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What activities will your child undertake?

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 ha  This year all PPA activities will take place on a WEDNESDAY.  Miss Body will be delivering music, and Dominic Carminati supporting some elements of physical education.   We have also arranged for teaching assistants to deliver part of the RE scheme of work, part of the PSHE syllabus and to undertake a new subject of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL).  Teachers will continue to teach the other strands of PE, RE and PSHE within their class time.

Your  children will work with

Miss Body  in Music   Mr Carminati  in PE

Mrs Leaver in RE,      Mrs Leask in PSHE               Mrs  Clyne  in MFL. 

When will this take place?

In the Autumn term the school will release the three KS1 teachers and the four KS2 teachers together for planning, preparation and assessment purposes on Wednesdays and that is when your children will experience working with other staff

The programme will consist of

Each KS1 group will also be accompanied by another teaching assistant who will rotate with each class and ensure a smooth change over. 

What will this mean for me and my child?

The Modern Foreign Languages is a very exciting prospect for our children.  The  KS1children will be looking at basic spoken French in year, and will experience some aspects of the culture of France through the language, traditions and food! In KS2 we are participating in the HunttSNet Language Awareness project. This will see Y3/4 pupils experiencing a wider look at a country, along with a study of the language. Y5/6 will be introduced to a different language each  half term, starting with Japanese!! The Y5/6 will also investigate aspects of French, German, Spanish, Latin and Polish

All other aspects of PE, PSHE and RE will continue within classes with the children’s class teacher to provide the full entitlement. 

For the PPA sessions, KS2 children eed to come to school already in their PE kits, this allows a prompter start to their busy morning. At the end of the morning, KS2 pupils change inot their school uniform. You may decide to have an extra PE kit, to enable one kit to stay at school for the  PE sessions on other days.

All ages of children will be going outside in all but the most extreme conditions, they will need the following PE kit, in addition to their inside kit

ü       long tracksuit trousers in black or navy

ü       tracksuit top in black or navy

ü       trainers (plimsolls are not advised for outdoor activities)

ü       a change of socks

ü       a named water bottle

ü       a plastic bag for muddy or wet trainers

Can we remind parents that club football kits or holiday style beach clothing is not acceptable for school, much as the children enjoy wearing them!  Thank you. Also can we remind parents to name all PE kit please?

KS1 children will be changing for their outside PE session prior to lunchtime to ensure a swift start to the afternoon activities.  We have already practised doing this earlier this term…and we are all prepared!

Workforce Reform links

Some of the sites below will help give you more specific information about reforming the workforce and what that means in schools.

www.remodelling.org  National Remodelling Team

www.lsc.gov.uk  Learning and Skills Council

www.ngc.org.uk National Governors Council

Learning Japanese!!

Y5/6 are learning Japanese with Mrs Clyne in the Autumn term. Starting with Japanese Bingo!!

Music from Miss Body.  Here the Blackbirds try to remember the Cat Song.

Mrs Leaver is teaching RE activities with each class last term..