Welcome to Fox Class Page

Teacher Mr. Jones

Teaching assistant - Mrs. Anderson

Hello everyone

Hope you all had a pleasant half term. Springtime is well and truly here and we are in our final BIG TERM!

Where is that time going? 

Thank you to all those parents who came to see me at parents evening, it is always nice to catch up and meet those of you I haven't so far. If anyone didn't get the chance, feel free to contact me and we can arrange something for a day after school.

We have had a student teacher, Miss Scally, at various points over the last two terms as part of her training. She will be with us again over the coming term as she completes her placement. 

The learning to take place this term can be found below, including spellings and any homework. Please feel free to get in touch anytime.

Regards

Mr Jones

Mr Jones

jjones@palmarsh.kent.sch.uk

Mrs Anderson

zanderson@palmarsh.kent.sch.uk

Hello! New term new message! "Let's go camping!"

Say this phrase and earn 2 house points

Homework

Children will receive homework on a regular basis. This is designed to reinforce learning done in class and recap what we have done previously. If you are having trouble with homework, please let us know, don't stress out, we will help!

Spellings for Mr Jones group:

Spellings Mrs Andersons group:

Personal spellings for each child please ask them as they will have them in their bags

English - Our class fiction text this term is King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo. Our non-fiction texts are Mountains by Izzy Howell and Everest - The remarkable story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Over the course of the term we shall write our own survival stories and newspaper articles.  

Maths - this will be a busy term with lots of strands to get through including: perimeter and area; shape; position and direction; statistics and some more on decimals and negative numbers.

Science - we have a couple of linked topics this term - Living things and their habitats/Animals including humans.

Curriculum - "Why are mountains so important?" this term will very much be Geography based as we have covered so much History this year. We shall be investigate the physical and human importance of a feature that covers one-fifth of the world's surface. 

P.E. - Coach Mark will be with us again this term. Striking and fielding in term 5 and athletics in term 6. A reminder please that children should come into school wearing the correct PE kit of a white t-shirt, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms and trainers. Dark jumpers/hoodies or school jumpers/cardigans can be worn if you feel the cold.   

PSHE - This term we shall be looking at: Relationships - recognising oneself and those with online communities and our responsibilities. Changing me - self and body-image, puberty and conception.

RE - What does it mean to be a Muslim living in Britain today?

Music - Term 5 will be focused around the song Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandellas and in Term 6 we consolidate all the learning that has taken place this year. 

Art/DT - (One full day per term) Art - sculpture and artist Antony Gormley. DT - finish out electric cars. Cookery pledge - Nepalese cooking - Thukpa

Computing - (One full day per term) 3D modelling.

French - (One full day per term term with key vocabulary repeated weekly) Topics - weather, seasons and where you live.

Spellings

Each week the children will be taught spellings and they will be tested on these. They will added to the class page so that grown-ups can help children practice.

Homework

Children may be asked to complete work at home. This will only be done if a child is deemed to need a little more practice in order to better understand the learning in school, NOT AS A PUNISHMENT.