Welcome to Brecon Class! 

Welcome to Brecon class where years 4, 5 and 6 learn together. Our class is taught by two teachers: Mrs Grinnell and Mrs Brown and we are supported by our amazing teaching assistants. In our classroom, we work hard, support one another and celebrate each other’s successes.

We strive to provide as many opportunities for our KS2 children as possible. We are actively involved in local sporting tournaments and festivals and have a weekly session with our sports coach too. This term the children are also involved in an inter-school times table championship, sporting events run by our Year 6 Bronze Ambassadors and they can also attend Stop Motion lunchtime club if they wish.

Please take a look at our photographs to see what else we get up to!

This term’s English is based on the book Gorilla by Anthony Browne. The children will have the opportunity to explore emotions and feelings using role play, before planning and writing their own narrative based on the book. Grammar will be covered through the Pathways2Write scheme associated with this book.

Maths will be taught in line with the National Curriculum expectations for Years 4, 5 and 6. The children will learn to read, order and compare numbers up to 10,000 (Year 4), 1,000,000 (Year 5) and 10,000,000 (Year 6).  They will understand the value of each digit and round whole numbers.  Children will learn written and mental methods of addition and subtraction with increasingly large numbers. Fractions will be taught in the second half of the term. In addition to a daily Maths lesson, the children also keep their calculating skills up-to-date during daily Morning Maths.

Science this term is based on electricity. Children will learn about the importance of the Sun as a natural source of light. During the term, children will learn how to read electrical diagrams, make simple circuits and identify whether a circuit is complete. They will use this knowledge to design and make a game.

This term, the children will be studying both World War 1 and World War 2. We will look at the reasons for the start of each war; what it meant for those involved and those left at home and what it was like for children during that time.Children will discover why artists were commissioned during the war and study the work of Paul Nash (WW1 artist). They will be given the opportunity to create their own artwork inspired by Nash’s work. The children will also study propaganda posters and investigate their main features. In music the children will be exploring the songs of World War 2. They will be focusing on songs such as “We’ll meet again” by Vera Lynn and “The White Cliffs of Dover”. We will be exploring the significance of the words within these songs, as well as the Italian terminology that helps to describe these songs.

RE this term will focus on Judaism, in particular why the Torah is so important to Jewish people. Children will learn about the basic Jewish beliefs and how followers of the faith live their lives according to these beliefs. We will learn about the importance of both the Exodus and the Passover to Jewish people.

In PSHE the children will be learning about families and relationships. We will focusing on friendships this half-term. During these lessons, children are taught in Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 groups.

In computing children will be looking at how to search safely on line; the tactics companies use to persuade their customers and how to distinguish between fact, opinion and belief.

Our new sports coach, Mr Carter, will take children on a Monday for invasion games, whilst Mrs Brown will teach the children orienteering on a Friday. We will be outside for these lessons, unless it is pouring with rain, so please send your child with appropriate PE clothes and a waterproof on these days.

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