This week saw the children 'expressing themselves' through children's metal health week. It was wonderful to see all the amazing talents that the children.
School life
The children have continued to show how amazing they are this week with all of their wonderful work. They continue to grow and learn some amazing new things, becoming professionals on using Teams and turning in Assignments. It was clear to see that there were plenty of you at home, and in school, expressing yourselves this week. It was also great to see soo many of you take part in the workout on Wednesday afternoon. I look forward to seeing you all there again next Wednesday.
Here is just a snippet of what you have all been getting up to this week!
Lunch in school
To help with numbers and ordering of food, whilst we have reduced numbers in school, please can you complete the Parentmail form to help us with this. You will notice that there has been a change in the menu as well. If you have not received the parentmail, and your child(ren) will be in school, please can you e-mail the office at office@galleyhillprimary.co.uk Thank you.
Resources
If you need anything like exercise books for children to record their work in, please let us know and we can arrange a time for you to come and collect some from the main office. Reading books will not be able to go home at this moment in time. We are looking at what we can offer.
Book Review winners
Well done to everyone again for their Book reviews - it is fantastic to see so many of you reading at home. Don't forget to check out our virtual library that is on the school website and can be found here
EYFS Winner - Sebastian B (Reception)
KS1 Winner - Harry M(Y2)
LKS2 Winner - Ollie B(Y4)
UKS2 Winner - Olivia F (Y6)
Assembly
You can find this weeks assembly below
It is great to see so many people sharing the amazing things that you are doing at home and in school! See you on Monday for our next assembly.
LET's localise
We have another online quiz on February 10th at 6pm - register your team here
Fundraising on Lets localise
We also have two campaigns to raise funds to purchase books for the school library.
Devices
If you are in need of a device, please do let us know. We have a few still available in school to lend out. Also, I have secured some Vodaphone Sim Cards with 30GB of data on, so if anyone requires further data support, please do let us know. We are here to help support in any way we can.
Whole school community art project
Take part in our wonderful community art project.
Maths at galley hill
We would like to thank parents, children, teachers and governors for their input in creating a whole school vision for maths. There will also be the vocabulary documents, knowledge organisers and sentence examples to help develop vocabulary and understanding (stem sentences) on the website over the next week. Mr Duke has put these videos together to help you understand how we teach maths at Galley Hill, as well as help to support whilst the children are at home.
Intent
(What does the maths curriculum at Galley Hill aim to do?)
At Galley Hill Primary School, our aim in Maths is to ensure children can use logical reasoning, make connections with key concepts, and secure their understanding by identifying mistakes and explaining them confidently. We recognise that Maths should be relevant to everyday situations, therefore we endeavour to make learning opportunities reflect this, ensuring children can apply and secure mathematical skills across a range of contexts. We believe these aims will ensure children are equipped with the skills to solve problems, both now and, looking to the future as adults.
Implementation
(How is the maths curriculum at Galley Hill taught?)
With support from the local Department for Education funded Archimedes Maths Hub, we have introduced and are continuing to develop our maths curriculum based upon ‘Teaching for Mastery’. This approach, which involves employing approaches that help children to develop a deep and secure knowledge and understanding of mathematics at each stage of their learning, is applied using principles from high performing international education system, especially those in China and Singapore. Using this approach, teachers construct lessons by using National Curriculum objectives and creating a sequence of learning based on small steps – giving children the opportunity to apply and use logic based on the key ideas they have been taught.
The 2014 National Curriculum for Maths aims to ensure that all children:
- become fluent in the fundamentals of Mathematics through varied and frequent practice.
- reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry.
- solve problems by applying their mathematics to routine and non-routine problems.
Our sequence of lessons, which are resourced using ‘Power Maths’, the NCETM professional development materials and Herts for Learning use variation theory to ensure that concepts are frequently revisited and systematically developed. We develop fluency and accuracy in the recall of key number facts and procedures through daily Number Sense sessions, nurturing positive learners who embrace challenge, show resilience, and think logically when faced with problems and challenges. Children are encouraged to value the process of solving problems rather than the solution.
To support this, teachers motivate children to use a growth mindset, whereby they have a ‘can do’ attitude – we believe everyone can do maths to the best of their ability. Children understand that mistakes and misconceptions are a significant and vital aspect of learning, which should be celebrated, and through the development of metacognitive strategies, perseverance, and self-belief.
Impact
(How do we ensure children make good progress?)
At Galley Hill, a variety of teacher and standardised assessments are used to assess children against the year group National Curriculum objectives. These provide a summative record of what each child has achieved as well as informing ongoing planning.
At the end of each term, teachers submit data for each child in maths. The evidence for this data is gathered from daily maths lessons, weekly assessment tasks (each unit is assessed 2 weeks later with a post-assessment task) and progress tests that the children complete at the end of each half term. This evidence is not all gathered at the end of the half-term but is collected weekly from constant assessing. Ongoing assessment is recorded using Insight Tracker and tracked by the class teacher and monitored by the Maths Coordinator and Senior Leadership Team.
External national tests, for maths, are also undertaken in the following year groups:
- At the end of Key Stage One (in Year 2)
- At the end of Key Stage Two (in Year 6)
- Multiplication Times Tables Check in Year 4
CPA Apporoach
Column Multiplication
Column Addition
Column Subtraction
Short and Long Division
Covid
If you are self isolating or have tested positive and are in school with Key Worker Provision please contact us via the e-mail address: covid@galleyhillprimary.co.uk
Workshops for parents and carers
Finally
Have a fantastic weekend and a well earned rest. You are all doing amazing things at school and at home. It is looking very likely that we will be welcoming more children back into school in the first few weeks of March and we will continue to keep you up to date with any information that we may receive.
Look forward to seeing you all on Monday morning for assembly at 10am.
Take care, stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.
Mr McGeeney