Please use the link to learn more about the curriculum taught at St Margaret's.

Our timetable may change occasionally according to needs. We begin our day on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a Basic Skills Literacy Session – where we concentrate upon learning spelling patterns, basic punctuation, grammar and various literacy word or sentence level requirements.  We split into groups for maths and literacy. Shortly before lunch we have a 30 minute daily Guided Reading session where three groups work on a text with a Teacher and three groups read independently or work on follow up activities.  On most afternoons we begin with a Daily Maths Meeting session which involves completing a series of mental maths tests, identifying the gaps we need to work on and working on our times tables.

Please select from the documents below.

	Heron Class Mission Homework Spring B
	Heron Class Mission Homework Summer A
	Heron Class Mission Homework Spring A
	Heron Class Mission Homework Autumn A
	Heron Class Mission Homework Summer B
	Heron Class Mission Homework Autumn B

Reading Books: Children are provided with a reading book and Reading Record. Please encourage your child to read a little each night and please sign in their reading record.  READING BOOKS TO BE BROUGHT TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY PLEASE. Please keep in the plastic bag we have provided. Further/replacement bags £1.00 each. Reading Records are checked throughout the week and books changed if required.  However, children can change their reading book at other times during the week if needed as we encourage ‘Reading for Pleasure.’ 

Library Books: Library day will be on Fridays. Your child will have a library session each week and can choose a book to read in their own time, please help them to remember to return their book each week.

Upper KS2 English Objectives Year 5 and 6

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Maths is taught daily in Heron class and a mastery approach is used:

The Essence of Maths Teaching for Mastery

• Maths teaching for mastery rejects the idea that a large proportion of people ‘just can’t do maths’. All pupils are encouraged by the belief that by working hard at maths they can succeed. Pupils are taught through whole-class interactive teaching, where the focus is on all pupils working together on the same lesson content at the same time, as happens in Shanghai and several other regions that teach maths successfully. This ensures that all can master concepts before moving to the next part of the curriculum sequence, allowing no pupil to be left behind.
• If a pupil fails to grasp a concept or procedure, this is identified quickly and early intervention ensures the pupil is ready to move forward with the whole class in the next lesson.
• Lesson design identifies the new mathematics that is to be taught, the key points, the difficult points and a carefully sequenced journey through the learning. In a typical lesson pupils sit facing the teacher and the teacher leads back and forth interaction, including questioning, short tasks, explanation, demonstration, and discussion.
• Procedural fluency and conceptual understanding are developed in tandem because each supports the development of the other.
• It is recognised that practice is a vital part of learning, but the practice used is intelligent practice that both reinforces pupils’ procedural fluency and develops their conceptual understanding.
• Significant time is spent developing deep knowledge of the key ideas that are needed to underpin future learning. The structure and connections within the mathematics are emphasised, so that pupils develop deep learning that can be sustained.
• Key facts such as multiplication tables and addition facts within 10 are learnt to automaticity to avoid cognitive overload in the working memory and enable pupils to focus on new concepts.

	Year 5 Maths Curriculum	[pdf 262KB]
	Year 6 Maths Curriculum	[pdf 293KB]

Please ensure your child brings in their reading book daily so we can read with them.   

Homework will be given at the beginning of each half term and will need to be completed before the end of the half term. Children will have a choice of homework tasks to complete in their journals. 

Spellings will be handed out on Mondays.