hazel CLASS
Year 4 and 5
mRs Armstrong-McCLean
2025-26
Summer Term
Welcome to Hazel Class (Year 4 and 5) and our class page! On our class page we have details of our topics for this term as well as other useful information about Year 4 and 5 and websites that we use to help our learning. We love to share what we learn in school every day via our School Facebook page, so please follow us to see what we get up to.
Mrs Armstrong-McClean
What will we be learning about this term?
English
1st half term- Street Child by Bertie Doherty, Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman
2nd half term-Stig of the Dump, The Windmill Farmer Animation
Maths- Decimals, Money, Time, shape, Position and Direction
R.E.
1st half term- What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?
2nd half term- How and why do people mark the significant events of life?
Science
1st half term- Circuits and conductors
2nd half term- Scientists and inventors
History - 1st half term
A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066- Victorians
Geography - 2nd half term
Spain and Catalonia
Art - 1st half term
Recycled Art
DT - 2nd half term
Electrical- Simple circuits and switches- Science Computing
P.E.
1st half term- Rounders
2nd half term- Athletics and Tennis and Forest School
Music –Glockenspiel 2
PSHE / RSE –
1st half term- Relationships
2nd half term- changing Me
Computing
1st half term- Micro;bits
2nd half term-Coding
Introduction to Al
Key information
Arrival/collection
Our arrival time each morning is 8.45-9.00am and we leave at 3.15pm.
What to bring to school
The children should bring in a water bottle which they will take home each day as well as their packed lunch (if they do not receive a school lunch). They do not need any other equipment such as pencil cases, stationary etc as they will have everything they need at their own desk.
PE days
Our new PE days for Summer term 2 are- Tuesday and Friday
On these days, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit. PE kit consists of: trainers, white PE t-shirt, purple shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, purple hoodie or purple school jumper.
Wednesday- Forest school
When participating in forest school sessions on a Wednesday afternoon your child must wear their PE kit (log top/ jumper and trousers) and sturdy boots/wellingtons. Please ensure they have suitable clothing for the weather, waterproof coat if raining or sun hat/cream if sunny.
Homework
Spellings
Spellings will be posted on Class Dojo and children will have the same list for 1 week . It would be great if the children completed fun activities at home and we will be learning these spellings in class throughout the week.
www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html
www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling
Reading
The children are encouraged to read a variety of texts at home and share a love of reading with parents. Try to read Accelerated Reader Book at least 3x per week. Remember to bring your Accelerated Reader book back into school each day. There will be an opportunity to change library books every Thursday.
Times tables
Try to practise your times tables every night to help us prepare for the Year 4 Multiplication check. Suggested websites and apps to help to practise times tables include:
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
Useful websites
Visit these websites for some games to practise your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practise your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Maths Zone Cool Learning Games – Maths Games and Learning Activties for Fun
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
This is a useful website to practise a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
