Hawk Owls - Year 4 / Year 5

Welcome to the Hawk Owls class page. We are a fantastic group of kind, caring and hard-working individuals in Year 4 and Year 5.

My name is Miss Mundy and I am the class teacher.

We are also very lucky to have Mrs Ayliffe with us as our Teaching Assistant.

Curriculum Information & Useful Documents

Below is a planning overview for the year, including the different topics we will be learning about throughout the year.

PE

Our PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays. On these days, please can you make sure that your child is in PE appropriate clothes with long hair tied back.

Home Reading

Each child has a reading record and we ask that this comes into school every day. Everytime your child reads aloud to an adult at home, this can be recorded in their reading record and signed by an adult. Please do try to discuss the meaning of words and the texts as they are reading aloud to you, as comprehension is something we are really working hard on! The children are welcome to independently change their school library reading book when they have finished the book.

Spellings

Every Friday, the children will be introduced to their new spellings for the week, which are separate lists for Year 4s and 5s. We will discuss ay spelling rules/tip/tricks and also the meaning of every word. The list of 10 words will be stuck into their reading record, so that you are able to help them practise at home. As well as learning to spell their words, we will also be focusing on understanding the meaning and putting the words into context. The spelling test will take place the following Friday and will be 5 random words from the list, written in context within a sentence. The results will be written in the reading record next to the list, and any incorrect spellings will be highlighted so that you can easily see how well your child is doing.

Times Tables

Year 4 is an important year for Times Tables, as the government have introduced the MTC (multiplication tables check). At the end of year 4, the children will play an online game, which will assess their knowledge and speed of recall. This is not something to worry about, as the children will have had plenty of practise and experience with this before the official game.

Each child has their login for Times Table Rockstars stuck into the first page of their reading record. Each week, there is a challenge set for 15 minutes of games in 'garage' mode for children to complete outside of school hours.

Forest School

Forest School with Mr Perry is scheduled to be every other Tuesday, starting from Tuesday 10th November. Please make sure that your child comes into school in appropriate school uniform for the weather that day. Wellies will be needed for forest school and can be kept in school for the term.

Knowledge Organisers

In History, Geography, Science and French, the children are given a knowledge organiser at the start of each topic. This shares with them any previous knowledge and skills they may already have, as well as the key knowledge and skills that we will be focusing on for the term.