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March 17, 2020

Partial Closure for 18th March

Dear parents,

Quick version:

Same plan for school on Wednesday as has been today (option 2)
Likely to be option 2 for the remainder of the week, but we will confirm each day
Work set online each evening by 8pm for the following day.
Email available for year groups.
Report any absence (inc being off for partial closure or self-isolation) here.
Click here to find out ways to give each day a routine.

Longer version:

Thank you for your support and understanding as we adjust to the disruption in our routine (routine sounds amazing!).

You’ll be aware that today (Tuesday) we put into place option 2, because of staffing shortages.

Given the nature of the COVID-19 symptoms and the self-isolation strategy, the number of staff does not tend to increase unfortunately. This means that tomorrow, Wednesday 18th March, we will be operating in the same was as today (ie option 2). School will be open to the following children only, assuming they are not unwell:

Year 6 pupils and their siblings
Year 2 pupils and their siblings
Children who are not able to stay at home because of parental work commitments

The likelihood is that this will be the case for the remainder of the week; however we will keep you informed each day of progress.

Although many of our staff have been at home, they have all been working hard. Those in school have been been flexible in changing classes and lessons to accommodate different children, helping them to really enjoy their day and learn. Those not in school have been working on bringing learning to the home and setting up home communication systems for each year group. We really do want to carry on learning and supporting, even if the location is different. We are looking at a greater involvement of technology in learning at home. Bear with us as we develop it further.

Please do complete the absence form daily for for each child, unless your child has already been self-isolating and you have made us aware through the form. It’s critical that we know where children are, and have confirmation of it. I appreciate it can feel unnecessary, but it does help us ensure children have not gone missing. We also have a legal duty to ensure attendance is correct. Thank you.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Charles Applegate

Head Teacher

March 17, 2020

Year 6 – Wednesday 18th March

Good morning to our lovely Year 6 children who are unable to attend school today!

We hope you have enjoyed a little bit of a lay in and eaten breakfast ready to make the most of your day.

As the post with yesterday’s learning wasn’t uploaded until much later in the afternoon, we did not expect you to complete all or even any of it last night! Therefore, you will have today to complete the work set yesterday.

As well as that, we are adding on a spelling & handwriting activity. We would like you to practise your formation of joining the letter ‘r’. Please remember, as shown in the beautiful example below, the ‘r’ joins at the ‘mid-bridge’, meaning it does NOT lead down to the base line to join on to the next letter. For each of the following words, practise a line in your most beautiful handwriting, and then you can choose a few words to create a spelling pyramid or spiral!

interrupt

interruption

interruptance

international

internationally

interpreter

interpretation

intervene

intervention

internal

If you are proud of your work and your parents are able to email us a photo to year6@stmarksce.org.uk we would love to see it!

Handwriting & Spelling example

Maya Masks

Today in school, we are beginning to make our Maya masks. If you have any materials at home to be able to do this (card, newspaper etc), then please feel free to create yours too. However, we completely understand this may not be possible for most. Maybe you can use your creativity in other ways to make something else Maya, or non-Maya related!

Homework

We will still be setting weekly homework for SPaG and Maths. For this week’s SPaG homework, complete pages 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Punctuation Book.

If you have your CGP books at home, please complete the homework directly in them. Otherwise, use the scanned sheets below – print them if you can, but this is not essential. You can complete the answers on a separate piece of paper.

Click here to see the homework pages:

SPaG Homework

Well done Year 6 – keep working hard!

March 17, 2020

Keeping a sense of routine at home…

This is really challenging, but very necessary. School thrives on routine, as do children. We definitely recommend talking with your child about keeping home time as normal as possible during the week. It’s not holiday time, but can feel like it for children.

Engaging the children in the timetable can really help it to succeed too. Give non-negotiables, but also give choice.

Why not make and keep a reward chart for each activity completed? Or earn time towards technology or a favoured activity?

There are ways that the school day can be replicated at home. Below are two suggestions that may be helpful to you.

If you have come up with a timetable, please take a picture and email it to us, so that others can benefit. Thank you.

School Time	Normal School Day Activity (depends on year group)	Home suggestion
Pre 8:30am	Wake up, get dressed, have breakfast, brush teeth,	Same
8:45am	Walk to school, registration.	Go for a walk if able, or some sort of exercise.
9am	Worship, Maths	Serving others- why not draw a picture or write a letter/email to someone who is isolated? Think of the smile! See year group page for maths work. Practice counting/timestables. Maths puzzles etc.
10:30am	Break	Break
10:45am	Reading, Writing	See year group page for English work. Reading books. Writing a book review. Break this up with creative activities.
12pm (ish)	Lunch	Lunch
1pm	Project work – art, music, PE, D&T, Computing etc. Practical work. Creative activities Fresh air	See Year group page. Lego time, Arts & crafts. practice instrument. Cook. Take a break.
3pm (ish)	End

A suggestion from Twitter…

March 17, 2020

Year 6 – Tuesday 17th March

Good Afternoon Year 6 children who were unable to attend school today! First of all, we hope you are all well and staying happy and healthy at home. It’s certainly strange being at school without lots of you.

Secondly, we apologise for such a late post. We have all been busy teaching this morning – we promise that from tomorrow, your daily update will appear first thing in the morning.

Each day, we will be giving you some home learning activities to complete. We will be asking to see these, either on your return to school, or your parents might even be able to send us a photo! Therefore, like your normal school work, we expect these to be completed neatly, remembering to take pride in your presentation. We understand some of you may not have all the equipment you usually would have at school. As long as you have a pencil or pen, a ruler (or something that can act as a ruler!) and pieces of paper, we know your work will be wonderful! On each piece of work, please try to remember to write the date and title that we provide.

The learning that we set you will be closely linked to what we have been doing in class. Use the powerpoints and sheets uploaded here as a starting point. You don’t have to print them off to complete them. If you want to, then please do, but don’t feel like you have to. If the task is something very new, we will provide you with a ‘mini input’ to help your learning. You might even be lucky and get a video of one of us modelling how to complete it!

You can decide when you would like to complete the work. We suggest you follow a similiar routine to school as that is what you’re used to. Please make sure you give yourself breaks, eat breakfast and lunch to keep you going, and you might even be able to help your parents around the house too!

Parents – today, we have sent home the children’s CGP books with any children who attended school. If you would like to pop in to school and collect your child’s CGP books, please feel free (provided you are not self-isolating of course). Some days, we will be setting pages of these for revision. We DO NOT want the children to complete these books freely – only if we set them for extra work! We suggest for those children attending school as normal, they keep their CGP books in their bags every day as we will still be using these in school too.

Children – We’re here to help! You can contact one of the Year 6 teachers to ask questions, or say hello, by using the email year6@stmarksce.org.uk . Make sure you get parental permission first before sending us any emails. We will check this account often and look forward to hearing from you and maybe even seeing photos of your work.

Let’s get started with today’s learning tasks – you have today and tomorrow to do these so don’t panic!

Early Morning Work – Grammar activity

Maths

English

Additional tasks : Reading, TT Rockstars etc.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO OPEN THEM!

Tuesday 17th March Powerpoint

Tuesday17thMarch 6S and 6C Maths

Adventure-Story-Map

Have a wonderful day!

Year 6 Teachers