Welcome to Doves’ Class Page!
Adults in Doves:
Mrs Savage
Mr Learmonth
Mrs Wood
Mrs McAteer
Routines in Doves:
P.E Indoor – Tuesday (Please arrive in P.E. kit)
P.E. Outdoor – Thursday (Please arrive in P.E. kit)
Spellings: TBC
Class governor: TBC
In years 5 and 6, the children will be encouraged to work with growing independence. To support this, your child will be taking responsibility for their own organisation. Each child has been given a planner (Y6 planners are provided by Guiseley school to support children to be secondary ready when they leave us). Planners will be checked on a Friday morning and should have been seen and signed by an adult for the previous week. If there are any other messages that need to be read by the teacher on a day other than Friday, please ensure that your child brings these to your attention.
Reading Books
Each week, your child will be expected to read twice a week with an adult at home, who will need to sign and date the reading record in their planner every time they hear them read (see image below). Your child can choose a book from home or an appropriate free choice book from school. Even though many children in years 5 and 6 are quite fluent readers, it is important that an adult hears them read and asks questions about what they have read in order to aid their comprehension and to improve their writing skills.
Books can be changed on any day in the classroom.
Homework
Your child will receive their homework every Monday as a paper copy and will need to be handed back in by the following Monday. The answers for this will be posted on our class page. We politely request that parents mark the work with their child so that any misconceptions can be addressed when returned to school. The homework will alternate between the maths skills test and the Grammar Hammer. We only expect children to spend 20 minutes on each piece of homework, if they are struggling please just write a note to the teacher explaining this – don’t struggle on! A topic homework grid will also be available on the school website by the end of the first week of a new topic. It is expected that your child will complete at least two of the activities from the grid and return them to school. There are a range of fun and exciting options to choose from so please feel free to be creative!
Spellings will be tested each week on Monday and the new list will be given out following the weekly test. A spelling book will also be sent home with the spellings in.
This Week’s Homework – Click the title for more.
KS2 Homework – 500 Words Competition
For your homework this week, we would like you to take part in the BBC 500 Words competition. Your teachers will have explained this further in class but here are the main headlines. The aim is to write a story that is 500 words or less. Your story can be about ANYTHING and you are …
This Half-Term’s Topic Homework and Knowledge Organiser – Click the title for more.
UKS2 Topic Homework Grid and Knowledge Organiser
Homework Grid – Anglo-Saxon & Vikings Knowledge Organiser – Anglo Saxons and the Vikings
This Week’s Online Safety Update – Click the title for more.
3.7.24 Online Trolling
Trolling is the act of making inflammatory comments or behaving in an abusive manner online to hurt the feelings of others or provoke a reaction from them It is estimated that in 2022, over a third (34%) of people in the UK who suffered online abuse were specifically victims of trolling. The repercussions of this type …
Latest class news – Click the title for more.
Doves Entry Point – Anglo-Saxon and Vikings.
Placing Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in history using out prior knowledge. We’re all excited to learn more.
Year 6’s Last Day
What a fantastic year we have had with this year’s cohort. They went out in style.
Tranmere’s Unsung Hero Awards Ceremony
Today, Vision Education re-visited Tranmere to hold their Unsung Hero Awards Ceremony. Over the past few weeks, lots of children (and adults) have been spotted showing ‘hero behaviours’ both in school and within their wider community, and today, they received some certificates and awards in recognition of this. Dylan in Kingfishers also recieved …
School Council – Alternative Playground Provision
Today, School Council have been busy setting up some alternative provisions on both the KS1 and KS2 playgrounds. Between now and summer, when the weather is nice, the team will be providing a small chess and colouring area for the children to enjoy.
Doves – Entry Point (They See The World Like This)
We had a fun afternoon practising and then performing our presentations on “What Britain Means to Me” for the Entry Point to our new topic. We had some interesting interpretations and excellent acting skills. Lots of references to : fish and chips, full English breakfasts, the Royal Family and of course the brilliant British weather!
Periscopes – UKS2
To finish our topic on Light, UKS2 learnt how to create a periscope. This involved understanding the science behind reflected light and how this knowledge can be utilised.
Chess Club Begins for UKS2
After running for years 1, 2, 3 and 4, it’s now UKS2’s chance to start chess club. If you are currently in Puffins, Kingfishers or Doves and would like to come to chess club, it will run on a Monday playtime with Miss Ingram in the KS2 shared area.
School Council / Vision Education Easter Competition
Over the past few weeks, School Council have been encouraging all pupils to take part in Vision Education’s design an Easter Egg competition. All entires were collected by the council team and sent to Vision Education and today, the winners were announced… 1st – Lucy B, 2nd – Zaiba K, 3rd – Neveyah P. A …
Eden Camp Trip
A good day has been had by all at Eden Camp. We have been able to consolidate our learning of World War Two by visiting different huts based on different elements of the war eg rationing, human torpedoes, women at war etc. The Blitz Experience was a particular success and gave the children a real …
UKS2: Light
Today, we manipulated reflection (and our knowledge around light travelling in a straight line) to shine a beam on a target, avoiding ‘obstacles’ along the way, without them noticing.
British Science Week
Last week was British Science Week, and this year’s theme was ‘time’. To celebrate this, all pupils from EYFS to Year 6 engaged in a range of different activities, experiments and investigations revolving around this topic. There were live lessons from the farm with NFU Education, engineering and fossil story times from the STEM Hub, …
French Fashion Show
We have had a couple of fun afternoons with Puffins and Doves putting on a fashion show – mainly in French! There were some weird outfits but all the children had a go at describing what they were wearing and giving an opinion. A great way to end our clothes topic.
Doves PE – Orienteering
Today, we were treated to an orienteering session, run by Simon Martland from the Airienteers, a local orienteering group. We had lots of fun practising using our map-reading skills to find various points, pictures and signs.
School Council – Outer North West Youth Summit
Today, some of the School Council team have been to Leeds to take part in the Outer North West Youth Summit. They had a great day meeting and chatting to a number of local councillors, as well as the Lord Mayor and Leeds Child Mayor. Together they have made some very big decisions about how …
Which biscuit is the best ‘dunker’?!
If, like me, you wake up at night crying out for the answer to the question above, then worry no longer. At Tranmere, we care about the quality of everyone’s sleep so have set out to solve the conundrum once and for all. UKS2 have spent the day testing which biscuit (a custard cream, chocolate …
Chess Club begins for LKS2!
After running for a term for years 1 and 2, Chess Club started at break time today for years 3 and 4. There were some fantastic games happening this morning! If you’re currently in Red Kites, Woodpeckers or Falcons and would like to come to chess club, it will run in the LKS2 shared area …
WW2 themed Science: booby traps
Today, the Doves classroom looked a little different; it was blacked out, the tables were arranged in a chaotic juxtaposition and booby traps (trip wires and pressure pads) were set out for the children to try and avoid. This brought our electricty topic to a close. Next up, light.
Entry Point – Doves (World War Two)
To kick off our topic , the children all brought in their own evacuee bag containing six items they would take if they had to leave their house suddenly to be evacuated – we had some very interesting items including tins of tuna and pack of tea lights! We then looked at the items which …
School Council – Autumn Term Round Up
Tranmere would just like to say a HUGE thank you to our school council team who have been incredibly busy this term. You can check out all of their first term projects below. School Council Projects 23-24 We can’t wait to see what the New Year brings the team.
5/6 Christmas Party!
Doves, Kingfishers and Puffins have all had a fantastic afternoon at their Christmas party. A special thanks to the PTA for supplying the children with some fantastic pass the parcels, sweets and prizes!