Year 4 - Bison Class

Welcome to Bison Class

Class Teacher: Mr Cullen

Teaching Assistant: Miss Watson

For information on why 'Bison' was chosen as our class animal, please check out the amazing work going on at Blean here: https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/projects/wilder-blean

Term 3

Welcome back everyone! I hope we all had an amazing Christmas holiday and are now ready to continue our learning journey in year 4. We have lots of new and exciting learning this term, and I am very excited to see how much we all learn and the progress we make.

Enquiry Question - History

How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?

   

Throughout this enquiry, we will be learning about different groups of people that have invaded Britain. We will be focusing on the period of Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions. We will also be looking at how Christianity arrived in Britain at this time. It is not all about invasions though; we will look at what life was like for living in Britain as well.

 

Forest School

  

Our Forest School days are: Thursday 9th, 16th and 23rd January

Please send your child into school wearing their school uniform with a Forest School kit in a bag. Please ensure the Forest School clothes are appropriate for the weather that day.

Please send in wellies that can be kept in school to utilise the outdoor learning spaces every day.

 

PE

Our PE lessons will be on a Wednesday afternoon. This term, we will be learning Badminton. Please send the children into school with their PE kits in their bag. Please ensure the PE kits are suitable for outdoor PE - we will try and learn outside when the weather allows.

 

Reading

Our book this term is: The Buried Crown by Ally Sherrick.

This is an amazing story about a child that is evacuated during WW2. After moving to the countryside, our hero discovers an ancient crown and a big adventure follows! This story is wonderful for its weaving of real life history and great entertainment.

Please encourage your child to read every day at home! The more children read the better they perform in all areas of their life.

Please contact our teaching team if you would like any support with reading at home.

 

Key skills

 

All children have log-in details for Spelling Shed and TTRockstars. We would encourage children to avoid/limit screen time; however, if they are using a device, please encourage the children to practice their key skills of spelling and times tables with websites like these.

 

 

The Term 3 knowledge organisers below provide information on our learning for this term. 

Teachers can be contacted via Class Dojo if you have any questions or queries regarding the home learning. 

Please click here to access extra phonics, reading and spelling resources.

Please click here to access links to other useful home learning resources published online.

If you are unsure of any log in details please contact the teacher through Class Dojo or email office@pilgrims-way.kent.sch.uk