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 Darkest Dark'. 

Young Chris is an astronaut. A very busy astronaut. Saving the planet from aliens is much more important than taking baths or going to bed. Because at bedtime the worst sort of alien appears - darkness. But when Chris watches the first televised moon landing, he discovers that there is a dark out in Space that is much darker than he's used to. It's the darkest dark ever, and he realizes that the unknown can be . . . exciting! We will be writing the biography about Christopher Hadfield.

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. These topics require a solid knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so continuing to work on TTRockstars at home will certainly help. The pace of working in Year 6 can be fast at times, but rest assured we will regularly check the understanding of each topic with assessments and give guidance and support to any child who is struggling with gaps in their knowledge.

Science

In Science, we will be starting our topic of Earth and Space. Children will be learning to:

• describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system
• describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth
• describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies
• use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky

Wider Curriculum

In Geography, we will be learning all about Japan.

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

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

Key dates and reminders for Year 5/6: