Class 4 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Class 4

Hello! We are Mrs Kent and Mrs Molyneux and we are the Class 4 teachers. Mrs Kent works on a Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays and Mrs Molyneux works on alternate Wednesdays, Thursday and Friday. We are very lucky to have Mrs Macauley and Mrs Henderson as our fabulous teaching assistants to support our children with their learning. On this page we will share with you what we will be learning, exploring and all of the fun we have in Years 5 and 6.

        Mrs Kent              Mrs Molyneux        Mrs Macauley     Mrs Henderson

English

During the Spring term,  we will be focussing our writing based on the book 'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde. 

The Selfish Giant has a beautiful garden, but he won't let any of the children play in it. Winter comes and never leaves, until the power of love brings Spring and joy into the Giant's garden and his heart. We will be exploring the use of personification, relative clauses and expanded noun phrases to enhance our writing. We will also be working hard on our SPAG, using semi-colons, subjunctive form and using commas for clarity.

Maths

During Spring term, we will begin by revisiting our Autumn work on fractions before linking them with decimals and percentages.  Once we are secure with this skill, we will move on to develop our understanding of algebra and ratio. We will also be focussing on problem solving, thinking about how we tackle a problem and the steps we take to ensure we complete them accurately. These topics require a solid knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so continuing to work on TTRockstars at home will certainly help.

Science

In Science, we will be starting our topic of Light. Children will be learning to:

• recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines
• use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye
• explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
• use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

Wider Curriculum

In History, we will be learning about the Anglo-Saxons. Children will begin by looking at a timeline and the link between the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. They will learn about the daily life of Anglo-Saxons and key figures like King Alfred the Great.

In HRE, we will be learning about belonging to a community.

In R.E., we will continue to learn about Christianity.

Key dates and reminders for Year 5/6:

Tuesday 4th March - Dodgeballl Festival

Thursday 6th March - Girls Football Tournament

Tuesday 11th March - Liverpool Philharmonic Trip

Friday 14th March - PTA Own Clothes Day - Chocolate

Thursday 20th March - Hi Impact DT workshop

Friday 21st March - Red Nose Day - wear something funny or red

Friday 21st March - Down Syndrome Day - wear colourful socks. £1 Gingerbread Men for sale.

Friday 21st March - Cross Country

Monday 24th March - Whole School Day - Alvanley. Church Service begins at 9:15am.

Thursday 27th March - Year 5/6 Football Tournament

Monday 31st March - 2nd April - Residential

Saturday 5th April - Chester Duck Race