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PPear ear TTree ree MMead Academy ead Academy Educating children 2 – 11 Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, CM18 7BY 01279 836181 Fax 01279 [email protected]
Head Teacher Mrs C. Peden BA(Ed) (Hons) Chair of Governors Mrs W Beckett
Deputy Headteacher Mrs L Davies BA (ChEd) Acting Assistant Head Mrs S Martin LLB (Hons) (PGCE)
Dear parents/carers, In the Autumn term our experience topic is Rainforests. Before the Summer holidays we spoke with the children about a whole range of questions that they would like to find the answers to, so our experience topic will be based on those questions. In Science, the children will be learning about movement and feeding. They will find out about the different nutrients in food and what their function is. They will also learn about how animals including humans move. In PE, the children will be developing their skills in football and rugby. They will be learning about ball handling skills as well as teamwork and tactics. In Experience children will be learning about the rainforests of the world. They will learn about what lives in the rainforest and how we can look after them for the future. In computing the children we will be learning about basic computing skills using our brand new laptops. They will also be looking at e-safety and how to stay safe online. In music the children will be using Charanga to learn about playing the glockenspiel.
In SMSC and PSHE the children will be learning about settling in to their new classes and about overcoming ups and downs in relationships. They will be carrying out activities and discussions about what kinds of actions and behaviours to avoid and how to be a good caring friend or family member.
In English children will be learning about how to read information texts effectively and about how to write their own. Alongside this to support their learning children will be exploring new grammatical concepts and reinforcing those that they have learned previously, such as word class and sentence structure.
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Registered address: Pear Tree Mead Academy, Pear Tree Mead Harlow Essex CM18 7BY Company Registration number: 09141452
PPear ear TTree ree MMead Academy ead Academy Educating children 2 – 11 Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, CM18 7BY 01279 836181 Fax 01279 [email protected]
Head Teacher Mrs C. Peden BA(Ed) (Hons) Chair of Governors Mrs W Beckett
Deputy Headteacher Mrs L Davies BA (ChEd) Acting Assistant Head Mrs S Martin LLB (Hons) (PGCE)
In Mathematics we will be carrying out work on place value and understanding the number system. Children will carry out daily activities to help them to improve on their mental strategies, to speed up in their calculations and to see problems presented to them in various forms.
In year 3 and 4 we will be continuing to develop the children’s growth mindset. We will be encouraging the children to be positive learners and develop a good attitude to learning.
We are re launching our house groups this year, to keep the house point system interesting and exciting for the children. Aswell as looking at ways the house points are given out in classrooms, to make the system fair to all across the school, we will be issuing a maximum of 5 house points at a time, this was suggested by the school council to make the point awarding consistent. we have also renamed our 4 house colour groups to:Daffodil - YellowBluebell - BlueClover - Green Poppy- Red
Children will stay in the same house colour as before, just with the new name. Look out for some house team events, or opportunities to wear the house colours later in the year, we will be working with our school council for ideas.
This year we have made the decision not to continue with our TERRRIFC values and adopt new values and skills We have worked together with staff and pupils to create these. Our new vision for the school is ‘ At Pear Tree Mead we help all the children to grow so that they can reach the branches to their future.’ To become a fully grown citizen children need to reach the branches of the Pear Tree.
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Registered address: Pear Tree Mead Academy, Pear Tree Mead Harlow Essex CM18 7BY Company Registration number: 09141452
PPear ear TTree ree MMead Academy ead Academy Educating children 2 – 11 Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, CM18 7BY 01279 836181 Fax 01279 [email protected]
Head Teacher Mrs C. Peden BA(Ed) (Hons) Chair of Governors Mrs W Beckett
Deputy Headteacher Mrs L Davies BA (ChEd) Acting Assistant Head Mrs S Martin LLB (Hons) (PGCE)
Each life skill is introduced to the children with a forest animal which sits on a branch. You should be able to see the tree, animals and skills in classrooms and around the school.
PSHE lessons, assemblies and class times are planned around the branches so that children are taught and reminded of these on a regular basis. There is a focus on reaching one of the branches each half term. This half term we will be working on being Respectful with the help of Respectful Mouse. After half term we will be working with the children on growing in self belief with the help of Self-belief Squirrel. Please talk to your child about these skills and help them to achieve and work towards them.
Please ensure that the children have their PE kits on their pegs in school all week. The children will be swimming during the Autumn term so they will need a swimming kit with a hat. The cost of swimming is £1.50.
We would like to thank parents for their co-operation in developing the children’s independence and coming in to class on their own. We would like to ask for parents to leave their children at the classroom door and not to enter the classroom as the classrooms will become too congested and may cause a Health and Safety issue. If you have any concerns you need to speak to the classroom teacher about, please tell this to the TA standing at the door who will liaise with the teacher, or see the teacher at the end of the day.
Homework will be set weekly and we will be continuing to use the homework webs for half termly topics. It is extremely important that the children complete their homework as it will consolidate the learning they are doing in class. Remember we do have a homework club which you can sign up for.
We would like to encourage the children to be reading frequently at home,
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Registered address: Pear Tree Mead Academy, Pear Tree Mead Harlow Essex CM18 7BY Company Registration number: 09141452
PPear ear TTree ree MMead Academy ead Academy Educating children 2 – 11 Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, CM18 7BY 01279 836181 Fax 01279 [email protected]
Head Teacher Mrs C. Peden BA(Ed) (Hons) Chair of Governors Mrs W Beckett
Deputy Headteacher Mrs L Davies BA (ChEd) Acting Assistant Head Mrs S Martin LLB (Hons) (PGCE)
it is very important that your child can not only read fluently but also understand what they have read. Please ensure that your child is not rushing through their books and fully understand them before changing them in the library. You can change your children’s books any day after school in the library.
Please remember to bring your children’s reading books in every day.
Mr Thurgood, Mrs Gibbons, Mrs Bruce and Miss Stead (Year 3/4 teachers)
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Registered address: Pear Tree Mead Academy, Pear Tree Mead Harlow Essex CM18 7BY Company Registration number: 09141452