Welcome to Class 9 with Mrs Dene
Your child's happiness and wellbeing is of extreme importance to me, please speak to me before or after
school if there is ever anything that you'd like to discuss.
You can also contact me at ddene@thewilmslowacademy.co.uk
Welcome back to Spring 2 - It is going to be a busy half term!!
The count down to our residential is on!
In English, the children will continue to answer the following question, ‘Can I write instructions to look after a mythical beast?’ We will bridge back to what we learnt about the Ancient Greeks in the autumn term to help us to do this. Afterwards, the children will write a mythical narrative. They will continue to learn spelling, punctuation and grammar skills each week, as well as participating in shared reading sessions, where we will be concentrating on vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising. Children will regularly practise their handwriting, in order to be able to express themselves more easily and more quickly. We would like to encourage you to hear your child read at least three times per week and record reading in your child's reading diary.
In maths, the children will be continuing their work on multiplication facts. They will be studying and representing different multiplication structures, applying the distributive law to multiplication and looking at what happens when a number is multiplied or divided by 10 and 100. In addition, the children will practise mental methods for solving problems. Practice and recall of multiplication facts will be a focus throughout the year, the aim being for the children to know all the multiplication facts up to 12x12. Key words include: factor, product and commutative.
In science, the children will learn about living things and their habitats. They will understand how to group living things in different ways, explore and use classification keys and recognise that environments can change and pose dangers. Key words include: migrate, hibernate, deforestation and classification.
In history this half term, the children will be exploring the question, ‘How powerful was the Roman army?’ They will learn that the Romans fought the Celts and consider what it would have been like to be a Roman soldier. They will examine the reasons for the first Roman invasion in 55BC and why the Romans built new roads and towns. They will find out about Boudicca, the Celtic queen who rebelled against the Romans in 60AD, and why she was unsuccessful. Finally, they will learn about Hadrian's Wall and why it was built in 122AD. Key words include: centurion, amphitheatre, chronology and archaeologist.
Please note that Class 9 will have outdoor PE on Tuesdays and indoor PE on Wednesdays.
Please ensure that your child has suitable clothing for outdoor PE. Joggers, T-shirt and a Hoody/Jumper are recommended
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Conway residential - Wednesday 26th March - Friday 28th March 2025
End of Spring Term (2nd half) - Thursday April 3 2025 1:15 p.m
PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO CHECK THAT YOUR CHILD HAS EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL
WHAT ARE WE READING IN CLASS 9 AT THE MOMENT?
We have begun reading
Our curriculum map for Spring 2
Please click on the link below
2025 spring 2 curriculum mapYEAR 4 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Please click on the link below
2024-25 year-4-curriculum-overview.docx
WHO IS OUR STAR OF THE WEEK?
Every week, a new 'Star of the Week' will be chosen. This will be someone who has impressed Mrs Dene or one of the other adults who work with Class 9. Their picture will appear here and then below in the gallery for the rest of the year.
Spring 2 Stars of the week ......
Week 4 - Sam Davies
Week 3 - Lorenzo Powell-Shields
Week 2 - Amelia Paul
Week 1 - Andressa Reis Vidro ;)
Spring 1 Stars of the week
Autumn 2 Stars of the week
Autumn 1 Stars of the week
WHAT IS READING FOR PLEASURE (RfP)?
Every week, Class 9 enjoys Reading for Pleasure (or RfP). Children are allowed to sit wherever they like - including under tables, on top of tables and even on Mrs Denes' chair - and either read to themselves or each other. They are encouraged to talk about their book choices and make recommendations.
At home, please read with your child at home every day and record this in their reading record. Here are some titles you might like to try...
PE
Our class will do PE every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. .
Your child is now required to bring their PE kit into school with them and get changed at school before their PE session.
Your child will then get dressed into their uniform at the end of the session.
PE kits will be returned home at the end of each half term unless needed to be done before hand.
Please ensure that your child has the correct P.E Kit in school with them.
Homework
Every Friday, you will be given this homework to complete by the following Wednesday:
- Maths
- Spellings
- Reading comprehension or SPAG exercise
In addition, all children will be expected to bring their signed reading records into school each day.
If you have any difficulty completing any of your homework, please ask for help before it is due in.
Multiplication Test
In the summer term, all year 4 children take part in a multiplication check.
This is completed online and children can prepare for this by
- Completing their mymaths homework
- Going on Times Table rockstars regularly
- Practicing and learning their times tables
Memorising their multiplication fact cards
Using online tests to prepare - https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Our timetable
