Welcome to Class 4

Year 5 and 6    Teacher: Mrs Hunt   Teaching assistants: Mrs Pountney and Mrs Glassonbury

Class 4

In Class 4, we support and encourage each other to be hard working, enthusiastic, positive, determined and most of all happy. We aim to develop independence, by encouraging the children to be critical thinkers and problem solvers. We like to create a learning environment that is fun and interactive, which engages and motivates the children helping them to make good progress. There are lots of opportunities for the children to take on important roles and responsibilities within the classroom and throughout the school, including being a play buddy and a collective worship assembly monitor. We provide plenty of opportunities for the children to express themselves, share any worries or concerns and build resilience all within a safe, secure, and caring environment. 

Children in Class 4 are creative, imaginative learners who are encouraged to develop their own learning styles and to produce their own distinctive work.  We all learn and work differently.  Children are encourged to bring in their own pencil cases from home so they can produce work they are proud of.  

Homework

Weekly homework will consist of the following:

• Read daily and record this in their reading record book
• Complete a Reading Eggspress spelling or reading task
• Mathletics activities

Children may also receive other homework to support with their leaning in class.

Logins for Mathletics and Reading Eggspress are all the same as the previous year. If  children should forget any of their login details,  they can access them on a clip board in the classroom or in the front of their Reading Record book.

Mathletics work will relate to the work we have been covering in class each week. Spelling or reading lessons on Reading Eggspress also correspond with lessons completed that week in school.

Children should also be reading daily home. It is excellent practise to read out loud, as this helps to improve fluency, expression and pace.  Reading a book with a special adult at home helps to build a love for reading. We are lucky enough to have an excellent selection of books in Class 4 to choose from.

Remember

Monday – Music lesson in the afternoon.  Please bring in musical instruments and take them home at the end of the day.

Wednesday – PE kit

Thursday – Homework and Reading Record books will be checked in class

Friday- Celebration worship

- PE kit

How to help your child at home.

English

The following websites provide spelling, punctuation and gramma activities, games and videos. We hope you and your child find them useful.

KS2 bitesize revision: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/

Grammar videos: 

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-site/expert-help/grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-made-easy

Terminology & games: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=47

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html - 20 Key Stage 2 Literacy interactive teaching resources for Primary Schools.

English educational kids games and activities. Teach your child, spelling, sentences, verbs, collective nouns, compound words, singular to plural, story sequencing, alphabetical order, and grammar with these English learning games.

Maths

Helpful links to develop and consolidate maths learning:

Woodlands Junior -  http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/index.html  is an excellent site with games and challenges in maths.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/ 

https://www.teachwire.net/news/5-of-the-best-times-tables-games-for-key-stage-2 - great websites for online interactive times table games.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing  - has a huge selection of games which have been split up into all the different sections of maths, making it incredibly easy to pick the area you would like to practise.

https://uk.ixl.com/maths - This website has all year groups and within each year group has the maths broken down into the different sections. It helps children master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support and motivating awards.

https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/ - maths quizzes

https://corbettmathsprimary.com/content/ - Corbett Maths - Maths videos, activities and answers for all areas of KS2 mathematics.

https://mathszone.co.uk/tag/ks2-upper/ - maths activities

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-8-12/ - money activities. These games, videos and interactive activities could turn you into a money genius in no time!

https://nrich.maths.org/primary

Other subjects:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-2.html

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/

https://wowscience.co.uk/

SATs

Maths and English

IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual Year group.  The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills.  Pages are then split into skills of which has a practise question for the children to think about.

https://uk.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1187&adGroup=Key+Stage+2&gclid=CPPa8teS_8kCFQbnwgodgOIB6A

BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2.  Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English.   Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online.  Some aspects require a subscription.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along.

http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/

A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision

http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm

A revision site based upon the old Key Stage 2 Tests but still contains lots of useful information for both Maths and English.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/

A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games.  Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information.

http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/

A site with links to Maths and English revision materials, including worksheets to look at online or to print off and practise with.

http://sats.highamstjohns.com/

These are “old style” Key Stage 2 test papers but are still useful for practise, and in particular, creating discussion around questions and strategies to answer.  View on screen or print off for free.  Best used

http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/student-resources/past-papers/key-stage-2-ks2-sat-past-papers

Click on “For Kids” to access some fun games to practise speed of recall of times tables.

http://www.mad4maths.com/

This site has loads of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills.

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Loads of Maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts.

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

A range of English games and activities.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

Activities to reinforce and practise a range of spelling rules.

http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html

A range of activities and games to practise a range of spelling rules and patterns.

http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=2255

We aim to ensure that the SATS process is not stressful for our children. However, please see the document below for advice in promoting positive mental health when taking tests.