Blog Post
Wynstream News & Events
Year 5 Home Learning
March 27, 2020
Dear Parents and Carers
Here are some suggestions from your child’s teacher of activities to help you keep your children occupied during the day. Please remember that they are indeed only suggestions and we do not want you to feel pressured in any way to turn your home into a home school. Do what works for you and your family and let us worry about getting your children quickly back up to speed when everything returns to normal. If you do only one thing, it would be best to keep your child reading. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read will be hugely beneficial. Beyond that, do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family.
Reading
We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes to an adult at home.
• Take time to share a book together (you can read/ listen to an audiobook or watch a story online together). Amazon have many free audiobooks that can be accessed through www.amazon.co.uk/Audiobooks
• In the absence of reading books, you could access books similar to the ones you bring home www.oxfordowl.co.uk
• Find the definitions of words that are unfamiliar- you could use a dictionary or a google search.
Writing
We are combining our Science work with our English. This week you could::
• Write a fact file about 2 planets of your choice, including its name, position in the solar system and any other interesting facts. This can be presented in any way you choose.
• Write sentences using adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe the planets.
• Use relative clauses (who, which, whose, that, where) to create sentences and phrases to describe the planets. Eg. Saturn, which has a ring around it, is the sixth planet from the sun.
Spelling
We use the National Curriculum spelling lists to set spellings for practice. Every child received a set of spellings that are suitable for them. If you have your spelling list , you could:
• use the spelling lists included in your home learning packs to practice the words and write them in sentences.
• Write the definitions of any words in your child’s spelling list.
• Play word games, complete word searches, cross words
Maths
We will continue learning about numbers so you could:
• Practice your times tables every day. These can be practised by writing them by hand, or by using Times Table Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/
(log in codes are in your child’s home learning folder and spelling books)
• Complete the Mathletics tasks online https://login.mathletics.com/
(log in codes are in your child’s home learning folder and spelling books)
• Find ways to make a particular number – challenge your adult to do the same.
Other
To have fun with the adults around you.
• Must
- To have fun, play games, build dens, be active but stay safe
• Could
– Build, construct, paint, cook, draw something of your choice
• Could
– Learn a new skill
Remember to help around the house, it might be boring for you but your mums, dads, nans and grandads will appreciate anything you do! Use those brilliant manners we know you have. Stay safe, be sensible and remember to smile and make memories.
Miss Sandoe and Mr Baldwin and the rest of the Year 5 team.
Wynstream Primary School has hosted a Gabrieli Roar workshop this month for three other schools, ahead of their performance at Exeter Cathedral on the 9th of December. Gabrieli is a choir and period instrument orchestra founded and led by Artistic Director Paul McCreesh. They perform and record choral, vocal and instrumental repertoire from the renaissance to the present day and have cultivated an international reputation for excellence, innovation and ambition. They offer first-class performance opportunities to young people through their education programme, Gabrieli Roar. Pupils from Montpelier Primary School, Ide Primary School and Ermington Primary School came along to join Wynstream’s choir of 45 pupils to prepare for the concert. This initiative is supported by the Devon Music Service whose representative at the rehearsal thanked Wynstream Primary School for hosting and said that their cooperation, organisation and choral preparation of the young people was “exemplary.” The children will be performing at ‘A Grand Georgian Christmas’, the show will be a festive exploration of English music for parish churches during the Georgian period. It has been designed to offer the perfect platform to encourage young singers to connect with choral and classical music. Tickets can be purchased here. Elise Redman, Headteacher at Wynstream Primary School said: "We are so proud of our choir and the dedication they are showing. We know that musical education is really important for children and supports their development in many ways. Rehearsing, working together and performing in front of an audience are all things that help build their confidence and that will help them flourish in every area of life." Matthew Shanks, CEO of Education South West said: “I am so pleased to hear that Wynstream Primary School played host to its neighbours for this exciting workshop. At Education South West we strongly believe in both the power of collaboration and the importance of promoting the arts and this initiative achieves both of those things. I wish the choir all the best with their performance next month.”
Steve Race MP visits Wynstream Primary School
Wynstream Primary School is holding a summer fayre on Thursday the 11th of July.
As you are aware there is currently an amber weather warning in place as storm Ciaran moves towards Devon. An amber warning presents a risk to life, but there is also a large amount of uncertainty about this weather front which means it could increase to a red warning overnight. The combination of wind, rain, and the storm moving over warm sea waters increases risk of very high wind speeds, flooding and trees falling. An emergency strategy meeting has taken place today and it was agreed that we need to ensure school leaders fully appreciate that the current weather warning presents a risk to life and could worsen. Based on the information we have, Devon County Council have taken the decision today to ask all staff where possible to work from home. We are asking all schools to consider the high level of risk presented by this storm and make a decision today about their operations tomorrow. This potential risk to life means that we have taken the regrettable decision to close schools tomorrow. We do not do this lightly. The school will be shut to all pupils and staff. Information on work provided will be sent out later this afternoon Schools will be open as normal on Friday 3rd November. Thank you for your understanding.
On Wednesday 19th April our children began to think about ‘rights’ and what being a ‘Rights Respecting School’ means. We will be looking for parents, carers, staff, governors, and children to help us on this journey. Please speak to Ms Redman or Miss Humphreys if you are interested in helping. Please look at the following for more information: What is a Rights Respecting School? - UNICEF UK
A message from our Chair of Governors. Hello. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all back to the school after the Easter holidays. As you are aware Wynstream is now part of Education South West Academy Trust. The school has already been working with the Trust for the past year. Together we are continuing to deliver support, exciting opportunities and high quality of teaching and learning across the school and the community. I hope you will all join me in embracing this new journey of Wynstream's future. Your sincerely Michaela Young Chair
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Do you know anybody who would make a great Community (Co-opted) Governor for our school? There is a vacancy on Wynstream's Local Governing Body and we are inviting nominations. Governors are welcomed as valued members of the governor team and play an important role. Life as a governor is interesting and varied. Meetings are at least once every half term. Training and support will be available. Please do let friends and family know, and ask anybody who is interested to pop into school for more information, or call 01392 284990. More information as well as the nomination form can be found by clicking here. Thankyou.
