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Welcome to Otters Class
Our learning Term 1
 

Miss Gough

Class Teacher

Mrs Skelhorn

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.

History

In History, we’ll be exploring the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons. Throughout this topic, your child will learn to:

  • Understand how the Britons may have felt when the Romans left Britain.
  • Explore the reasons behind the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain.
  • Identify key features of Anglo-Saxon settlements.
  • Compare settlements from prehistoric Britain and note changes and continuities.
  • Make inferences based on artefacts from the time.
  • Learn how Anglo-Saxon beliefs evolved.
  • Understand how missionaries spread Christianity.
  • Discuss the threat the Vikings posed to the Anglo-Saxons.
  • Identify the qualities needed to be a monarch in 1066.

We also have some fun filled activities planned to enrich the children’s history learning.

  •          Creating an Anglo-Saxon wall using the wattle and daub technique.
  •          School trip to Lewes Castle for an interactive workshop of the ancient story ‘Beowulf’.

Science

Our topic is 'Animals including humans'

We will learn  to- 

  •  describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans 

  •  identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions 
  • construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey 

Working Scientifically 

  • asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them 
  • setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests 
  • reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions 
  •  identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes 
  • using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings 

PE

Wednesday - Sports Coach - Dance 

Thursday -  Miss Gough - Swimming 

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 jewellery 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 Mrs Thornton 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 1 - Anglo-Saxons topic enquiry web (1) (3).docx