Welcome to the Owls Class

My school email: patrick.reeve@corringham.lincs.sch.uk

Welcome to Owls Class!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas holiday, but are happy to be back at school for Term 3.

The Owls is a mixed Y5/6 class of 34 pupils. The class teacher is Mr.Reeve and the Owls teaching assistants are Mrs. Milne and Mrs Burnett who work each morning (and alternate afternoons) with the class.

Last term was extremely busy! So many pupils from the Owls Class were part of the school choir and musical groups (ukuleles and glockenspiels) who performed at Springthorpe Church, the KS1 Nativity shows, the Corringham Senior Citizens lunch at the village hall, and at our own Christmas dinner event where we sang to our special VIP guests! Once again, many pupils took to the stage in Gainsborough Market Square to sing (in the rain) at the Christmas light switch-on. We enjoyed attending the pantomime (Robin Hood) at the New Theatre Royal in Lincoln. Our girls' and boys' football teams proudly represented Corringham at the Gainsborough Schools football tournament at Roses Sports Ground.

I'm sure that you all had your own favourite activities that you did at school.

What's happening in Term 3?

In English lessons, this term we will continue to use a "Talk for Writing" approach. Many pupils have commented how much they enjoyed learning to draw, tell and write stories. As well as studying short stories (including "The Tin Planet") and a range of poetry, we will be reading the novel, "Pig Heart Boy" by Malorie Blackman. 

In Maths lessons, Y5s and Y6s will be usually taught in separate groups, following similar themes at their own levels. We will be studying, Multiplication and Division; Decimals; Fractions; Area, Perimeter and Volume; Statistics. As usual, we will develop arithmetic and problem solving skills.

Our Science theme is "Forces", including Friction, Air Resistance, Water Resistance and Gravity.

In History our topic is Leisure and Entertainment. How has the way we spend our leisure time changed throughout history?

What can we learn from maps and atlases? We will take a close look to investigate similarities and differences. 

PE lessons will be taught on Tuesday mornings by Ben, from Premier Education. On Thursday afternoons, we will swap around! If you have not yet been swimming, it is now your turn. If you swam before Christmas, you will now take part in outdoor PE lessons.

Our RE topic is: What do people believe about good, evil and suffering? We will explore different religious and world views and interpretations.

In computer sessions, we will be developing our drawing skills (Vector Drawing) using different computer programs on laptops and iPads.  

Don't forget to bring to school your achievements from home to share in our Friday assembly. Get your photo displayed on our achievement board! Well done to everyone who did this last term.

Please click on "Curriculum Overview" and the "Owls Long-Term plan," to find more details about our topics and events that will be happening throughout the year.

Here are some useful websites to look at to help you with this term's learning:

Google Drawings

Scatch (design your own Sprites, quizzes and movie!)

Maths Frame (lots of free Maths resources)

You may also enjoy "iMovie" and "Garage Band" at home to create your own projects.