Class 4

Welcome back to school! Class 4 have been very busy since coming back to the autumn term and have lots of plans for the rest of the term!

This term, class 4 are becoming Historians as we learn all about World War 2. We are very lucky to have lots of artefacts to study to help our investigation of the war and we will be using these to deepen our knowledge of the armies involved, evacuations, rationing and many more aspects of the war. Lots of the children have shown lots of interest in this already and are really keen to share any family stories. If any family members have any stories or memorabilia from the war we would love to share them with the class!

In English, we will be studying a variety of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction texts. Our theme across the first half of the autumn term is ‘fighting for freedom.’ We have really enjoyed this so far and we look forward to studying texts such as ‘Hidden Figures’ to celebrate some amazing people who fought for freedom in history. We will then move onto ‘Sprites and Spirits’ in Autumn 2 and will be really focussing on our story telling and we read texts such as ‘Beowulf’, ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ and ‘The Polar Bears Explorers Club’!

In Maths, we will begin by revising and extending our knowledge of place value through lots of practical activities inside and outside, when it’s nice and sunny! As we progress through the term, we will work on developing our written methods for all four operations, making sure we can apply them in a range of problems.

In Science, we will be investigating evolution and inheritance. We have already started to carry out investigations and experiments to try and test why and how animals and humans have evolved. We hope to be carrying out many more investigations to look at our own inheritance in our families!

In Art, we will be focussing on the theme mixed media portraits. We have begun by creating a beautiful poem portrait and will be working on many skills over the coming weeks to hopefully produce an incredible display of our own portraits. 

In French, our theme for the first half term is to develop phonics as we then move onto look at asking and answering the questions ‘do you have a pet?’ And sharing some more information about our families in French.

In PSHE, we will be looking across a variety of different topics starting with learning about emotions and feelings. Our PSHE sessions will be very discussion based with lots of opportunities for the children to be curious and ask questions about anything.

In RE this term, we will be looking at what it means to be a Muslim in Britain today. We will be learning about the Islamic culture, the festivals and traditions that are so important and discussing how this may be different to other religions. 

In Music this term, we will be looking at the timeless pop song ‘Mamma Mia’ by ABBA. Lots of opinions have been shared about this already! We will have a chance to listen to a variety of ABBA’s songs but will focus on Mamma Mia and may get a chance to learn some of the song on our chosen instruments that we are learning across the class. Wish us luck!! 

Class 4 consists of Year 4 and Year 5 children

Teacher:

Miss L Wilson

Teaching Assistants:

Mrs P Moore and Mrs T Hill