Welcome to JC4's Class Page
On this page you can find out about our learning in class and enjoy looking at pictures of us!
Our Learning this Term
In our learning this term we will be investigating the following questions:
Science: How do we classify living things?
History: What was important to Ancient Egyptians?
Geography: How do rivers change our landscape?
RE: Hindus belief in God. Incarnation/God: What is the Trinity?
In English lessons, we will be writing:
Narrative story
Diary entry
Explanation text
Script
Poetry
We will be reading the following books as well as many more:
Secrets of the Sun King
Gut Garden
Once Upon a Raindrop
A Long Walk to the Water
The Legend of Podkin One Ear
The Windrush Child
In Maths lessons, we will be learning about:
Place value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Take a look at our year overview →
Spellings
Spellings will be set every Monday and tested on a Friday. Children will practise daily in school. Homework practice sheets are due in on a Friday morning. You can find blank homework sheets on this webpage, along with some additional activities your child may like to do to help them learn their spellings.
PE
Our PE sessions are on Friday afternoons. PE kit should be kept in school every day.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me or catch me at the end of the day if you have any questions.
Mrs. Caselin
JC4 Class Routines
Reading
We expect children to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and for this to include reading to an adult regularly. Please sign and date your child’s reading journal and feel free to add any comments regarding their reading.
Books and reading records need to be in school every day. The children are responsible for choosing their own reading book from the coloured band recommended by their teacher. Children are encouraged to read books from home alongside their school reading book. Children will be given the opportunity to visit the school library on a fortnightly rota.
Maths Homework
Times Table homework will be set every Monday and will be due in the following Monday. Children are also encouraged to use Times Table Rockstars to improve their times table knowledge.
Helping your child at home
Times Tables
It is important to keep practising times tables to retain and improve fluency of recall. The homework sheets will help with this, but there are many other games and websites that can support children in their learning. Each child has a log in for Times Table Rockstars and are encouraged to use this fantastic resource to help pracitse their times tables: https://ttrockstars.com/
Here are some other links for times table resources: https://www.timestables.com
Reading
Please support your child with reading as much as you can! Them reading to you, you to them, listening to audiobooks, reading to a sibling - it all counts! All their reading and any responses they want to make to their reading records.
Spellings
Children often enjoy different and multi-sensory ways to learn their spellings alongside the 'Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check' method. Please see the ‘Spelling Menu’ for some suggested approaches and activities for supporting the learning of spelling.
