Term 1 Week 7 – overview

Each week we are fortunate to have a ukulele lesson with Mr Lawrence.  This year, this will take place on a Monday afternoon.  Instruments are provided by the school.

Spelling and grammar –we will be revising words from the year 3 and 4 spelling list and will be working on correctly using pronouns and nouns.

In English, we will be looking at the book Escape from Pompeii, by Christina Ballit.  We will be writing our own stories, starting this week, and will be completing them after the half-term holiday.  We will be using all the writing features we have practised this half-term, such as sensory description, powerful verbs, creating a sense of drama and describing the phases of a volcanic eruption.

In Maths, we will have moved on to addition and subtractions.  We will be subtracting with no exchange, one exchange and more than one exchange.

In RE, we will complete our unit on Creation by addressing the Big Question: What do Christians learn from the creation story?

In History, we will be learning about who lived in Britain before the Romans invaded.  We will focus on how the Celts lived.

In Computing, the pupils will be covering the World Wide Web.

In Art, we will be creating still life set-ups that are reminiscent of Giorgio Morandi and creating sketches to base our paintings on.

PE is on Monday morning with Mrs Barter and on a Thursday afternoon with Mrs Tompsett.   This term we are going to be practising football and basketball skills.

Reading records will be sent home with free-reading children choosing a book from the selection in class or bringing one from the reading scheme.  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 Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  

Homework will be issued this Wednesday and is due on the following Monday.

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