Sea Turtles
Meet the Sea Turtles Team
Teachers
Mrs Knight (Monday to Thursday)
Mrs Du Plessis (Friday)
TA:
Miss Clarke
PPA cover:
Mrs Du Plessis
Class Information
What does provision look like for those with additional needs in Sea Turtles class?
Outlined in the document below are the waves of provision we use to support children with additional needs. Support is tailored to each individual and provided as needed, with or without a diagnosis. Please talk to your child's class teacher if you have any concerns about your child, their needs or the provision in class. You can find further information on the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities page on our website. This is where you will find our vision for SEND pupils, and our SEND information report which outlines what we as a school can offer.
Timetable
Pupil planners need to be brought into school and handed in every morning and checked by a class adult daily
We will visit the library weekly on a Thursday
PE days are Monday (outside) and Thursday (inside)
Mrs Du Plessis will teach the class on Wednesday afternoon and Friday.
Term 5: What goes around comes around?
Max and the Millions by Ross Montgomery
When a school caretaker mysteriously disappears, leaving behind a small pile of sand, a student is drawn into an extraordinary adventure.
Ten-year-old Max feels like an outsider at St Goliath’s. He is deaf, and while this doesn’t need to be a problem, the unlikable head ensures that it is, singling him out with a special seat in assembly and showing him off like an exhibit to visitors. He’s also clearly neglected to ensure Max’s peers understand how to foster normal, meaningful relationships with someone who happens to be deaf.
Then Max makes a miraculous discovery – a tiny civilisation in the pile of sand on the caretaker’s floor. It’s a miniature world at war: three bickering tribes, nonsensically segregated according to hair colour. Can Max find his missing friend, communicate with the tribes and bring about peace?
Alongside the adventure, and with a light hand, Montgomery successfully touches on challenges such as coping with buzzing hearing aids, lazy assumptions about deafness, and people’s inept attempts to communicate better by shouting.
The plot is delightfully daft and complemented by many subtle social comments about inequality, the abuse of power and the futility of war.
Key Dates
Tuesday 16th April - Start of Term & Stunning Start
Friday 26th April - End of Ringmer Readathon
Tuesday 7th May - LKS2 trip Herstmonceux Observatory
Friday 10th May - Open Afternoon from 2.30pm
Thursday 21st May - Sea Turtles' Woodland Day
Friday 24th May - End of Term
Knowledge Organiser and Curriculum Overview
Previous Knowledge Organisers
Science
Knowledge Organiser
Knowledge and Skills
Term 3
PE
Curriculum Map
PE Days
Monday
Thursday
Please make sure your child has the following items for each PE session:
a yellow t-shirt
black shorts and black jogging bottoms or leggings
a jumper
plimsolls or non marking trainers
Woodland Day
Our Woodland days generally take place once a term. Families are notified near the time when a woodland day has been scheduled.
The children need to come dressed in appropriate clothing, including long sleeved tops and trousers to protect them from thorns.
Useful links for online learning at home
General
Reading
EPIC – eBooks: https://www.getepic.com/ (Our class code is on our Google Classroom under 'Classwork' --> 'Useful websites')
Maths
Homework
Homework is set every Friday on Google Classroom and will be due in the following Thursday. The homework folder can be found under the 'Classwork' tab.
Mangahigh - Children to login and complete the Manga High task set by your teacher. They should aim to complete the task three times. The children's logins can be found on their Google Classroom under 'Classwork'.
Nessy - if your child has a Nessy account, please ensure they are accessing this regularly at home.
Please do let the class teacher know if you require a paper copy.
We ask that you send in a photo of the work instead of a paper copy to reduce the number of items coming into school.