Term 6, Week 2 (12/06/26)
🌟 Rowan Class Weekly Update 🌟
Welcome back to our brilliant Year 5 and 6 children who returned from the residential this week! Despite the unpredictable weather, they had a fantastic time — with many trying new experiences for the very first time. I’m sure a few of them are very excited about sleeping in their own beds tonight! 😄🛏️
📖 English – City of Ember Adventures
We are continuing our journey through City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. The plot is really beginning to thicken now, and the children are making thoughtful links between earlier events and what’s happening with the characters today. We’ve been focusing on predictions and summarising to deepen our understanding of the text.
While some children were away on the residential, the rest of the class worked from an intriguing image titled Hatched. We explored what might be happening in the picture, wrote imaginative stories inspired by it, created our own book covers in Art, and even wrote poems exploring different emotions. 🎨✍️
➗ Maths – Decimals, Division & Problem Solving
- Year 5 have been learning how to divide decimal numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000, as well as identifying missing values in multiplication and division problems.
- Year 6 have been busy rehearsing for their upcoming production The Pirates of the Currybean — and they are absolutely buzzing with excitement! When not rehearsing, they’ve been tackling problem‑solving tasks and consolidating key maths skills.
During the residential, the children also created and played their own maths‑themed card games, showing great teamwork and creativity. 🃏✨
🥇 Topic – Going for Gold!
As part of our Going for Gold topic, the children designed their own venues to host an Olympic sport — lots of imaginative ideas and clever thinking on display!
We’ve also launched our class World Cup sweepstake ⚽. The tournament has kicked off, and we’re excited to track the matches and results on our World Cup chart.
🏃♂️ PE – Handball & Athletics
This term we are focusing on Handball and Athletics as we build up to Sports Day. The children have shown great enthusiasm and teamwork so far.
📢 Important Information
- Jewellery
- No earrings for PE.
- Only stud earrings should be worn in school.
- Watches are allowed, but smart watches must be handed in with mobile phones each morning.
- No necklaces, rings or other jewellery.
- PE Kits – Please ensure your child is wearing the correct PE kit as outlined in the school uniform policy.
- PE Days: Thursday & Friday – Handball and Athletics.
- Chewing Gum: Children should not be chewing gum in school.
- Weather: It’s very changeable at the moment — please make sure your child has a coat or raincoat in school. 🌧️🧥
📅 Upcoming Events
- Sports Day – 24th June (AM), weather permitting
- Festival of Fun – 10th July (PM)
- Year 6 Performance – The Pirates of the Currybean
- Tuesday 14th July
- Performances at 9:15am and 2:00pm
- A slip has been sent home for seat requests
- Year 6 Leavers’ Evening – Thursday 16th July, 6–8pm
- Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly – Friday 17th July (PM) – Parents welcome
- Last Day of Term – Friday 17th July
🏡 Home Learning
Home learning this week includes:
- Times Tables on TTRockstars 🎸 (monitored weekly)
- Spelling Practice on EdShed ✏️ (spellings also practised in school)
- Year 6 Maths on MyMaths ➕
- Daily Reading and updating Reading Records 📚
All children have been given their passwords for online platforms.
Thank you for your continued support.
Have a wonderful weekend! 🌈✨
Mr Bowles and Miss Harris