Welcome to Class 4
 

Class Teacher: Miss Murphy

Teaching Partners:  Mrs Willis

Our class page is your go-to place for all of the key information about our learning journey together this year. This page has useful information about the day to day running of Class 4 and all about what we get up to in our busy, exciting classroom.

Please do not hesitate to contact Miss Murphy with any questions or queries.

Please note that our PE day is on a Wednesday with Miss Robinson, Harvey and Zenith Sports. Please come to school dressed in PE kit on these days. Earrings and other jewellery should be removed for PE and hair tied back where possible.
 

PE Kit includes:

• Red or dark PE hoodies,  black or grey tracksuit trousers or shorts (unbranded)
• Black, grey or white trainers
• Zip-up sports jackets are suitable for colder weather.

Curriculum Overview

Autumn Term 1:

• English: Writing a new section of the graphic novel, Arthur and the golden rope, as well as creating a persuasive speech based on the text The king who banned the dark.
• Maths: Place value, addition and subtraction.
• Science: Animals including humans, digestion and teeth.
• Geography: Researching and discovering where our food comes from, looking at the journey of the cocoa bean and what Fairtrade means for all traders.
• Art: Exploring the works of Alice Kettle using cloths, thread and paint to create new designs.
• Computing: Explore and create animation using transition and animation effects.
• Music: Playing with rhythm and rhythmic structures.
• Physical Education: We will focus on developing the following fundamental skills: Coordination, balance, agility, reaction and response.
• Religious Education: We will focus on the big question: What kind of world did Jesus want? Children will also prepare for our Harvest Festival service.
• Relationships, Sex and Health Education (including Economic Education): Re-introduce being Heartsmart, thinking about whom we can trust, building healthy relationships and a healthy mind and understanding where our money comes from.

Autumn Term 2:

• English: Writing explanation texts, a poetry free verse as well as focusing on the narrative Starbird, to enhance our writing skills further.
• Maths: Measurement, multiplication and division.
• Science: Energy, electricity and circuits.
• History: Exploring what the reputation of the Anglo-Saxons was and how this has affected our history.
• DT: Researching, designing and create a pavilion structure to a set design criteria.
• Computing: Exploring the use of 3D design and creating our own villages with our new skills.
• Music: Using their learning from term 1, the children will develop their knowledge of rhythmic notation and use movement to express these concepts
• Physical Education: We will focus on developing the following fundamental skills: Coordination, balance, agility, reaction and response.
• Religious Education: We will focus on the big question: For Christians, when Jesus left; what was the impact of Pentecost?
• Relationships, Sex and Health Education (including Economic Education): This terms topic is, don’t forget to let love in, focusing on celebrating our strengths and achievements, ways we feel loved. A lesson on ‘Body care’, understanding more about keeping clean and lastly understanding how money can make us feel.

Homework

Spellings:

Children will have 10 words each week to practise for their spelling. These words are taken from the list for their year group in the National Curriculum. They will be uploaded to spelling frame each week, however, children can practise in whichever way they feel most comfortable. Spellings will be tested on a Tuesday.

Other homework may be sent home to practise a concept the children have been learning in the week and an optional creative homework will be sent home termly too.

Reading

Please read with your child as often as possible, even if only for a few minutes. Miss Murphy’s reading challenge challenges children in Year 4 to read 3 times or more to an adult outside of school each week. If children have read 3 times, they will be able to add a sticker to their reading bookmark at the end of the week. Children who add 6 or more stickers to their bookmark will receive a treat at the end of the half term. Reading records will be collected in every Friday. 

Please date and sign their reading record each time they read to an adult, and encourage them to read a range of text types. Useful documents including key questions to support with hearing your child read can be found below.

Please note that we encourage the children in Year 4 to take responsibility for changing their own colour-banded books as they come into school each morning.

Key Dates

Parent-Teacher Meetings:

We offer these termly, dates are included on our weekly newsletters.
 

Trips and Visits:
For up to date information please check the weekly school newsletter.

Autumn term: Flintham show
Spring term: TBC
Summer term: TBC

Communication

You can contact Miss Murphy via the below contact forms. Alternatively, please email teachers@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk or the school office (office@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk or schooladmin@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk).