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Parrot Class - Years 4 and 5 - Miss Hughes

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Class Teacher: Miss Hughes

Here you will find everything you need to support your learning.

Autumn 2- This half-term Parrot Class are learning:

Maths: Multiplication & Division; Fractions

English: Viking legends; Viking newspaper report; Poetry

Whole Class Reading: Journey to the River Sea; Poetry

Science: States of Matter

History: The Vikings

R.E: What does sacrifice mean?/ The meaning of Christmas

D & T: Mechanical systems~ Making a slingshot car

Computing: Computing systems and networks; Data information

Music: Musical structures; Christmas music

PSHE: How do we treat each other with respect?

French: Colours, body parts, zoo animals

P.E: Gymnastics~ Due to Christmas plays, P.E will be inside on Friday next week

Enjoy singing times table songs!

Homework~ 29.11.24

Keep practising Christmas play scripts, songs and dances- it's coming together well!

And keep enjoying:

Reading (5 times),
Practise spelling rules (see below)
Times tables (TTRockstars) and practise maths challenge.

Can you remember how to use written short multiplication?

Spellings

Here are your spelling rules to practise this week:

Year 4: Long 'o'/ 'oo'/'or' sound spelt ough

Year 5: Adverbs for frequency and possibility

Here is a 'Spelling Menu' of activities to choose from when practising your spellings. Choose 1 or 2 different activities a week to support memorising spelling patterns.

Spelling-Menu

These are common exception words all children should be able to read and spell by the end of year 4.

Reading

Our class reading race score this week is: 58%

Can you read 5 or more times a week?

Can you achieve your reading target this half-term? Keep reading regularly and discuss texts at home- remember to log all reading you are doing. Please bring reading records to school daily and return books to school when you are confident to 'quiz'.

More quizzes=more points= more knowledge and enjoyment!

Here are some helpful questions for you to use to support your reading at home. Choose a few from each page (or focus on one) to think about and discuss every time you read.

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Are you looking for inspiration to try a new book or author?

Take a look at our Bookmatch list. Here you will find books linked to famous authors you may already like. Let us know if you find anything you enjoy!