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.

 

Our Timetable - Summer Term

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

Summer Term 1: 

• English: Writing to inform, in the style of non-chronological reports. We will also be looking at the key text ‘Malala’s magic pencil’ to create our own persuasive letters.
• Maths: Decimals, money and time.
• Science: Classification and Changing Habitats.
• Geography: exploring rivers and how they are used. 
• DT: Electrical systems: making our own torches.
• Computing: Video editing and E-Safety.
• Music: Exploring melodies and song structures.
• Physical Education:  We will focus on developing the following fundamental skills: coordination for sending and receiving and agility with reaction and response.
• Religious Education: We will focus on the big question: What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?
• Relationships, Sex and Health Education (including Economic Education): Focusing on this half term topic of ‘Fake is a mistake.’

Summer Term 2:

• English: Writing an entertain narrative after exploring our key text ‘The girl who stole an elephant.’
• Maths: Shape, statistics, position and direction.
• History: Exploring the research question, ‘What image do we have of the Vikings?’
• Art: Exploring the artist Alberto Giacometti to design and create our own Fourth Plinth.
• Computing: Programming in Scratch and E-safety.
• Music: Exploring melodies and song structures.
• Physical Education: We will focus on developing the following fundamental skills: health and fitness, ball chasing and floor work.
• Religious Education: We will focus on the big question: How and why do people mark the significant events of life?
• Relationships, Sex and Health Education (including Economic Education): Focusing on this half term topic of ‘No way through isn’t true’.
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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: The Victorian Workhouse and Infirmary
Summer term: Condover Residential

Communication

You can contact Miss Murphy via the school office (office@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk or schooladmin@archbishopcranmer.notts.sch.uk).