Term 5 Week 3 – overview

Reading challenge – we have made a visual display to track our home reading.  Each week when reading records are checked, every child who brings their record (completed with their weekly reading) they will earn a star.  Remember that 10 minutes reading each day makes a huge difference to overall literacy and especially expanding vocabulary!

Spelling and grammar – we are revising words from the statutory year 3 and 4 spelling list.  We will also be looking at speech in paragraphs.

In English, we are beginning a new unit based on the Anglo Saxon epic poem Beowulf.  We will begin by examining the characters, with a focus on the hero himself, Beowulf.  We will consider the types of language we can use to describe a hero, including using superlatives.  We will then go on to create our own heroes to be used in our narrative writing.

In Maths we will continue our unit on fractions with a focus on mixed numbers and improper fractions.

In guided reading we will be starting our new text, Varjak Paw by SF Said.  It is a mysterious tale set around a family of Mesopotamian Blue cats……

In RE our new unit of focus is ‘What do Hindu people believe about God?’  We will continue to learnabout how Hindu people view god.

Mrs Atkinson will be teaching Science on Monday afternoons.  This term’s topic is habitats.

In History we will be learning about the Anglo Saxons.  This week we will be learning about the Picts and the Scots

We will continue painting our sculptures using the bold designs we have created.

In Computing we will be carrying out our third lesson on photo editing.

PE is on MONDAY MORNING with Mr Luckhurst.  Swimming is on Friday.

Reading records have been sent home with most children choosing a book from the selection in class.  All children have an additional book in their tray for reading sessions in class.  Please could we have reading records in school to be checked on a Wednesday morning.  

Homework will be issued this Wednesday and is due in on the following Tuesday because of the Bank Holiday.

Please contact me if you have any queries using the class email address:chestnut@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Have a lovely week!

Best wishes,

Mrs Barter