Hello, my name is Mrs Sissons and I am the Puffin class teacher!
Our teaching assistants are Mrs McDowell, Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Bowhay.
This half term we plan to be exploring the following elements and subjects:
Science: Animals including humans-fit for success.
R.E.: How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews?
P.E.: Athletics
Art & Design: Drawing Architecture: Home and Building Design, Antoni Gaudi
History: Local history study (mining)
Computing: Creating media: Video trailers/Computational Thinking
Music: Body and tuned percussion
PSHE (Jigsaw): Relationships
MFL: Las Verduras (The Vegetables)
Design Technology: Textiles (Wallet or purse)
Geography: Amazon Rainforest
In English, we are looking at suspense/mystery narratives and letters.
In maths, we are looking at fractions and division.
At home, children can benefit greatly from the following activities to support their learning in school:
- learning multiplication tables and the corresponding division facts [each child has a multiplication/division table that they are focusing on]. Children have access to TTRS. Most days we plan for them to have a short 5 to 10 minute session on this in school. If they can mirror this at home, they will develop speedy and secure tables knowledge to help them confidently learn new maths topics.
- reading to and with an adult. Again we plan for the children to have a reading for pleasure daily session in school but the children need to also be reading at home as much as possible.
- practising spellings [weekly spellings to learn will be sent out each week]. Additionally, each child has a grid of list 1, 2 or 3 words (often referred to as challenge words) in the front of their spelling list book. Please note that sometimes these challenge words will be the weekly spellings set to learn. These challenge/list words need to be learnt, revisited and applied in writing throughout their time in Puffins.
If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Mrs Ann-Marie Sissons
Week beginning: Monday 2nd June 2025
Thank you to everyone who has sent in old tops that can be used as clothes protection during messy activities. We still need five more for a class set!!!
PE is normally on a Monday and a Wednesday each week.
YEAR 4 MULTIPLICATION PRACTICE AND LIVE TEST WINDOW TO COMMENCE.
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Monday |
PE (has been moved to Thursday afternoon [Sports Day])
ART/Production homework due in. |
Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
Pink homework books need to be returned to school.
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Thursday |
PM: SPORTS DAY
Mrs McDowell teaching Puffin Class. Library books need to be in school. Homework books sent home. |
Friday |
INSET DAY |
Homework Set: HALF TERM HOMEWORK
To design at least one (ticked box to indicate which) backdrop for the production. The children are welcome to do more than one if they wish. A copy of the homework task sheet is attached below.
The pink book and Family Maths Scrapbook needs to be returned to school each Wednesday and it will come home each week on a Friday.
Other information Please feel free to send us an email if you have any questions or concerns: amsissons@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk secretary@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk |