Welcome to Class 4!

Happy New Year and welcome back.

This half term we will be focusing on history and this time we will be digging further back into history to explore the stone age. We will journey back 10,000 years to the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods to explore how ancient humans lived, what may their lives have been like and what may their day-to-day experiences might have been like. How did they evolve towards the bronze age and how have we been able to learn so much about them? We will investigate through using a range of sources and discuss how we ensure that these sources are reliable. What was Skara Brae and what is so fascinating about the ancient monument known as Stonehenge?

Please ensure you look out for the Stone Age Knowledge Organiser (downloadable here) in preparation for our knowledge mini quizes and Blooket challenges.

We are a mixed Year 5 and Year 6 group.

THE READING RAFFLE CHALLENGE

This year we will be emphasising reading as a focus for our learning. Ensure that your home reader is in school EVERYDAY as we will be starting our day with reading and creating a calm and focused start to our day. The expectation in Class 4 is for the children to read a minimum of 3-5 times per week. If they achieve this they will earn 5 team points and a raffle ticket which puts them in position to win a prize at the end of the half term. the more tickets the more chance to be a reading winner!

You have to be reading it to win it!!!

Class 4 will have swimming on Monday and PE on Friday afternoons.Please ensure they have their swimming and PE kits on the correct days.

Remember home learning is always due back in on a Tuesday so it can be checked and sent back out to you each Thursday.

Our Curriculum Newsletter is published every half-term.

Mr McGurk