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• Y5 Smile Challenge

  Wed 18 Dec 2019 FRJS

  Year 5 have carried out the Smile Challenge in the last week. This involves using a small amount of money to put a smile on people's faces.

   

  5/1 decided to focus on local homeless people and other needy people in our community.
  
  They created small parcels of gifts which they delivered to local homeless people today. They also took donations to Southport Soup Kitchen so that local families can be helped.
  
  What a brilliant thing to do - you have certainly helped some people to smile this Christmas.

   

  5.2 made and sold items for their own individual charities - they raised nearly £70 and the charities included Ghana, RSPCA, Cancer Research and Children in Need.  They also arranged a gift to make Rod, our caretaker smile - and his dog!  It was a hamper with gifts including Christmas dog toys, a Poinsettia plant and a card signed by the children.  

  

• Can you help your child to read regularly?

  Mon 16 Dec 2019 FRJS

  Are you struggling to get your child to read regularly?

  
  A key part of our homework strategy is for children to read at home at least 5 times every week.

  
  We really don’t want this to be a chore - reading should be a fun and enjoyable activity and it is the key way that children can build their vocabulary.

  
  Don’t forget:-

  
  1. Read ANYTHING - you do not have to read the school reading book all the time. Read comics, newspapers, magazines—read ANYTHING that interests your child
  
  2. It does not always have to be your child reading. Read to each other, read to them, listen to stories on devices.

  
  3. Make reading the last thing your child does each day. We sleep better if we read before bed.
  
  4.Make it fun!

• Homework Changes

  Mon 16 Dec 2019 FRJS

  You will be very aware that we made some major changes to our homework policy this term.

  
  Learning at home is really important but we want to try and make sure that this is an enjoyable experience.

  
  Our annual parent survey highlighted some concerns that many of you have with homework and we want to make sure that learning at home is focused on what is really important.

  
  Homework in Years 3, 4 and 5 concentrates on the three key aspects of reading, spelling and tables. Year 6 homework follows a similar pattern, but there will are additional tasks for Y6 children to help them prepare for their SATs later in the school year.

  
  We expect these tasks to be carried out by every child every week.

   

  We also provided some optional activities to extend your child's learning experience at home and we will update these in January.

  
  We hope that these changes allow homework to prioritise key tasks and help families enjoy a positive work/life balance.

  
  This is a new approach to learning at home and as such, we will ask for your views later in the school year to see what you think about the changes. We will probably do this at the Parent/Teacher meetings in March 2020.

  
  If you have any comments about this matter, please contact school in the normal ways.