Wise Owls 2019 - 2020

Mr Peetoom

Welcome to Wise Owls

My name is Mr. Peetoom, senior teacher, and the teacher of Years 5 and 6. In Wise Owls, we strive to achieve the balance of having high expectations for all children and managing to have a lot of fun along the way:

Fun activities outside the classroom to enhance the curriculum
Individual attention in a small-class setting
Positive learning environment for your child
Healthy lifestyles promoted through physical activity and sports
Age range - Years 5 and 6
Class Size - 24
Teacher - Mr. Peetoom
Teaching Assistants - Mrs. Showering, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Taylor (& volunteer T.A. - Mrs. Hughes)

Class News

Our current topic in the 2nd half of the Autumn Term is 'Food, Glorious Food'. The children will be researching cuisine from another part of the world and finding recipes of interest. They will cook various recipes and evaluate the process. I am sure they will enjoy eating them too. Year 6 will host a restaurant night for family members.

After-school sports club this half-term is netball on Tuesdaysand tag-rugby club on Thursdays.

Homework

Every child is expected to read at home 4 times per week, with page numbers and a signature in their reading record every time they read. As your child gets older, please encourage them to read for more sustained periods - a chapter/15 pages each night for example. Reading records are checked every Monday morning. Wise Owls Reading Challenge is up and running to encourage children to read a broad diet of some of the best children's fiction available.

The children have a short maths or grammar homework on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This should take about 10 minutes to complete. Weekend homework this term will usually be a writing or reading comprehension task.