Class 4

English: For Summer 1, we will spend some time as a class revisiting our Grammarsaurus learning. This will include revising the main components of sentences being subjects & verbs and identifying these accurately. We will recap the correct use of punctuation and how to use this for effect in our written outcomes. We will then continue our writing linked to Charlie and Chocolate Factory where the children will write a newspaper report and a persuasive advert for their own chocolate bar. In the final week, we will look at the correct use of apostrophes and punctuation for parenthesis. In Summer 2, the children will complete some curriculum-linked writing including a recount of their trip and an Ancient Greek God fact-file.

Maths: We will follow the White Rose Year 4 and 5 units for learning in this subject. Year 4 will continue with their learning on decimal tenths and hundredths before moving on to multiplying and dividing numbers by 10 and 100. With the statutory times table test happening in the summer term, a focus in each lesson will involve the children’s fluency of times tables up to 12 x 12. This quick recall greatly helps their fluency in maths when moving to Upper-Key-Stage 2. Year 5 will  also continue their learning on decimals before moving on to percentages and fractions. We will then complete a unit on perimeter & area and statistics. Please continue to encourage your Year 5 children to practice their times table recall as it will greatly support them with their Year 6 maths learning.

Science: Year 5 will be moving on to their ‘Living Things and their Habitats’ topic for Summer 1. This will cover how animals and plants are classified and the use of classification keys. For Summer 2, they will focus on ‘Humans,  reproduction and ageing’. This will include looking at how bodies change during puberty and adolescence. Year 4 will look at ‘Electricity’ in Summer 1 where they will develop their understanding of simple circuits and symbols for the components of this. In Summer 2, they will move on to looking at ‘Working scientifically’ skills.

Art: In art, the children will be focusing on a model-making unit linked to clay work. This will be informed by their Ancient Greece learning. They will be looking at the use of ‘plinths’ in statues before creating their own modelled status using a plinth.

D&T: In Summer 2, we will move on to our design and technology unit called ‘Great Chariot Racers’. This will be linked to our history topic of Ancient Greece. The children will be using new skills and materials to build their own moving chariot racers.

PSHE: We will follow a structured plan for both Year 4 and Year 5 from the SCARF units for PSHE. Our first topic is titled ‘Being My Best. This unit focuses on the individuality of the children and the qualities which make them great! In Summer 2, we will move on to ‘Growing and changing’.

RE: For both summer terms, Year 4 and 5 will continue their learning on Christianity which they began in spring. Year 4 will look at the topics ‘Kingdom of God: When Jesus left what was the impact of Pentecost?’ and ‘How and why do religious and non-religious people try to make the world a better place?’. Year 5 will focus on the topics ‘People of God: How can following God bring freedom and justice?’ and ‘How does faith help people in Cornwall when life gets hard?’.

MFL: In Summer 1 and 2, the Year 4 topics for French will be ‘What’s the time?’ and ‘Holidays and Hobbies’. For Year 5, they will move on to units titled ‘School life’ and ‘Time Travelling’. These MFL units give the children time to perform learnt phrases and words in role-play situations and to write in French.

Music: Across Summer 1 and 2, the children will look at the unit ‘Percussion: Ripples’. This unit focuses on the inspiration musicians can take from rippling water- whether that be ocean swells, rainstorms or river flows. It allows for practise and exploration of playing on tuned percussion instruments and the development of hand-to-hand playing with more dynamic control. Year 4 will also enjoy a unit learning how to play the Ukulele.

Computing: Throughout the term, children will be encouraged to use ICT as a tool for furthering their understanding in other curriculum areas. There will be a focus on keeping ourselves safe online, including a ‘safer internet’ day. Further to this, we are following the ‘Digital Learning Cornwall’ units for Years 4 and 5. Year 4 will look at the units ‘Repetition in shapes’ and ‘Repetition in games’. Year 5 will look at the units ‘Selection with Microbits’ and ‘Selection in quizzes’.

PE: For the first half term, we will have a sport focus of ‘nimble nets’ and fitness focus of ‘cool core’. The children will get to practice the different styles of tennis serves and how to use them effectively in matches. In ‘cool core’, the children will get to experience a range of pilates and yoga moves before creating their own sequences. The second half of the term will look at the units ‘Young Olympians’ and ‘Fitness Frenzy’. Our PE days will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

PE kit:

•        Black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms
•        Green T-shirt with logo
•        Trainers or plimsolls
•        Tracksuit may be worn for outside PE during colder weather
•        No earrings or jewellery

Please can all items of kit and school uniform be named.

If there are any further questions or you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We are very much looking forward to the term ahead and thank you in advance for your continued support.

Mrs Hay

Class teacher