Hello and welcome to Maya Angelou Class! My name is Mrs Dean!
Maya Angelou was an African American poet, author and civil rights activist who was very inspirational. Her dream to make a positive difference in the world, her resilience to overcome many of life’s obstacles and her ability to use words in a powerful way make her an outstanding role model. In Angelou class, we want to transform the world by first transforming ourselves to be positive, resilient and impactful.
Hello and welcome to Anderson Class, my name is Mr Childs!
In Anderson class we work hard and set high standards for ourselves. We strive to support each other and work as a team. Yet, we make sure we have fun while we do it. Some of the topics we will be working on will involve the Ancient Egyptians, looking to create pulley systems to help create our own pyramid!
Times Table Rockstars
Every child, who attends one of our Vine schools, will receive a Vine Passport. This Vine Passport will
give every child the opportunity to challenge themselves, to broaden their horizons and to increase
their life experiences. There is a total of 40 challenges as you travel around your Vine Schools
Passport. There is no rush to complete it all at once; indulge yourself in the challenges and enjoy!
In the Vine Trust, we want to promote a love of reading in all of our pupils no matter what their age, gender or reading ability. Exposing children to a wide variety of good quality stories and texts helps to improve their vocabulary and comprehension skills whilst also introducing them to a whole host of experiences, both imaginary and real, that they might otherwise never experience.
At the Vine, we feel that parents and carers play a vital role in supporting pupils with their reading. Research into reading supports this belief and one finding in 2006 states that:
Parents and the home environment are essential to the early teaching of reading and fostering a love of reading; children are more likely to continue to be readers in homes where books and reading are valued (Clark and Rumbold, 2006).
We understand that it can be difficult to motivate children to read, especially now that technology is so appealing and accessible. It can also be challenging to get children to read different types of books. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Harry Potter and books written by David Walliams are extremely popular and are great pieces of literature. However, it is important that children read a range of stories and books to support them in developing their own imagination and writing skills.
In light of this, we have produced a selection of lists to aid you at home in guiding and encouraging children to read a range of books. Each list contains good-quality, age relevant books that have stood the test of time and proven to be very popular with pupils that staff have taught over the years.
How to use the lists:
These lists are extensive but not exhaustive. There are so many wonderful options and choices for children to read today; we just need to make sure that we are encouraging them to do so.
Handwriting Lessons
