Duckworth's Dolphins

Welcome to the Class page for Duckworth's Dolphins

Class Teacher: Mrs Duckworth

Teaching Assistant: Mrs. Moseley

Year Groups: 4 and 5

Hello and welcome to the class page for Duckworth's Dolphins.

Here you will find information on our class curriculum and our knowledge organisers.

We will try to keep you updated with all of the interesting things that are going on in our classroom along with any important information we think you might need.

Please visit us as often as you can!

At the start of day, we will be welcoming pupils at the classroom fire/outside door from 8.35-8.45am.

If parents need to contact Mrs Duckworth or Mrs Moseley, this can be done in the following ways:

Seesaw
Leave a message at the school office to be passed onto to us
Ask us to ring you later in the day
Make an appointment to see us
Speak to us at the start or end of the school day at the classroom door.

Some useful information

PE: School P.E. kit is a plain white t-shirt and black shorts, or black, grey or navy leggings or jogging pants, with black pumps or trainers. School jumpers can be worn over the white t-shirt when needed. All items should be clearly labelled with the child's name. No jewellery, including earrings are permitted for P.E. lessons. On swimming days (Autumn 2 and Spring 1) children should come into school in full uniform and bring their swimming kits with them.

Home Reading Books: In Duckworth's Dolphins pupils will select their own book from a variety of fiction and non-fiction books aligned to their reading age. They can select to suit their interests and reading ability. All children will be encouraged to read regularly at home and will be rewarded with a certificate for the number of times they have read at home. As reading is such an important area please ensure that your child reads at home for at least 10 minutes every day.

Books will be changed daily, meaning that as soon as a pupil returns their completed book and their reading record has been signed by an adult, they will be able to select a new book.

Spellings: Spellings will be sent out each Friday and will be tested the following Friday. Pupils will have a yellow exercise book with their weekly spellings glued in and they will complete their spelling homework in this each week. Please help your child to practise and learn their spellings at home. Words should be written daily using the 'Look, Say, Write, Cover, Check' method and to demonstrate understanding of the vocabulary each word needs to be written into a sentence too. Show your English skills by demarcating your sentences with a variety of punctuation and always join your handwriting. Test scores will be added weekly to the score sheet at the back of your child's spelling book.

Homework: This is optional and will be set through Seesaw. When set, it will support the work that your child has been completing in class that week.