Welcome to Megan Hine Class!

Year 4 and 5 is taught by Ms Candlish, Mr Gibbons and Mrs Liana-Stellmach.

Our PE days for Term 6 are Monday (cricket - outdoors) and Friday (running - outdoors). Please come to school wearing your school PE kit on these days, bringing school shoes in a separate bag to change into indoors if it is wet/muddy.

Our 'Drop Everything and Read' day is Thursday. Parents are invited to come into class and read with their child until the register is taken just before 9am. Please sign in at the school office if attending.

This term's Forest School session will be held on Thursday 26^th June. Please ensure that wellies and a waterproof coat are brought into school on that day (whatever the weather) and come dressed in comfortable, full-length trousers, and a top with long sleeves as we will be going into The Meadow, where the grass is long. Please ensure snacks are in a lidded container.

It is very useful to also have a spare change of clothes which can be kept on your peg in the cloakroom. Waterproof coats and wellies need to be in school to maximise play times.

We begin the term by finishing our Tudor topic and then move onto a new geography topic for Term 6: Blue Abyss - the human uses and physical features of the sea, developing knowledge of ocean layers, sea exploration, food chains, habitats and pollution.

We’ll be focusing on characterisation in narrative with our first writing unit, the Meeting Tale ‘Coral Ocean’, before moving on to a discussion unit with an environmental focus.

Our topic work will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:

• In Science we'll hone our practical investigation skills - light, shadows and reflections.
• In E-Safety, pupils will learn how identity online can be copied, modified or altered.
• In Computing, pupils will write algorithms and programs that use a range of events to trigger sequences of actions. 
• In RE, we study Eid ul-Adha, also known as the Greater Eid - the second most important festival in the Muslim calendar.
• MfL - Le Weekend
• In art and DT, we’ll shortly be announcing details of an exciting whole-school project for Term 6.
   

This term, maths focuses on problem solving for the topics we have covered this year.

We'll focus on number and place value; calculation and measure; fractions; geometry and then  transition for next year. In addition, Year 4 will focus primarily on times tables. 

Useful links to support spelling at home:

BBC Bitesize

DoodleMaths and DoodleTables

Practise times tables with Sumdog

Homework

Reading

Please read at least five times a week with your child. If they are a scheme reader, they will bring a school book home. This will be sent home on Thursdays and reading records/homework books are due in on Wednesdays in order to be checked. 

Spelling

Spelling Shed - children will have access to Spelling Shed’s online platform where weekly spelling lists can be found, as well as games and activities to learn the spellings learnt in class. A whole-school document listing all spellings can be found on this page. Spelling tests will take place on Wednesdays and spelling practice is set to run from Thursdays to Wednesdays.

Maths

DoodleMaths – pupils are set 2 assignments each week to complete, based on in-class learning that week and the learning they will complete the following week. They should also do additional practice to stay in the green zone. The recommendation is 10 minutes 3/4 days a week.

Doodle Tables - Regular practice on Doodletables (use will be monitored) - no written materials will be sent home for this.