Class Teacher - Mrs A Jarvis

Welcome to the Puffins class.

This page will give you all the information you need about what is happening in our class, such as PE days, homework, trips, events and the areas that we will be learning about during the term.

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Welcome to Term 6 in Puffins class! 

We are looking forward to another exciting term, with lots to learn and many exciting opportunities to take part in – especially our exciting trip to Flag Fen on 23rd June! 

English - In our English and Guided Reading lessons, we will be focusing on the story The time traveling cat and the Viking terror. We will be diving into this fantastic story, learning about Topher's adventures. The children will be using the story as inspiration to create their own adventure story. They will also be writing their own poems about Vikings based on their knowledge from the book and the information they have learned in history.  

Mathematics - In maths, our Y4 pupils have a few more lessons about decimals to start the term, whilst our Y3 pupils will begin a unit ion time. The Y4s will then also move onto time, before we both begin units about angles and 2d shapes, money and then statistics, which is all about reading and understanding graphs and charts. The Y4s will finish off with a final geometry unit all about position and direction. 

Science - Our unit this term will be all about bodies. We will learn about what skeletons are and how they work in different creatures. We will also find out all about muscles and what the human body needs to stay alive.  

History - Within History this term, we will be finding out all about the Vikings. This links with our previous learning about the Anglo-Saxons as we find out what happened to them when the Vikings arrived and battled them for control of our country. We will find out all about the raid of the monastery at Lindisfarne, which links very well to our RWV learning. 

RWV – We will focus on pilgrimage this term, finding out what a pilgrimage is and investigating who might go on one. We will also learn about particular places people might go on pilgrimages, including Jerusalem and Lindisfarne – a great link to our history learning! 

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) - Our unit this term is ‘Changing Me’. Within this unit, we will be looking at how we have changed from being born to being children and looking ahead to the changes that will happen as we grow into adults. 

Computing – We will continue to look at coding this term and will be learning to use a program called ‘logo’ to input instructions that will draw shapes on the screen. 

Music – During our music lessons, we will be looking back at our music learning from the rest of the year and polishing the songs that we have been learning. 

Spanish – Year 3 pupils will be learning the names of the months of the year and the seasons and then putting together their knowledge of numbers, days and months to learn to write dates in Spanish. Year 4 pupils will be looking at lots of school related vocabulary such as objects found in classrooms and the names of school subjects, as well as learning to give their opinions about them! 

Art – Our art this term will link to our Viking history topic as we work on creating images of Viking longboats. We will learn techniques to make them look really realistic – ready to sail off the page!   

Physical Education (PE) – Our swimming sessions have now finished for this school year so we are back to two normal PE sessions a week, which will take place on Tuesdays (Pickleball -  a form of tennis) and Wednesdays (OAA – outdoor and adventurous activities). Children should arrive at school in their PE kit on PE days (black jumper or school jumper, PE t-shirt/white t-shirt, and black leggings, joggers, or shorts). Earrings must be removed for PE although newly pierced ears can be covered with plasters, which should be sent from home please. 

Learning at Home - We greatly value your support in helping your child continue their learning beyond the classroom. Daily reading at home makes a wonderful impact on their vocabulary, comprehension, and enjoyment of books. Children should read a variety of texts, and their reading record should be signed each time please. Weekly spellings will continue each Wednesday this term and please do keep encouraging your child to spend time practicing their tables on TTRS. We really do appreciate all of the help and support that you are giving your children with their spelling learning. 

As always, please do come and speak to us if there is anything you need to discuss or if you have any questions.  

Kind Regards, 

Mrs Jarvis, Mrs Gilligan and the Puffins’ class team