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Marcham C of E Primary School
"Living and learning with Faith, Community and Hope"
Giraffes
Giraffes Class Letter - Spring 2025
Class Teacher
Mr Clayton (Monday - Friday)
Teaching Assistants
Ms Jefferies (Monday-Friday)
Miss Jarvey (Mon, Tue, Thurs and Fri)
Welcome back Giraffes class 2024/2025! I hope you had a magical Christmas break and are ready and excited to get back to school. Your team of teachers this year will be me (Mr Clayton) supported by Miss Jarvey and Miss Jefferies. I will be out of the classroom most Wednesday’s and some of Thursday afternoon. During this time Miss Priddle will teach Maths in the morning and Mrs Hutchinson will teach Writing as well as RE, French and Music.
We are now in the countdown to our residential trip to Woodlands which I am very excited about going on. Please keep your eyes peeled for forms that will need taking home and bringing back in. After half term, there is another trip planned to the Living Rainforest near Newbury. This ties in with our Science and Geography topics.
Our values this term are Compassion and then after half term it will be Responsibility. These will be discussed in assembly as well as during PSHE lessons. You are the top of the school and I look forward to continuing to see you model our school values across the school.
Our topic this term will be rainforests. We will be looking at this across our curriculum. Our key questions in Geography will be Is there anything we can do in Marcham about deforestation? How are we linked to the Rainforests?
Our PE days have not changed and are Tuesday (outdoor) and Thursday (indoor). Although, I do expect PE kits to be in school every day so that we have some flexibility and to avoid some of the worst of the weather. Before half term we will be learning how to play Golf and practicing our Dancing skills. After half term we will be playing Netball and improving our flexibility and calm in Yoga.
Homework will be set on a Friday and due in the following Thursday. I will hand out paper copies of the set homework each week. In addition to the homework I will continue to expect 10 minutes of reading four times a week, regular use of TTRS and the weekly spelling tests. Should you have a problem finding time at home to complete homework I will run a homework club on Tuesday lunchtimes and should you find that the homework is too difficult then please speak to a member of staff during morning work time where we will be able to help you- although not on Thursday!
Students can borrow books from the class library and the school library. I have added some new books to this over the summer with some great finds in charity shops. If you are still struggling for inspiration then please speak to one of us of have a look and the link here which has some fantastic books.
A more detailed view of the curriculum is available on the topic web which is available on the school website but should you have any questions then please speak to me after school in the playground or email Jane in the office and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Kind regards
Mr Clayton
Giraffes Curriculum Web
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Giraffes Gallery 2024/25
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