5J - Miss Jerman
5S - Mr Southin
LSAs – Mrs Maling & Mrs Dawson
Please use your child’s class teacher’s school email to contact about any non-urgent issues:
holly.jerman@racemeadow.org
joseph.southin@racemeadow.org
Anything more urgent can be passed to us via the main school office.
Sharing assembly will take place at 9am on a Friday in the Key Stage Two hall, you will be notified by Marvellous Me if your child will be receiving a certificate in sharing assembly. If you no longer have Marvellous Me installed, please contact school for a joining code as this is the main way for us to share messages, good news and reminders with you.
Homework will be given out on a Wednesday (as well as marked) and should be handed in by the following Monday. Homework consists of Arithmetic, Grammar and a short reading activity. Homework should be completed in pencil or a black or blue pen. In addition to this, children are expected to have read at home 3 times each week and have this signed by an adult in their diary. Children can write in their own reads to build their independence, but please check this is accurate when you sign their diaries.
Spellings are stuck in the spellings section at the front of your child's diary, new spellings are given out on a Friday and will be tested on the following Friday. Children can access and practice their spellings at home via Spelling Shed.
In your child’s diary are their log-ins for TT Rockstars, Sumdog and Spelling Shed. These can be used at home for children to practice their times table fluency, arithmetic fluency and their weekly spellings.
To begin our mini mission, we recreated a volcanic eruption using water, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. When these materials are mixed together they cause a chemical reaction and gas (in the form of bubbles) is forced out. We decorated our volcanoes and used plastic bottles to recreate this process.
This mini mission is all about two extreme events in our world – earthquakes and volcanic eruptions! We investigated both of these natural disasters and their causes, discussing their impact on the environment. During this mini mission, we explained the creation processes of earthquakes and volcanoes and did our own research, used diagrams, and digital imaging to find out about tectonic plates and where in the world they are found. We used this information and linked it with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
We explored how the Earth is split into layers, and how these layers form volcanoes over time. We looked at the function of volcanoes, what part they play in the world's ecosystem, and their impact they have on their surrounding area. We have a particular focus on the events of Pompeii, and used a storybook to understand the devastating effects volcanoes have!
Try these links to find out where in the world there are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions right now!