Anglo Saxons and Vikings: Exploring Storytelling in English, History, and Art/DT

1. ADUR CLASS 2019 – 2020 The Team: Mrs Litten – Class Teacher Mrs Barber – Teaching Assistant Mrs Etheridge – 1:1 Support I am normally available daily from 3.05-3.15 if you need to speak to me.

2. SCHOOL VISION Caring for each other Learning from each other Achieving with each other … Guided by God

3. Topic Our topic is Storytelling: Anglo Saxons and Vikings Our Key texts for English is called “Beowulf” by Michael Murpurgo I have planned the topic to incorporate English, History, Geography and Art/DT lessons.

4. Trip Visit to the Novium Museum, Chichester – Wednesday 23 October Anglo Saxon workshop

5. The children will be developing a range of skills using high quality texts. Key Text: Beowulf by Michael Murpurgo. The children will have experience evaluating and writing in different styles: • Writing their own saga • Non-chronological report about the Anglo Saxons/Vikings • Oral storytelling • Drama and role play • Poetry The requirements for grammar in the National Curriculum will be covered through the key texts and weekly reading activities.

6. GRAMMAR • Grammar is taught through the chosen high quality texts. The children are taught to recognise the technical terms e.g. noun, verb, adjective etc as well as all other aspects of grammar. • Spelling patterns are taught weekly in year groups using the No nonsense spelling programme for Year 4 & 5 • Homework spellings will focus on the KS2 spelling lists. 5 Spellings will be sent home weekly to practise.

7. You can help at home by: • Practising spelling the curriculum spelling words using the homework tasks and encourage children to write the words into a sentence to help them understand the meaning. • Encourage your child to recognise these words in their reading. • Encourage your child to use their sounds when reading to decoding unfamiliar words • Encourage your child to use a dictionary to look up any unfamiliar words . Phonics and spelling

8. READING • Please make sure your child records their reading in their red reading record book. Please comment on your child's reading if they have read to you or you have asked them questions about their book. • Reading records – This is used as a way of showing your child’s reading journey. Please ensure your child brings this into school daily. They should also be bringing this home very night.

9. A range of maths skills will be covered over the course of the year. The emphasis is on ensuring your child has a deep understanding of the concepts taught, so they can apply their maths skills to problem solving in a range of contexts. • There is a heavy emphasis on place value and times tables in the Autumn term as this underpins all maths learning. • National times tables test in June 2020 for Year 4. We will be doing lots of practice in readiness for this test. Maths

10. SCIENCE • In Science the children will be building on their previous learning and skills. They will also be developing their scientific enquiry skills. • Our focus for this half term is rocks and soils and how it links with Anglo Saxon farming. We will carry out a variety of investigations which will allow the children to develop their enquiry skills, whilst gaining scientificknowledge.

11. timetable PE is on a Monday & Friday. Computing is on a Thursday. Music – This term we will be learning to play the Violin. This will be on a Tuesday afternoon, beginning in a couple of weeks. PPA - Mrs Caddick will cover the class on a Wednesday morning or afternoon. If you have any important messages on a Wednesday morning, please pass these to Mrs Caddick or Mrs Barber who will do their best to ensure I receive these.

12. Forest school is on a Wednesday afternoon for the 1st half of the Summer term. • Please make sure your child brings in a suitable change of clothes, hat, waterproof coat and wellington boots on that day. FOREST SCHOOLS

13. PE/School Uniform • Please ensure PE kit is in school at all times. • Ideally earrings should not be worn on a PE day. Children will need to take out or cover any earrings. • An art overall would be ideal. • All hair must be neat and shoulder length hair put up. Only blue, white or black hair bands should be used. • No nail varnish please.

14. Healthy Schools and packed lunches • We are a Healthy School and ask that all break time snacks are either fruit or vegetables. • Packed lunches – please note we are a nut free school.

15. HOMEWORK Homework will be set on Friday to be handed in the following Thursday. Values homework at the beginning of each half term where the children will be given a task related to our Christian value. This term it is RESPONSIBILITY. Weekly homework will comprise of either a Maths or English task linked to our learning in class and weekly spellings. Creative homework: termly.

16. BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS AND REWARDS School Golden Code – Ready, Respectful, Safe. Class rights and responsibilities – written by the children House points Golden leaf Achievement certificate Raffle tickets Star of the week

17. RESIDENTIAL – YEAR 4 MAY 2020 One night away Lodge Hill, near Pulborough Team building activities More information and a meeting to follow.

18. I am really looking forward to working with you and your children • Any questions? Thank you for your support!