Welcome to our class page! My name is Miss Patchett and I am the class teacher based in Lapwings four days a week. We also have Mrs White who will be teaching Lapwings all day on a Thursday.

On this page, I will outline what our Spring Term 1 curriculum looks like. If you have any questions about this or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact me; my door is always open. Otherwise, please email:  admin@starcross-primary.devon.sch.uk

 

Key information

• PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please come in wearing your PE kit.
• Spelling is set on a Monday via Spelling Frame, where children can practice their spelling. We will then complete a spelling test at school on a Friday.
• TTRS is to be completed at least three times a week as well as reading at least 4-5 times a week. Please record any reading at home in their reading records. Records are checked every Friday morning.

 

Here is a weekly timetable for Lapwings. This term our school theme is ‘Travel the World’ and our Year 4 topic is ‘What is it like to live in Bangkok?’

Reading

Our Whole Class Reading focus on a Monday and Friday will be ‘Tilly and the Time Machine’ by Adrian Edmonson, a story about a young girl, Tilly, whose scientist dad builds a time machine. The machine sends her dad to the past. Themes of history, grief and courage are explored.

Our WCR sessions are supported by the Ashely Booth reading scheme and this term, Tuesday-Thursday, we will be looking at texts exploring songs, habitats, children’s classics, Bangkok, picture books and artists.

English

In English this term, our first text is called ‘The Pied Piper’ which is a focus on traditional tales. Our key objectives will be to:

• Use noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict maths teacher with curly hair.
• Use inverted commas for direct speech
• Use subordinating conjunctions
• Use commas after fronted adverbials
• Plan, draft and proof-read a myth story with the purpose of entertaining the reader

After this first unit, we will complete a second unit on recounts, based on what life is like in Thailand, linked to our topic.

Maths

This half term in Maths, our focus will be Multiplication and Division. We use the White Rose Maths scheme for Maths lessons, as well as daily flashbacks to ensure that previous learning is embedded. We also have a times table focus in preparation for the multiplication times table check in the Summer as well as mastery maths for 10 minutes a day.

Science

Our Science unit ‘Living things and their habitats’ will focus on recognising that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways and recognise that environments can change meaning that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. We will explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment as well as construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.

Design Technology

In DT, our outcome will be to make a Thai inspired salad that looks and tastes appetising. We will be learning to cut, chop, slice, grate, spread, mix, pour, roll and stir as well as taste different ingredients. We will taste different ingredients and design, prepare and evaluate our final product.

PE

Lapwings PE days are: Tuesday and Thursday. This half term our focus will be gymnastics and orienteering.

French

In French this half term, our focus is ‘Les Legumes’. In this unit
pupils will learn 10 fruits and be introduced to the simple opinions ‘I like’ and ‘I do not like’. By the end of the unit pupils will have the knowledge and skills to be able to say which fruits they like and do not like.

RWE

In RWE this half term, we will be exploring the key question ‘What do Hindus believe God is like?’

PSHE

In PSHE, we use the scheme Jigsaw. This half term, we will be looking at ‘Dreams and Goals’ where we will focus on the importance of resilience, perseverance, motivation and commitment, in order to achieve our goals.

Music

In Music, we have a fantastic music teacher Mr Davies, coming in to teach the children how to play the ukulele.