OAK CLASS
Welcome to Oak Class
Oak is taught by Mrs Mul
supported by Mrs Duffy, Mrs Jackson, Mrs King, Mrs Larkins & Mrs White
Spring 2024
This term we will be learning all about the continent of North America by focusing on its physical and human geography. We will be studying the continent's rich history of Native American Tales and creating some of our own. And in Art we'll look at some of the iconic buildings of America and develop our own architectural skylines.
We're also looking forward to a trip to the Maidenhead Mosque to help us understand more about the Islamic faith. Then we have handball skills to develop in PE, a scientific eye to expand what we know about our circulatory system and we can't wait to share our class assembly with you!
Key dates:
Wednesday 3rd January - Back to school
Friday 19th January, 3:10pm - Oak Class Cake Sale (PTA)
Wednesday 24 January, 2:15pm - Year 6 PGL and SATs meeting for parents
Thursday 24 January, 2:15pm - Year 5 Bushcraft meeting for parents
Wednesday 7th February - Visit to Maidenhead Mosque (details to follow)
Friday 9th February - Non-uniform Day
February 12th - 16th - Half term holiday
Friday 23rd February, 2:30pm - Oak Class Assembly
Tuesday 28 February, 9:00-11:30am - Team Superschools - Ryan Scott
Thursday 7th March - World Book Day
Monday 11th - Friday15th March - STEM week
Tuesday 26th March - Class photos
Thursday 28th March, 1:30pm - End of term
Reminders
Please wear your PE kit to school on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Don't forget to bring a water bottle, a reading book and pencil case with the super 6, everyday.
Homework
Spellings are set on Friday, to be tested the following Friday.
All other homework is also set on Friday and should be returned the following Wednesday.
Reading
It is expected that children read at least 5 times a week and record this in their reading journal. These will be checked each week.
Spellings
Every week we will learn around 10 spellings. To practise play the games on Spelling Shed (see link below).
Our STEM Week!
We have had an amazing week. I am so proud of our students creating and explaining in details different science experiments.
RE Inspired - 8 March 2024
This term in RE we have been learning about Christianity. Thank you so much to our visitors, we really enjoyed a variety of activities related to Easter.
World Book Day - 7 March 2024
On Thursday we celebrated The World Book Day. We dressed up as a word, children were very creative with the costumes and with chosen words. We also created our favourite book characters from the kitchen rolls. It was lots of fun.
4 - 8 March
Visit from Team Superschools - Ryan Scott - 28 February
Visit from the Berkshire Fire Brigade - 9 February
Visit to Maidenhead Mosque - 7 February
25 - 29 January
15 - 19 January
8 - 12 January
December
4-8 December
This week we have been learning the new skills to play rugby in our PE lessons. We have also had great fun and raised lots of money for Thames Hospice.
27 - 29 November
13 - 17 November
6 - 10 November
This week we did some fantastic stop motion pictures such as flip book, thaumatrope, zoetrope in our Computing lesson. We have been enjoying our new reading scheme called Mastery Reading and we are gripped by our new book "The Girl of Ink and Stars". In PE, we are learning the skills such as throwing and passing with a rugby ball .
16 - 20 October
9 - 13 October
2 - 6 October
25 - 29 September
This week in our DT lesson we have been learning about different types of knives and we have experimented with a variety cutting styles.
In Computing we have created our own music and have tried to "tynker" with different tools and instruments.
We have also learnt about positives and negatives effects of an online gaming, in PSHE lesson.
18 - 22 September
This week we have been learning about online community safety. We also performed our own versions of Pandora's Box. On Thursday we started hockey with our special visitors from Berkshire Hockey Team. We had lots of fun!
11 - 15 September
This week we have tasted some delicious Greek food. In PE we have learnt new netball skills and put together a routine in Bollywood dancing.
4 - 8 September
Well what a brilliant first week back we've had! Launching straight into Greek Myths we've poured our stage skills into acting out the infamous Theseus and the Minotaur myth. We heard some impressive speeches for the roles of House Captain and School Councillor; showed off our rhythm and synchronization skills in PE - learning Bollywood dance; practised days of the week in French; compiled historical fact files about the Ancient Greek Empire and ....
Useful websites to support home learning
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SwitchZooOnline You will need to use this website to create your own animal for English
Class staff book recommendations:
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
The Firework Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman
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Our Reading Den Children will have their own log in and can write reviews of books they have read as well as look for other children's suggestions.
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Suggestions for books to read Search for books for year 5 and 6
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TTRS Pupils are often given times tables quizzes. Every pupil has been given their TTRS login so they can practise at home.