Year 4/ Year 5 Class
| Autumn 2026
Teacher: Mrs Holloway TA: Mrs Hill, Mr Crippin, Miss Lewis & Mrs Merrett PE: Mondays & Fridays (jewellery to be removed or taped up please) |
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English
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In English we will be basing our writing around the book ‘Queen of Falls’ by Chris Van Allsburg with the focus being on diary entries. This will be followed by ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy with the main genre being fairy tales. Our focus in English will be on sentence structure where we will ensure we punctuate sentences correctly and we are confident at using a wide range of sentence types. |
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Maths
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In maths we will begin with place value which is one of the most important areas of maths. We will then move onto addition and subtraction of increasingly larger numbers. Followed by written multiplication, division, measurements, perimeter and area. A significant amount of maths this year will rely on us knowing our multiplication facts so we will be working very hard on our times tables through teaching and using the home school apps Times Tables Rock Stars and Maths Shed. The more your child practises the times tables facts the easier they will find the maths this year! |
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Reading
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In Stiperstones, we provide daily reading opportunities, some of which are guided focusing on the skills: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising. Our class book will be ’The Boy with the Bronze Axe.’ and we will also read a range of non-fiction texts linked to our topics. For those children who require further support with their reading they will take part in additional reading sessions as much as possible. |
| Topic | Our history topic ‘Would you prefer to live in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age?’ will help us understand how people lived a very long time ago and to place events on a timelines. We will make deductions from different artefacts and discuss their limitations. Our geography topic is ‘Would you like to live in a desert? Willl involve examining hot desert biomes by mapping the world’s major deserts and investigating the physical features of the Mojave Desert. |
| Science, DT, Art and Computing | Our science topic is ‘States of Matter’ which will cover the water cycle; how to compare and group materials according to whether they are liquids, solids or gases; and how some materials change state when they are heated or cooled. Following this we will study ’Electricity’ covering identifying and naming different components of a circuit and how to work scientifically to investigate factors influencing bulb brightness. Plus, we will investigate electrical conductors and insulators. In DT we are going to research products that use different fastenings. In art we are going to study mixed media based on the theme ’Fabric of Nature’. In computing we will work on e -safety, computer systems and networks and video media. |
| RE & PSHE | In PSHE we will cover ‘Me and My Relationships’ where we will discuss team work, friendships, assertiveness, emotions and stereotypes. Stiperstones class will continue to receive music lessons (recorders). In French we will cover the topics ’I am able…I know how… and fruits’. Whereas PE this term will be football, tag rugby, hockey and dance. Within RE we will have a focus on Hinduism. |
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Key skills to work on at home |
We ask that children work on three basic skills at home – reading, spellings and times tables. These are all taught in school but require lots of practise both in school and at home!
Reading Aim to complete 4 home reads a week (20 minutes or more per read). Record this in the Reading Record—hand in on Friday morning. Your child can change their book whenever it is required. Once their ’take home’ book has been read, they complete an Accelerated Reader quiz. It is possible for children to take quizzes on books that you have purchased/borrowed. Using stickers in their reading records, we keep a track of the number of words your child has read and they receive rewards accordingly with the ultimate aim of becoming a ‘Millionaire Reader’. Spellings will be set on Fridays as 15 online games on Spelling Shed www.spellingshed.com. A list will also be in their reading record if a paper version is preferred. Times Tables homework will be set on Fridays using Times Tables Rock Stars. A paper copy is available on request if it is preferred. It is important that all children are quick and accurate with all the times tables facts by the end of Year 4. Your child also has access to Maths Shed if they wish, which offers a chance to work on various maths skills and is particularly useful for the Year 5 children. |
