Class Wye

Welcome to Class Wye.

I hope that everyone has had a fantastic Summer and is feeling refreshed, ready to tackle the new school year.

Firstly, welcome back to my new Year 4’s. We had a fantastic year last year and I look forward to seeing you grow and develop even more.

To my new Year 3’s. I can’t wait to start teaching and getting to know you. I hope you’ll enjoy now being in KS2 and having me as your teacher!

English

This half term we will be focusing on the book ’The mermaid of Zennor’ by Charles Causley. The children will be given opportunities to write a range of different texts-types including information booklets, Letters, Retells from different perspectives and Tourist Guides. We will aim to finish the unit by creating our own versions of legends.

We will also be taking part in whole class reading on the book ‘The Lost Spells’ by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.

As always, your child will be sent home with a reading book and a reading diary. Please can you aim to listen to your child as often as possible. This will support them in their reading fluency and accuracy, as well as supporting them to develop their comprehension skills. This year, we will be resetting their gemstone certificates. The first reading certificates will be awarded when your child reaches 25 reads at home (Amethyst) and the following certificates will be awarded for every subsequent 25 (50, 75, 100…). Any child who reads a grand total of 250 home reads will receive an end of year reward from Mrs Jones.

Maths

Our main focuses for this half-term will be on ‘Place Value’, as well as taking a look at our times table knowledge. Within Place Value, we will focus on Partitioning, Estimation, Rounding and Roman Numerals.

Throughout the year, please can you ensure your child practices their times tables at home through the use of Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS). This is an invaluable learning tool to support their speed and accuracy. The recommended time per week, as set by TTRS, is 21 minutes per week, which works out on average to be 3 minutes a day. Short bursts completed regularly are best to support children to remember, retain and recall their multiplications.

Science

We will begin our Science work by focusing on the topics of ‘Forces and Magnets’.  We will cover the areas of friction, the effects of magnets, magnet strength and how magnets can be used.

History and Geography

We will be focusing on History for this half-term. Our focus will center on British History, looking at the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age. Children will analyse archaeological evidence to investigate the time periods to further enhance and develop their knowledge and understanding.

Art and DT

Art- We will be focus on Drawing: Growing Artists

Music will be whole class instrumental lessons, looking at tuned percussion from South Africa.

In RE, we will be focusing on the question, ‘What do Hindu’s believe God is like?’

PSHE will focus on our transition period into Year 3 or Year 4, as well as’Being Me in my world’. We will begin our Yasmine and Tom RSE lessons.

This year, our P.E. Lessons will take place on Thursdays and Fridays. On these days, can children please come into school wearing their P.E kits.