Welcome to Falcons!

"Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”

Ready, Respectful, Resilient

I'm Mr Davies and I'm your class teacher. We also have Mrs Armstrong, Miss Hay and Mrs Crtichley with us across week to help learn and progress.

Each Thursday morning we have Mrs Heald teaching us English and art. We operate a three week rota on Friday afternoons so that the children can attend forest school. One week is Class 3, then the following two weeks are for Class 4, who will be split into two groups (one group for each week).

If you need to contact me at any time, please do. If you wish to speak to me in person then do not hesitate to make an appointment with me for before or after school. My email address is davies@kingsleystjohns.co.uk

Welcome to Summer term.

In class 4 there will always be someone to help when you are stuck, feeling sad or just need a little pick me up. We try our best to persevere and be the best we can be! We know that this year will be important to each and every one of you, as you start your final year at KSJ or begin your journey in Falcons, we will achieve greatness together. 

For this term we will have Mrs Heald completing her teacher training placement in our class on Monday and Tuesday. She will work with year five whilst Mr Davies takes year six and prepares them for SATs and high school transition.

Our Christian values for this term are Service, Humility and Trust.

'Those who have reverence for the Lord will learn from him the path they should follow.' Psalms 25:12

Class novel

This term our class novel is Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick.

English

Our English work is going to be based on Manfish by Jennifer Berne. As we work through the text we will look at different styles of writing which can be created using what we have read. We will use the text to help us improve our vocabulary, learning new words we can use in our writing. The text will also help us with our punctuation and grammar knowledge and specific sessions will be dedicated to cementing our understanding so that we can use these skills in our writing. At the end of the book we will be writing a biography. 

We will learn spelling rules and patterns, as well as the statuatory spellings for our year groups.

As part of our guided reading sessions, we will mostly be reading Melt bt Ele Fountain. We will develop our vocabulary, inference, summarising, predicting, retrieval and explanation skills.

Topic

Our Geography topic for this term is a study into our extreme Earth. We will look at significant extremeties in the UK and worldwide, as well as conidering our own impact on climate change and sustainability.

Science

Our science work will aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. This term we will learn about the solar system and light.

Art 

During this term class 4 will be lookign at natural disasters from space and the work of Kandinsky.

Maths

We will continue to solidify our knowledge of place value and the four opertations. Our new learnign focus will be on shape, angles, positiona and direction. Some time will be dedicated to converting measurements. The second half term will be reviewing previous learnt topics and applying the skills in wider contexts.

PE

Class 4 will be developing their skills for different athletic skills e.g. sprinting and jumping.

RE

This half term we will be undertaking a multi-faith investigation and looking at the Christian community.

Music

Each Wednesday we will have brass tution in school for all children.

Computing

We will look at programming and the variables needed in games. The second half term Will involving using sensors and developing an understanding of our digital footprint.

Homework

Homework books will be given out on Thursday and then collected on a Wednesday. Please can you ensure your child is doing their homework and it is ready to be handed in. There will be a literacy, reading and a maths task. Children must read at home and will be listened to as part of guided reading and their mornign activities at least once a week. Homework records will be checked and signed to monitor how much your child is reading at home. Any incomplete homework will be completed during a Thursday lunchtime.

General Information

Please and thank you…

• Long hair must be tied back
• Your child needs a water bottle every day filled with water only
• If your child is using a school bag, then can it be a reasonable size so it can easily fit on the pegs
• PE kits be in all the time
• Name every item of clothing your child brings to school

'Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.'

Proverbs 22:6