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We hope that you have had a fantastic Summer break!

Mrs Story (4S) and Mr Ash (4A) will be supported by Miss White and Miss Marsh this year. On Tuesday afternoons, when the teachers have their planning time, both classes will be enjoying PE with Mr Evans and also computing sessions with Miss White.

Here is what we'll be learning about during the Autumn term:

• Our main topic in the Autumn term is ‘Invasion’. We will be learning about the period in British history from 420AD-1066, with the main focus being on Saxon and Viking life. We have an exciting event in school with Anglo-Saxon Day on 24th September.
• For reading, we are continuing to build on our vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summary skills (VIPERS) alongside ‘Fred’s Reading’.
• In Maths this term, we will be focusing on the following topics: Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Length and Perimeter and Multiplication and Division. We will also be continuing to practise times tables and will be using Times Table Rockstars throughout the year. The children will be sitting the national Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) in June (the format is very similar to ‘SoundCheck’ on TTRS) - more details to follow.

• In Science, we will be investigating and learning about teeth and the digestive system, and after half-term, sound.
• You can find more detailed information about each topic within our ‘Knowledge Organisers’ (see below).

PE

PE will be on Tuesday afternoons with Mr Evans. Please send your child to school in their PE kit.  As it is cold and the children will be outside, please ensure your child wears appropriate warm clothing. Earrings are not allowed during PE lessons. Please ensure that your child removes earrings before coming to school on their PE day and long hair must be tied back. Please purchase a blue PE t-shirt at the office if you haven't already.

Planners

Please continue to check your child’s planner regularly so that you can see what they should be doing and sign it to acknowledge that you have read it. You can also record any home reading there and sign for the Read to Succeed school challenge. Children will have their new spellings in their planners every Friday and will be tested the following Friday.