Classes, Teachers, Learning Support Assistants, Term Topics and Development Days 2014-15 Thursday 5th June 2014 WWW.LANESENDPRIMARY.IK.ORG Dear Families We have now decided on teachers, classes, support staff, provisional development days, topics and themes for next year and wanted to inform you as soon as possible. Classes for 2014-15 will be named after UK festivals (the teachers have yet to choose but we will let you know as soon as we can!) This supports one of our term topics, “Festivals”, where we will be studying not only the Isle of Wight Festival and Bestival, but also a host of other music festivals across the country, looking at the history, art and culture of these events and the impact they have on their local surroundings. Our other two term topics will be “Parliament” and “Inspirational Women”. Please Note: No classes are being changed or mixed up so your children can be assured they will remain with their current class friends. There will be two classes in each year group. From September 2014 teachers will be placed as follows: Year Child’s Current Class & Teacher Teacher 2014-15 Reception n/a n/a n/a n/a Tara Hopkinson Tabitha Wren Sylvie Poulton Katie Lewis Year 1 Year 1 Guyana Uruguay Miss Hopkinson Mrs Simpson Steve Lewis Dawn Gilbert Year 2 Year 2 Brazil Venezuela Mr Lewis Mrs Gilbert Sally Coppen Jess McQueen Year 3 Year 3 Ecuador Ms Coppen French Guiana Mr Andre Graham Andre Lizzie Westbrook Year 4 Year 4 Chile Suriname Mrs Thwaites Mr Dignan David Killpack Becky Haynes Year 5 Year 5 Peru Paraguay Mr Killpack Miss Peoples Georgia Dyer Laura Mayes Year 6 Year 6 Galapagos Argentina Mr Cooper Mrs Dyer Sophie Alder Jane Proctor Foundation Lead Full time Part time Part time All classes on occasion will merge to cover teachers’ PPA (Planning, Preparation and Assessment) time. LANESEND PRIMARY SCHOOL LOVE LANE, COWES ISLE OF WIGHT PO31 7ES TEL & FAX: 01983 293 233 E: [email protected] HEADTEACHER: CAROLINE SICE ! Our Learning Support Assistants will continue to be assigned to year groups, not individual classes, to help support the children’s learning through individual and group interventions for all children throughout the year. Please see where the LSAs will be placed below: Year R: Jane Richmond Kate Cooper Year 1: Rachel Clark Ella Cox Claire Gladdis Mandy Holbrook Year 2: Becca Cross Mandy Holbrook Claire Gladdis Steph Miskin Year 3: Tracey Crews Anna-Marie Wilson John Clark Year 4: Angie Jennings Denise Tizard Steph Miskin Ella Cox Year 5: Ian Newnham Nat Finch Simone Smith Juliet Phillips Year 6: Kat Norcutt Cloe Denham Whole School Term topics: Autumn Term “Parliament” 2015 sees eight hundred years since the signing of the Magna Carta. We are going to explore the politics of England and study how the country has changed since the year 1215, covering rulers, major events and uprisings. We will also look at the upcoming election and how different things could be for the United Kingdom depending on the outcome. Spring Term “Inspirational Women” In 2015 it will be one hundred years since the birth of the Women’s Institute (WI). We will look at how women’s lives have changed dramatically over the years, studying influential and inspirational women in history including authors, scientists, businesswomen, politicians and engineers. Summer Term “Festivals” We have not explored a music-themed term topic before and what better than ‘Festivals’, as we have two major ones each year on the Isle of Wight and many more throughout the UK. During this topic we will explore different types of music, instruments, different festivals and hopefully end with a Lanesend Music Festival on the school field! Provisional Development Days: Please note that these dates may change – although we hope not! Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday Monday 1st September 2nd September 20th November 21st November 20th July 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 I hope you and your children are looking forward to the next exciting school year as much as we are. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards Caroline Sice Headteacher