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                                Hello and welcome to The Dragonfly Class from Mr Thew, Mrs Butt, 

                                         Mrs Metcalfe and Mrs Jaleel.

            Class Teacher       Teaching Assistant:  Teaching Assistant:       PPA Teacher: 

            Mr Thew                         Mrs Butt               Mrs Metcalf                 Mrs Jaleel

        Reedley Primary School rules: 

            Is it kind?  Is it safe?  Is it my best?

The School day 

It is vital that the children are in school on time every day. The pedestrian gate is 
unlocked at 8.40am and locked at 8.50am when the school day starts. Children arriving after 
this time need to enter school via the School Office and must be dropped off at the blue buzzer 
gate by an adult.
Our lessons start promptly at 8.50am so children arriving after this time often miss 
instructions and demonstrations from the teacher. 

At the end of the school day the pedestrian gate will be opened again at 3.20pm and locked at 3.35pm. Children need to 
be collected, no later than 3.30pm. Parents/carers arriving after this time will need to collect 
children from the blue buzzer gate.  
If you know that you will be late collecting your child, please phone ahead to let us know, 
otherwise all children need to be collected by 3.30pm promptly. 

Children must have their pumps in school to be able to participate in weekly P.E. lessons (see individual class pages for your child's P.E. sessions). P.E is an essential part of the curriculum which all children should have access to. We will let you know if children do not have the correct kit with them. Trainers can be worn when the PE session is outside.

All pens, pencils and other equipment needed for lessons will be provided, therefore children do not need to bring their own pencil cases into school.

Please ensure that the school is kept up-to-date with medical/dietary requirements and photographic permissions.

Each week all children will receive homework and a reading book. Homework is a chance for the learning we have been doing in classes to be reinforced at home, as well as allowing your children to get creative with English, Maths, and Reading. Reading books are to be taken home everyday and returned everyday. Please see your child's class page for more details on this. Homework is issued every Thursday and is returned the following Tuesday. You will find the weekly homework in the homework section. Homework will be also be on some of the online platforms. Please cleck below on the online platform to gain access.

Our online platform

Each term, the children will be bringing home a knowledge organiser. Please encourage your child to read through it and learn some of the vocabulary linked to the topics we will be learning. If they want to do some research on the topics we will be learning, this will be more than welcomed. I always enjoy looking at what the children have been learning at home.

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All children are expected to read to an adult as often as possible but at least twice a week. Please date and sign the reading diary when your child has read at home. This is imperative if we are to help our children build their reading comprehension and reading stamina in general.

Reading books and diaries should be available in school every day so that we can also hear your child read.

In school we use the following handwriting formations. It would be really helpful if you ask your child to help you do some writing at home. Maybe they can write the shopping list or a list of jobs that you need to do in town.

Water bottles

Children are to being a reusable water bottle to use each day, to help keep them hydrated. Please make sure these are only filled with water and are clearly labelled with your child’s name. These can be refilled with water throughout the day if needed.

Mrs Bell will be continuing with the timetables awards this year but will take place in class. The children that have achieved the award, will be announced during assembly on Friday.

Do you know your timetables in this order?   Can you do them in 3 minutes?

Below are some practise sheets for you to get yourself prepared.

• Bronze Certificate – 2, 5, and 10 times tables
• Silver Certificate – 3, 4, 6, and 11 times tables
• Gold Certificate – 7, 8, 9, and 12 times tables
• Amethyst Certificate – All tables mixed
• Emerald Certificate – 100 question challenge in three minutes!
• Hackmanite - 144 division and multiplication questions 
• Panite - 140 questions designed to extend multiplication and division facts beyond 12x12

Rewards 

Children can achieve various rewards whilst in school, such as Team Points and Certificates for timestables, Maths Whizz and achieving our Reedley values.

Finally, we hope all your children will enjoy their time in Year Five. There are some very exciting topics planned and we look forward to seeing and sharing their progress during the year.

Thank you

Mr Thew, Mrs Butt, Mrs Metcalf and Mrs Jaleel.