Welcome to Buzzards Class!!
Term Three
A warm welcome back to the start of a new term in Buzzards class. We have a busy term ahead where our topic is ‘Our European Neighbours’ which is Geography based. The children will be looking at where Europe is in relation to the rest of the world. We will then be looking at the similarities and differences between Spain and the UK.
Spellings will be given on a Monday each week and the children will be given a new set of spellings to learn with an activity for homework, they will have a week to learn the spellings and will be tested on the following Monday morning.
Please make sure that your child has a PE kit in school every day. On Thursdays, we will be having Mr Murphy teaching the children gymnastics. Please make sure that your child has a PE kit suitable for the cold weather.
The children will be given their homework on a Wednesday, it is due back in on a Monday and will alternate between spelling and mental maths activities. They will need to practise both each week, but they will also have a focused activity to do.
It would be really appreciated if you can encourage your child to read frequently at home, this helps them at school in other areas of their learning. We are all asking that the children in our classes read at least three times a week. This doesn’t need to be their school reading book, but any reading material or genre that they are interested in. It needs to be recorded by an adult in their reading record. This will be counted up each week (Friday to Thursday each week).
Don’t forget Mathletics! Playing this regularly really supports the children in their learning of maths and is great fun! The children also have log-in details for ‘My Maths’ whereby homework is sometimes set and completed on-line. We now have access to Times Tables Rock Stars which is also proving very helpful with the children’s times tables recall. They all have a password, so can continue with this at home. TopMarks ‘Hit the Button’ is also a great way for the children to keep learning and consolidating their times tables knowledge. Please encourage your child to go back over previous times tables too!
There are also lots of other interactive activities available on TopMarks which the children are familiar with.
If you wish to speak to me about anything, please come and see me. Many thanks,
Mrs. Billett.
Please find our current curriculum letter below:
Stuck with what to read? Take a look at the link below for some book ideas which are suitable for your year group.
Book recommendations y4 and y5
Reading prompts/questions can be accessed using the link below.