Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to a new academic year! I hope that you and your families have had a restful break over the holidays.

It is an absolute delight and privilege to be teaching your children in Year 6. Very naturally, there can be mixed feelings and a sense of trepidation when beginning a new academic year and meeting a new teacher; however, the children made a really positive start today and seem full of enthusiasm about the year ahead!

PE will be held on Tuesdays with Mr Bain and on Fridays with myself. The children will also have an outdoor learning session on Tuesday so please provide your child with appropriate clothing for the day, such as waterproofs and wellies. Children can continue to come into school wearing their PE kit on these days.

It is my aim that your child’s final year at Stoke Climsland will be an enjoyable and exciting one that will enable them to transfer to secondary school feeling happy, successful, prepared and confident. I will post details, updates (and polite requests!) throughout the year using Class Dojo; however, if there are any specific questions that you may have at any point, or you have any concerns or important information pertaining to your child, please don’t hesitate in sending me a message on Class Dojo or emailing me at dharris@stoke-climsland.cornwall.sch.uk.

I very much look forward to meeting you all in person as the year progresses!

This term’s learning

Our project focus this half term is all about the Amazon. We will be learning all about the following:

For additional subject-specific detail about this half-term’s curriculum, please see the separate project map, which will follow shortly.

KS2 SATs

Our aim is to prepare the children for these tests in a way that is helpful but does not put undue pressure on them. These are important, but not the be all and end all, and certainly not the focus for the year. A SATS information evening will be arranged at a later date to be confirmed. For this academic year, the key stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 12 May to Thursday 15 May 2025. Please avoid booking holidays or other events during this week.

Supporting your child at home

Allergies

As I’m sure you are well aware, we have several children within our school with a nut allergy, so please remember that, according to school policy, no nuts or products containing nuts should be brought into school at any time. To help keep these children safe, please note the following:

a) Avoid giving children nuts or nut products in their packed lunches

b) Avoid giving nuts or nut products or snacks/bars containing nuts for break time snacks

c) Avoid supplying the school with cakes or food items containing nuts for birthday celebrations, sales or events

d) Avoid sending containers such as cereal boxes for DT / Art lessons into school which may have contained produce made with nuts

Thank you for your support

With kind regards,

 

Miss Donna Harris