 3:30pm.

If there is a change to this, we will inform the school office and the school will inform you.

Please see Miss Norrish or Mrs Griffiths at the gate at home time if you have any questions or concerns.