Owl Class

Welcome back to to Summer Term part 1! We hope you have had an enjoyable Easter break and that you and your families feel refreshed and ready for action.  It is a short half term, but as busy and varied as ever.

The first big change to note is that Mr. Pastor will be on paternity leave until Tuesday 6th May.  I'm sure you will join us in congratulating Mr. Pastor on the safe and happy arrival of his first child.  Mrs. Papworth will hold the fort on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, whilst Mrs. McNeil will be in charge on Wednesdays.  The usual timetable will continue, with PE on Mondays and Fridays and music lessons on Tuesday afternoon.  Ms. Kusina will also be on hand to support us in maintaining continuity over these first two weeks.

We will start off in week 1 with a poetry focus (Pie Corbett: City of Silence) in English and a new unit on statistics in maths, during which we will revise and extend our work on line graphs, pie charts and other graphic representations of data.  Mrs. McNeil will lead the class in an interesting biology unit exploring the human body, the function and composition of blood and the circulatory system and the effect of drugs and alcohol on human health and wellbeing in science. Our foundation subject will be history, 'Beyond Face Value', whilst our RWE unit considers the question 'Why do some people believe in God and others do not?'.  There's lots to get our teeth into, whilst keeping a watchful eye on our preparation for SATS in May, commencing Monday 12th May. We will do everything we can to make sure the quality and familiarity of the children's learning and routines is maintained until Mr. Pastor's return. 

If you have any worries, please do contact Mrs. Papworth, in the first instance, either in person in the morning for quick messages, or by email for other issues:

hpapworth@barton.cambs.sch.uk.

Summer 1 Spellings overview can be found in the home learning section. As previously outlined, home learning, for year 6 will be focused on their CGP books (on a weekly basis) in preparation for their SATs tests. For more instructions regarding this matter, visit the home learning section> CGP books.  It would be very helpful as a means of revising previous learning and boosting confidence, if you could work with your child each evening, to complete and check understanding of the pages and topics identified - we have only 3 weeks to go!

As mentioned above, our PE days will continue to be Monday and Friday. On these days children should come into school wearing their PE kits. As a reminder, this should be a white t-shirt, black or navy shorts/joggers (weather dependent), and their school sweatshirt or fleece. Long hair should be tied back, and earrings should be covered or removed. Please do not send your child to school in non-school uniform items on PE days, such as hoodies or other sportswear from clubs.  The office will contact you by ParentMail when we are ready to commence swimming.

We are hoping for warmer and sunnier days this half term, so please do make sure your children have a named water bottle in school and access to named sun screen, which they should be able to apply independently as they need it.  A sun hat would also be handy.

Staff in Owl Class:

Mr Pastor - Class Teacher, Monday - Friday from Tuesday 6th May.  Mrs. Papworth will cover Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday until his return.

Ms Kusina - Teaching Assistant, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

Mrs McNeil – PPA cover