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Welcome to Otters Class
Our learning Summer Term
 

Miss Gough

Class Teacher

Mrs Beck

Teaching Assistant

Times tables

In June 2026 children will take a statutory on-screen, 25-question test. This is to check if children can fluently recall their multiplication tables up to 12x12. Please support your child with their recall through homework sheets, songs and Times Table Rock stars related to their weekly times table. We recommend children to play Times Table Rock stars for 5 minutes a day on the garage to aid their recall.

 

Geography 

In geography, we’ll be exploring fairtrade. We will answer the question ‘Where does our food come from?' We also have some fun filled activities planned to enrich the children’s geography learning.

  •          Chartwell's food workshop 
Later in the term, we'll be exploring rivers. We will answer the question 'What are rivers and how are they used?'. We also have some fun filled activities planned to enrich the children’s geography learning.
  •          Visit to Lewes River land 
 

Science

Our first topic is 'sound'  

We will learn  to- 

  • Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating 
  • Recognise that vibrations from a sound travel through a medium to the ear. 
  • Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it 
  • Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it. 
  • Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. 

Working Scientifically 

  • Survey
  • comparative test
  •  recording
  • explore
  • illustrative fair test
Our second topic is 'electricity' 

We will learn  to- 

  • Identify common appliances that run on electricity

  • Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers
  • Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery
  • Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
  • Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Working Scientifically 

  • Classifying  
  • recording  
  • constructing  
  • observing
  • problem solving 
 
 

PE

Wednesday and Friday  - Term 5 -  Athletics and Sports Day practice  and Term 6 - Cricket and OAA  

Please make sure your child comes to school with their swimming costume already on under their uniform. Additionally, ensure they wear the correct PE kit on both days. As always, long hair should be tied up, and earrings must be taped or removed, along with any other jewelery or watches, on PE days. 

 

 

PPA

On Wednesday afternoons, I am out of the classroom for Planning, Preparation and Administration time. The class will be covered by Active Education for PE and Miss Glassock for RE/ Spanish 

 

 

Homework

Homework is set on a Wednesday and due the following Wednesday. Children can complete their homework on worksheets given or digitally. Login details are in the children’s reading record. Homework will typically include:

  • Daily reading focused on the comprehension of what is read
  • Times Table practice
  • Spelling practice

If you have any questions, do get in contact - pennyg@wivelsfield.e-sussex.sch.uk 

 

 
 
 
 
Otters - Times tables - yearly overview 2025-26.docx
Year 4 - Term 6 - Rivers topic enquiry web.pdf
Year 4 - Term 5 - Fairtrade topic enquiry web.pdf