Welcome to Megan Hine Class!

Year 4 and 5 is taught by Ms Candlish and Mr Gibbons. Mrs Liana-Stellmach supports the class throughout the week.

Our PE days for Term 5 are Tuesday (rounders) and Wednesday (tennis). Please come to school wearing your school PE kit on these days, bringing school shoes in a separate bag to change into indoors. PE will begin on the first day of term.

Our drop everything and read day is Thursday. Parents are invited to come into class and read with their child until 8:55am, when a school adult will escort all visitors offsite together.

Our library day is Wednesday.

This term's Forest School sessions will be Thursday 24th April and Thursday 8th May. Please ensure that wellies and a waterproof coat are brought into school on those days (whatever the weather) and come dressed in comfortable, full-length trousers, and a top with long sleeves (we may access the long-grassed community meadow next to the school). Bottled water and a snack in a lidded container would be useful too.

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.

Off With Her Head! is our history topic in Term 5. Travel back in time to the 1500s and meet the terrifying Tudors, a domineering dynasty that changed our history. Discover an opulent court where dancing and singing goes hand in hand with swift falls from favour, and even swifter falling of heads. 

In English, we’ll be focusing on writing in historical settings, through the mystery narrative unit, ‘Hetty's Unicorn’, before moving on to information texts in the latter half of the term.

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

• In Science we'll hone our practical investigation skills - focusing on rocks, soil and sand - as always, we'll be applying our learning outdoors.
• In E-Safety, the topic is 'Relationships' and we'll be focusing on technology-specific forms of communication.
• In Computing, pupils will look at manipulating digital images, and reflecting on the impact of the changes and whether the required purpose is fulfilled.
• In RE, we study Shabbat - the Jewish day of rest. We'll look at how families spend time together, eat special meals and attend the synagogue and what preparations need to be made to make sure that Shabbat is truly a day of rest.
• MfL - Me in the World.
• In art and DT, we’ll be looking at Tudor portraiture; scaled representations of historic figures and costumes and jewellery of the time.
• Our maths learning this term covers the following topics:

  • Statistics

  • Time 

  • Addition and Subtraction 

  • Multiplication and Division 

  • Mass/Volume and Capacity  

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.