Spring 2

The sun is beginning to shine, and we are back and ready to learn! Lots more fun topics and exciting learning are going on this half term. We have our Spring parents evenings coming up sooo don't forget to book your appointment to meet with your child's class teacher.

We have an open-door policy, so please come and talk to us if you have any questions, worries, or concerns.

Drop-off and collection times: 

Drop-off: 8:40 am (Register taken at 8:50 am)

Collection: 3:20 pm

Daily Equipment:   

• Please ensure your child brings their homework diary and a reading book in each day. 
• They are also welcome to bring in a small pencil case with a pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener, black handwriting pen, purple pen and colouring pencils.   
• As we are an all-weather school, children should bring a coat with them each day, as they will be outside at playtimes unless the weather is terrible.    

 Dates for Spring Term 

March

Tues 3rd - KS2 House Cross Country Event, school field

Thurs 5th - World Book Day

Thurs 5th - High Ashurst meeting in 4BR

Fri 14th - PTFA Panto evening performance

Sat 15th - PTFA Panto matinee and evening performance

Thurs 19th - Science Day

Thurs 19th - Parents evening 5 pm- 7 pm

Fri 20th  - PTFA Easter tuck shop (Year 6 hosting)

Tues 24th -Parents evening 4pm- 6pm

Thurs 26th -Parents evening 4pm- 6pm

Fri 27th - Break up for Easter 2 pm

PE days    

4BR: children will need to be in their P.E. kit on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

4G: children will need to be in their P.E. kit on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

 In Y4 the children will be having swimming lessons. Each class will have a total of 11 sessions each at Cranleigh School

This term  4G will then swim every Tuesday morning, starting on 13th January until 21st April

Top-up swimming lessons will take place for invited children. On swimming days, children are to come to school dressed in their PE kits, with their swimming things in a separate bag (goggles are optional but recommended).  Please ensure that children have long hair tied back, ready for the lesson.  

Maths   We follow the White Rose scheme of learning.   

More information is available here: White Rose Website 

Spring 2

Measurement - Length and perimeter

Pupils will be taught to:

• convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre]
• measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres
• find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares
• estimate, compare and calculate different measures
• solve problems and explain reasoning

Fractions

Pupils will be taught to:

• recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions
• count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by 100 and dividing tenths by 10
• solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number
• add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
• recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundreds
• recognise and write decimal equivalents to [Fraction:1/4], [Fraction:1/2], [Fraction:3/4]
• find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths
• round decimals with 1 decimal place to the nearest whole number
• compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to 2 decimal places
• solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to 2 decimal places

Maths homework : 

 Homework sessions will be set on TTRockstars. 

This will be 15 minutes on Garage each week plus 2 soundcheck games. Garage helps them to learn the tables they are not yet confident with, and Soundcheck prepares them for the Multiplication Tables Check. Once the set homework is complete, children can play any of the games for additional practice, including 'Jamming' to practise specific tables without the timer; 'Studio' to increase speed and Rock Status; and 'Soundcheck' to prepare for the summer term times tables test. 

https://ttrockstars.com/

 A maths homework sheet will also be sent home each Friday to be returned the following Friday. This will be additional arithmetic practice to aid children's fluency and familiarity with written methods that have been learned at school.

English

As a school, we use Talk4Writing as a framework- all units are based on this.

 Spring 2

In the first part of this half-term, we will continue developing non-fiction writing with newspaper reports.

We will look at features of writing a successful news report, including, attention-grabbing headlines, sub-headings and 'the full story'.

Class Novel:  In class, we will begin reading Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo.  This tells an important story in an age appropriate manner, however it may open up some conversations at home about equality, racism and its history.  

English homework:

Reading: children should read daily and record in their homework diary.  

Spelling: at least 5 games on Spelling Shed each week (Spellings will be updated each Monday.)

     https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/

What are we doing in other subjects this half term?

Science: Sound  

History: Christianity and the Three Empires 

Geography: Tourism 

Art: 

DT: Mechanical systems- cars  

RE: The Death and Resurrection of Jesus 

ICT: 

PHSCE: 

MUSIC:  

(The children have a weekly music lesson with our music specialist teacher, Mrs Bell, in the music room) 

Library :

We visit the library as a class each week. The library is also open to the children every lunchtime and after school on Tuesdays (with an adult.)

Children may borrow two books for a period of two weeks.

At the end of the loan period, books must be returned to the school, where the loan can be renewed if required. If a book is lost, please talk to

Mrs Bickmore or Mrs Burnham. We ask for a contribution of £5.00 towards replacing lost books. Children can log in to their Reading Cloud

accounts from home to check their current loans or look for suggestions about what to read next.

                    To access Reading Cloud, click here.