Teacher:  Ms Bisson

I hope you enjoyed the Easter break and are ready for all the exciting challenges we have planned for this term. 😊

Maths 

In maths this term, we will continue to learn about fractions and move onto decimals, money and time. We will finish our year with geometry and statistics units of learning.

We will also continue to practice our fluency of timetables through Mastering Number and Times Tables rock Stars so completion of TTRS homework and home practice is essential for your child’s success.  Children will also continue to have the opportunity to practice their fluency skills through core skills and tough ten.

English 

This term we will be using ‘Alba The hundred year old fish’  and ‘A planet full of plastic’ as a stimulus to explore and extend children’s understanding of pollution in our oceans. We will then use this learning to then create a non-chronological report. Children will master skills in using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns, build a varied and rich vocabulary and propose changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences. 

After the half term we will be reading the magical story ‘Blue John’ which is set in the Peak District. Again, we will be focusing on building our mastery skills to write a non-narrative piece focusing on cave formation.  We will build our skills in increasing our sentence structures with a wider range of conjunctions and the successful use of progressive and present perfect forms of tense.

Learning Adventure

Who are the Gregarious Greeks?

We will be exploring everything Greece this term!  In Geography Children will have the opportunity to extend their learning on European countries.  They will continue to build on their map reading skills from last term to locate Greece and topographical features.  Children will become historians and archaeologists, leaning all about that most important time in history and its impact on the world today. In art we will use our historical learning to create Grecian inspired pottery.  Lastly, we will excite our taste buds by creating a Greek inspired meal for a restaurant.

Science – Crash, Bang What’s that sound!        

As budding scientists, we will learn about how sound is creating and explain what it is.  Children will use investigations to explore the link between vibrations and the volume that is produced. 

PE

Our PE lesson are Tuesday and Thursday every week. Please can PE kits be in school and labelled with your child’s name.

Water bottles 

Please can all children bring in a labelled water bottle for them to use throughout their school day.

Homework

Homework will be set on Ed Shed and will include spellings, maths and grammar. Homework will be set on Fridays and needs to be completed by the following Wednesday. There will also be Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS). Your child will have their own individual login for both Ed Shed and TTRS. This will be found inside their planners which are to be taken home and brought into school every day

Reading

Please support your child to read their Accelerated Reader books for 20 minutes each day at home and log this in their planner. Planners will be checked regularly and house points will be awarded to children who reach their targets.

Planners/ Messages

Please ensure your child’s planner is in school every day. Any messages for me can be written in the planners and passed to me in the morning. Alternatively, you can contact the school office, either by telephone or e-mail, and they will either pass the message to me.  Remember you can check out what your children are learning through Seesaw.  This can also be a great way to message if you have any questions or queries regarding your child.

Thank you for all your support.  Ms Bisson