Welcome to Hampton Class 2015 - 2016

Weekly Timetable• Maths and English every morning• Daily spelling, punctuation and grammar focus• Daily mental maths• Guided reading on Mon & Tue afternoon • Big maths & Big write on Fridays• RE once a week in the afternoon • Science once a week in the afternoon • History/ Geography once a week in the afternoon• Twice weekly PE – swimming (Thursday ) & PE (Wednesday)• Daily whole school assembly/ Friday celebration assembly• Weekly PHSE-Mrs Bass• Weekly spelling and times table tests• Fortnightly mental maths homework• After school clubs (Please ensure that the staff member running the club

is notified if your child cannot attend a club or would like to withdraw from a club)

Higher Level Thinking

Nurturing Life Long LearnersWhole school understanding and integration of

Bloom’s Taxonomy

HomeworkMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

15 minutes readingPractise tablesPractise spellings

15 minutes readingPractise tablesPractise spellings Homework returned to school.Spelling book returned ready for test.

15 minutes readingPractise tablesPractise spellings Spelling test

15 minutes readingPractise tablesPractise spellings New spellings given out in spelling book.Mental maths books given out(Mathletics or My Maths will also be used periodically.)

15 minutes readingPractise tablesPractise spellings Times tables test

Please set aside time to support your child with their homework and ensure it’s quality and accuracy.Please help your child consolidate & apply life skills like telling time & handling money.

Trips and Visitors

•Orienteering at Bedgebury pinetum•Viking Company•Local Youth Minister•Comparing churches•Pantomime•Maidstone Museum•Ightham mote

Composers and Artists

Whole school focus on specific artists and composers.•Van Gogh•Miro•Matisse•Chagal•Monet•Mozart•Handel •Grieg

What your child needs

• Water bottle• Well-stocked pencil case• PE kit-white T-shirt, navy blue/ black track suites• School shoes everyday• Contact book every day-initialled when reading. Signed

weekly please• Reading book• A healthy snack for morning break (a fruit or vegetable)• A coat when cold or wet• Permission slips and money to be given by child to class

teacher as soon as possible

Help at home

Programs used in school•Mathletics•My Maths•BBC Skillswise•Jumpstart Jonny•Espresso

Assessment without levels

• No National Curriculum Levels• Age expectations-emerging, expected (met) or

exceeding will be reported annually and officially assessed in year 2 and 6

• Parent consultations will report next step targets• Online database used by teachers to plan

objectives and to assess on a weekly basis after lessons. This is then used to inform tracking of progress and target setting.