Contact Details
- 01214302545
- office@peterbrook.solihull.sch.uk
High Street, Solihull Lodge, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 1HR
Peterbrook
Primary School
Hi everyone and welcome to the second part of our very busy spring term. This page will display general information and specific dates of events that you will need to know. Any photos and/or videos will appear on the school's facebook page and not here.
Important events and dates
St Briavels residential information: Children will soon learn which room they will be in and their menu options for lunches. This fantastic trip is Wednesday to Friday, 22nd - 24th May 2024 and soon I will be sending out a list of what children need to take with them. This page will be updated again soon and you will be able to see the itinerary and other general pieces of information about the trip.
Assessment week starts Monday 18th March. During this trying time, children will undertake three mathematics tests consisting of basic arithmetic, mental computation of all the four operations, word problems including reasoning and higher order and critical thinking questions. Pupils will also take part in a comprehension activity where they will read three separate texts consisting of both fiction and non-fiction texts. Spelling of the year 4 words and times tables will also be tested. Finally, they will complete a grammar test which also include 20 words to spell. Early to bed and ensuring breakfast is eaten will help your child with their mental energy as this week can be quite challenging.
Homework
Homework is sent home every Friday and will be looked at together on Friday. Children will receive maths, English, spellings to learn, and a times table sheet to complete. The children will be tested on the ten words from the spellings homework, each Friday.
PE clothes
PE clothes are worn on Thursday and Friday to school. The children are learning cricket skills and will need to think about wearing warmer clothes due to being outside when it is dry.
Music
Children have been bringing their instruments home but sometimes forget to bring it in on Monday, so please can you tell the children that it is their responsibility to remember.
Reading
Reading at school and in the home is important and I recommend that your child has access to a book that they enjoy reading. Having the opportunity to talk about a text and practise finding information and using evidence in the text to support their answers is something which will go a long way in developing your child's comprehension skills. If you need more guidance with this, please come and see me, I am happy to help.
Times table
All children will be sitting the compulsory assessment in May known as MTC - multiple times tables check. The children need to know the multiplication facts and the associated division facts. Please practise these as often as you can. Lack of knowledge about the multiplication and division facts does slow progress when it comes to applying these in other areas such as fractions when finding quarters as an example. The children have to answer 25 questions and only have 6 seconds each question - NOT EASY!
High Street, Solihull Lodge, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 1HR