Welcome to Eagle Owls. 

  

We are a mixed Year Five and Year Six class. The adults who teach us are Mrs. Paton, Mrs. Tebay, and Ms. Fielding. Supporting adults in our class include Mrs. Hodgson and Mrs. McCleery.

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Eagle Owls love literature! On a two-year cycle, we enjoy reading many books, including Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans, Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick, Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Viking Boy by Tony Bradman, Holes by Louis Sachar, The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen, Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and The Last Wild by Piers Torday, along with many more exciting fictional delights. Listening to quality texts such as these is very important to Eagle Owls, and we dedicate time every day to listening to our class novel. In our Whole Class Reading sessions, we discuss the novel and work on our comprehension skills. We also explore non-fiction and informational texts that are relevant to the world, our topics, and our science work.

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In Maths, we use the White Rose Maths scheme to implement the government’s focus on Maths Mastery. This approach helps us develop our reasoning skills in mathematics and enables us to learn using a range of methods. We also have a dedicated arithmetic session where we learn efficient mental and written methods and work on improving our quick recall of number facts. We have a daily times table challenge from Rockstar Maths, and each week we complete the 144 Challenge!

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For an overview of all our topics, please have a look at our Curriculum Overview page. Each year, we create an exciting production which we perform at the Victoria Hall. We also go on a class residential trip. We alternate each year between Ingleborough Hall, where we experience caving, gorge scrambling, and visit a show cave, and Edinburgh city centre, where we visit Dynamic Earth, Camera Obscura, Edinburgh Castle, and attend a theatre show.

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Homework is very important in our class. We recognise the impact homework has on learning, as identified by the Education Endowment Foundation. Homework is carefully designed to encourage students to practice their calculation skills and grammar, which helps build their working memory. Homework also prepares students for secondary school by encouraging them to become organised and take responsibility.

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Homework is given out each Tuesday and includes a combination of Maths, Grammar, and a reading activity. Homework should be returned by the following Tuesday. Children are also expected to practice their weekly spellings at home, ready for a Spelling test on Tuesdays.

 

Children must bring their reading record to school daily and are required to regularly read at home.

 

Eagle Owls’ PE days are Thursday and Friday.

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We enjoy class worship at St. Mary’s Church on Monday mornings, as well as whole school and class worship throughout the week. We also have a celebratory assembly each Friday.

 

If you have any questions regarding your child’s time in Eagle Owls, then please email Mrs Paton on the class email address  Eagleowls@allithwaite.cumbria.sch.uk