Learning in Willow Class
About our class
Welcome to Willow class. Mrs McShee is the class teacher and our class TA is Mrs Littleworth. We are also supported by Miss Evans and Mrs Davies.
Our class ethos is to be kind and respectful to everyone and everything, to always try our best and to try to think independently.
Homework is given on Mondays and should be completed by the following Monday.
Spellings follow the Twinkl spelling scheme and contain a different spelling rule each week. Spellings are given out at the beginning of each half term. Tests are on Thursdays.
PE is on Wednesday afternoons and is taught by Mr Cox. This term will be rounders and athletics.
Values Education - We think about these values alongside our PSHE lessons and our assemblies.
April - Generosity
May - Truthfulness
June - Commitment
July - Friendliness
This term...
Forest School for Willow Class begins on Friday the 8th of May and runs for 6 weeks, until the 19th of June. It will be on Friday mornings during these dates. A change of clothes and shoes is a must.
English
In English for the first half term we will be looking at fairy tales and creating our own versions of Jack and the Beanstalk which we will use drama and filming to retell.
During the second half of the term, we will be immersing ourselves into writing descriptively!
We will continue to have a daily focus on key literacy skills such as reading, spelling, handwriting, punctuation and grammar.
Maths
Our school follows the scheme from 'Hamilton Trust'.
This term we will be studying addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, decimals, measures, data and shape.
The year 3 pupils will be continuing to learn their 3s, 4s, and 8s times tables.
The year 4 pupils will be continuing to learn their 6s, 7s, 9s, 11s and 12s times tables.
We use ‘froggy maths’ for daily practice of our times tables.
In June, the year 4s will be participating in the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC). We will have lots of practise with adults and on iPads in order to prepare for this.
There are many games which you could play with your children to help them to become more confident with their times tables. Both online and off. Please do ask.
Science
For the first half term, our science topic is food chains and teeth.
After the half term, Science will be about human digestion.
Topic plans
Our History and Geography topics will be combined this term to focus on ‘Our Local Area’. We will be looking on Google Earth to identify location and key landmarks, studying styles of buildings and local churches, making a visit into stoke prior village and church, looking at and taking photos, and displaying our project using PowerPoint.
In Art, the children will be gaining inspiration from Jackson Pollock to create pieces of abstract art and also inspiration from Orla Kiely to explore printing.
In Music, we will be listening to and adapting Abba songs, and creating and performing our own related songs on the Glockenspiels.
For all other subjects, please take a look at our class planning sheet. This year we are following Year A.