Heading in the right direction

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

What a crazy week that was! A full week on timetable is no mean feat in Year Five! Now that we have that under our belts, we can really crack on with our learning. There will still be confusion from time to time and getting lost is a constant possibility but now that we have run through a week, at least everyone knows what to expect now.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, let's crack on with the Blog.

Worth a Mention Children

As mentioned in last week's Blog, we have our first Worth a Mention children on the board in the Year Five corridor.

Huge congratulations to the ten children whose names are on the board! As a result of this, you should get a sticker in your Home/School Diary and TWO citizenship credits.

It's lovely to see the reasons why the children are on the board. I could have put a hundred of you up there so it's a good job that it's the choice of your Homebase Tutors!

Golden Time

This Wednesday will be  our first 'official' Golden Time so please make sure you have your diary signed, that your reads have been signed in and if you have had homework - please make sure it's handed in on time.

If you miss your Golden Time this week it is not the end of the world! I will catch up with you to see what went wrong and help you come up with a plan so that it doesn't happen next week.

There is so much to take in and remember, we totally understand that so don't panic if you don't get the hang of it straight away.

Drop in Sessions

As mentioned in the letter that should have come home this week (!), we offer Drop In Sessions on a Monday after school from 3.30pm to 3.45pm. As your child's Homebase Tutor should be your first point of contact, this will give you an opportunity to see them to discuss any issues or to see how your child is getting on. Please be mindful that the designated time slot is quite brief so you may need to arrange another day and time to see the teacher.

Snacks

At Dorchester Middle School, our lunchtime is at 1.10pm which we appreciate is later than the children's previous schools. We recommend that the children have a substantial snack at break time to get them through the couple of hours before lunch. However, please do remember that we are a Healthy School so snacks should consist of fruit etc.

So, that's it for this week!

I hope you have had a lovely weekend and that the children aren't too exhausted after a very busy week.

See you next week!

Mrs Ray

(who came across this rather lovely sight whilst out running this morning...)

The lovely Blandford aka 'Blanners'!