Welcome to Boost Group!

Spring Term 2025

 

Children who attend our ‘Boost group’ have been identified as needing an extra ‘boost’ with their learning.

Each morning, each child will work to develop their speaking and listening, reading, writing and maths skills.

Here you will find further information about what your child in Boost Group will be learning in other areas of the curriculum, along with other useful information.

Topic: Ancient Egyptians

Our topic this term is Ancient Egyptians. We will be learning about attitudes, beliefs and ways of life of the Ancient Egyptians.

Science: Magnets and Forces

Children will compare how things move on different surfaces, notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance, observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others, compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials , describe magnets as having two poles, predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other depending on which poles are facing.

PHSE: JIGSAW Dreams and Goals

Our school follows a scheme called Jigsaw and this term Boost group children will complete a unit called ‘Dreams and Goals’ which the children will: consider a person who has faced difficult challenges and achieved success, identify a dream/ambition that is important to them, face new learning challenges and working out the best ways for them to achieve them, be motivated and enthusiastic about achieving their new challenge, recognise obstacles which might hinder their achievement and can take steps to overcome them and evaluate their own learning process and identify how it can be better next time.

RE:

In RE the children will be looking: Why do some people think that life is a journey?

Art:

The children will be look at the work of Georgia O’Keefe and develop their painting skills using water colours.

PE: Fitness (also swimming for year 4 children)

The children will continue to have the sports coach working with them on a Thursday afternoon. This half term, the children will be developing their fitness levels.

Please ensure that their correct and full PE kit is in school all week as PE days may change to accommodate other activities taking place in school.

Year 4 children, will join their peers and attend swimming lessons on a Monday afternoon. Please make sure the children have appropriate swimming kits and towels in a bag.

Music:

The children will continue using Charanga scheme to progress their music skills.

Year 3 children will continue to learn how to play a brass instrument with Tameside music service. Music lessons are every Monday. If your child would like to take their brass instrument home to practice, a deposit can be paid to the office allowing them to take it home.

Computing: programming

This term the children will develop their programming skills to create programmes for the Microbit.

Forest School

Children in Boost Group will continue to take part in Forest Schooling each Friday. We venture out in all sorts of weather conditions and therefore children should have waterproof and warm clothing and sturdy footwear.

Other Support

To help support each child’s individual needs, children may take part in other activities to support their needs. These may include Zones of Regulation, speech and language, motor skills, lego therapy, social skills, memory skills or support with specific life skills.

Home Reading:

We ask that you read with your child as often as possible and sign their reading record a minimum of twice weekly in line with school policy. We will check reading records and change reading books every Friday. We monitor reading, homework and PE kits as part of our Assertive Mentoring Scheme.

Homework

Homework will be issued each Thursday and should be completed each week and handed in by each Tuesday to achieve GREEN for Homework in Assertive Mentoring. If it is handed it in on Wednesday or Thursday you will achieve YELLOW. If you don’t hand your homework in you will be RED for that week.

Other important information:

Please ensure your child’s name is clearly written in all your school uniform.

Children have a  login for Active Learn, Readingeggs, Spellingshed and Times Table Rockstars.. Each of these will help support your child’s learning and can be used at home. Please ask an adult if you lose or forget your login.

 

KEEP IN TOUCH!

Parents & Carers are always very welcome to call in to discuss any aspect of their child’s learning, any other area of their school life or just to say ‘hello’.

If there is anything you need, or any help we can give you with anything, please let me know by either messaging on Google Classroom or speaking to us..

We are available after school, except on Wednesdays because that’s when we have our Staff Meeting. If a matter is urgent, you can always speak to an adult in the morning.

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Mrs Appleton-Jones

Welcome to Boost Group!

 

Children who attend our ‘Boost group’ have been identified as needing an extra ‘boost’ with their learning.

Each morning, each child will work to develop their speaking and listening, reading, writing and maths skills.

Here you will find further information about what your child in Boost Group will be learning in other areas of the curriculum, along with other useful information.

Autumn Curriculum

Topic: Why can’t a meerkat live in the North Pole?

This term we will be looking at the book Meerkat Mail. The children will learn where meerkats live and will compare the meerkats habitat to animals that live in the North Pole.

 

Science: Light

In the light unit children will learn about light sources and how shadows are formed.

 

PHSE: JIGSAW : Being in my world

Our school follows a scheme called Jigsaw and this term Boost group children will complete a unit called ‘Being in my world’ which the children will talk about when they feel worried and who then can ask for help, how to help themselves and others feel like they belong, how to help their class a safe and fair place and how to work cooperatively.

 

RE:

In RE the children will be looking at: Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?

 

PE: Basketball (also swimming for year 4 children)

The children will continue to have the sports coach working with them on a Thursday afternoon. This half term, the children will developing their skills for the game of basketball.

Please ensure your correct and full PE kit is in school all week as PE days may change to accommodate other activities taking place in school.

Year 4 children, will join their peers and attend swimming lessons on a Monday afternoon. Please make sure the children have appropriate swimming kits and towels in a bag.

 

Music: (also brass for year 3 children)

Music this half term will be using the Charanga scheme, Inventing a musical story unit.

Year 3 children will have the opportunity to learn how to play a brass instrument with Tameside music service. Music lessons are every Monday. If your child would like to take their brass instrument home to practice, a deposit can be paid to the office allowing them to take it home.

 

Computing: Computing systems and networks

This term the children will develop learn about online safety.

 

Forest School

Children in Boost Group have the fantastic opportunity to take part in Forest Schooling each Friday. We venture out in all sorts of weather conditions and therefore children should have waterproof and warm clothing and sturdy footwear.

 

Other Support

To help support each child’s individual needs, children may take part in other activities to support their needs. These may include Zones of Regulation, speech and language, motor skills, lego therapy, social skills, memory skills or support with specific life skills.

 

Home Reading:

We ask that you read with your child as often as possible and sign their reading record a minimum of twice weekly in line with school policy. We will check reading records and change reading books every Friday. We monitor reading, homework and PE kits as part of our Assertive Mentoring Scheme.

 

Homework

Homework will be issued each Thursday and should be completed each week and handed in by the following Tuesday to achieve GREEN for Homework in Assertive Mentoring. If it is handed it in on Wednesday or Thursday you will achieve YELLOW. If you don’t hand your homework in you will be RED for that week.

 

Other important information:

Please ensure your child’s name is clearly written in all your school uniform.

Children have a login for Active Learn, Readingeggs, Spellingshed and Times Table Rockstars. Each of these will help support your child’s learning and can be used at home. Please ask an adult if you lose or forget your login.

 

KEEP IN TOUCH!

Parents & Carers are always very welcome to call in to discuss any aspect of their child’s learning, any other area of their school life or just to say ‘hello’.

If there is anything you need, or any help we can give you with anything, please let us know by either messaging on Google Classroom or speaking to us.

We are available after school, except on Wednesdays because that’s when we have our Staff Meeting. If a matter is urgent, you can always speak to an adult in the morning.

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Boost Group Team

Mrs Appleton-Jones, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Holt, Miss Newton and Mrs Farrington