Teachers
Mrs Thomas (Team Leader), Mrs Platt, Miss Alberti, Mrs Brisco
Support Staff
Mrs Rees, Mrs Evans, Mrs Burke, Miss Middleditch, Mrs Fong, Mrs Au, Mrs Howell, Mrs Knapman, Mrs Wilsdon, Mrs Butler
School starts with registration at 8.50am and we can enter the Team from 8.40am onwards. We work on a fortnightly timetable with a mix of subjects. Our Team is made up of 3 registration groups, but we move around to different rooms and teachers for all lessons.
We have two fixed break times throughout the day; one in the morning and one at lunchtime. We can also take other breaks throughout the day to refresh our brains as needed. This could be going for a walk, or a short play.
We bring in our own healthy snacks and water to keep our brains and bodies active. All members of the Team (including staff) have the option to eat and drink when they choose.
Our day finishes at 3.15pm and we have the option to walk ourselves home with written permission from our guardians.
PE and Forest School
We bring our PE kits into school every day with each item named. We also bring our Forest School kit in on a Friday. Please refer to our dress code for the full kit list.
In Older Team, we are accountable for keeping track of our learning using an individual planner, which helps ease the transition to secondary school. It is our responsibility to complete the work fortnightly and hand it in ensuring our teachers have had time to give feedback on our learning tasks. We are encouraged to use planner sessions as much as possible to complete our work, but we can also use our free time (breaks/lunch) or take things home if we feel we need to.
We put a hot cross bun symbol on our planner to indicate that work is complete.
Maths: we are expected to have a fast recall of our times tables and number bonds. We use TimesTable Rockstars and Numbots to help with this at home.
Spellings: we learn words from the National Curriculum Year 5/6 spelling list and are tested on these weekly, on a Friday.
Reading: we are encouraged to read at home daily and are expected to have our reading record signed by an adult at home 3 times a week, these are checked every Friday. If we haven’t had the opportunity to read at home, we do so during our break time on a Friday.
Home Learning Project: every term we complete a home learning project related to our curriculum topic. This might be in preparation for further learning in school, a creative task or research project – sometimes a mix of the three!
Family Help
We love to welcome family members into the Team to support us with our learning, such as reading, school trips and sports fixtures. Please contact the Office if you are interested.
