Class 4 2024 - 2025
Welcome to Class 4: Home to our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils, taught by Mr Jewitt
Key Information
Homework
We set homework every Thursday and expect it completed and handed in by the following Tuesday. It will be both Maths and English and will usually be to consolidate learning from lessons.
PE Days
We have PE sessions on a Wednesday and Thursday, so please ensure your child has their kit in school. WE ARE SWIMMING THIS TERM...BRING YOUR KIT!
Help your child develop a love for reading
Reading can help your children in all areas of the curriculum, not just in their reading and writing, so it is of vital importance. We are very proud of the books we have on offer to the children in school, but if you are struggling for ideas on books for your children at home, please use this link to Goodreads. It is a list of the Top 100 books for children. What is great about this site is, if you click on a book that you know you child has read and really enjoyed, it will give you suggestions on what to try next, based on your tastes. It is completely free to use!
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/99103.Top_100_Children_s_Books_on_Goodreads
Our Curriculum
Maths - We are very lucky to be able to split the class for maths lessons. Everyday, Mr Jewitt will take the Year 6 pupils and Miss Gregory teaches the Year 5s. In both cases, we use the White Rose Mastery Scheme of Learning. This term's lessons focus on place value and the four operations.
English - We teach English as a whole class. We use the Read to Write scheme from Literacy Counts, which uses high-quality literature as a stimulus for pieces of fiction and non fiction writing. We aim to complete at least one fiction and one non-fiction piece each half term which can be used for assessment. We also use Steps to Read, again provided by Literacy Counts, for our guided reading. This again has a focus on high-quality texts to improve and practice comprehension skills. We teach discrete Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling lessons each week.
History and Geography - We rotate between these two subjects each half term. We use various resources to deliver engaging lessons including the Historical Association. This half term we are focusing on Geography and will be looking at North and South America.
Science - Science is taught weekly. We follow the Plymouth Science Scheme, which has a great deal of practical elements. This term we will be looking at Evolution and Charles Darwin.
French - We have a peripatetic French teacher who comes in each week to teach the children French.
Music - We have a peripatetic Music teacher who comes in every Thursday of the Spring Term to teach the children how to play the trumpet and trombone.
PSHE - We follow the Kapow scheme of work, which focusses on a wide range of topics from friendships, online safety, bullying, stereotypes and discrimination.
DT and Art - We rotate between DT and Art each half term. We follow the Kapow scheme of work for both subjects. This half term is Art and we will be focusing on sculpture.
PE - We have two PE sessions each week, one indoor, one outdoor. Our outdoor focus is Tag Rugby, which will be taught by Mrs Middleton. This term, we will be swimming on a Wednesday afternoon so please ensure your child has their kit.
Assessment
Each term we will assess the children in various subjects. Our Year 6 pupils will complete an assessment week every half term, as we look to prepare them for their SATS, which the sit in May. Year 5 have one assessment week towards the end of each term.
SATs Week for Year 6 is the week beginning Monday 12th May.