Owls
Welcome to the Owls
September 2025
Week 1 information:
Welcome back! We home you have had an amazing summer holiday. We are so looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday. Please don't forget to come to school in PE kit.
Please see folders for weekly timetables, a termly visual timetable, knowledge organisers and a PPT with photos or staff, the classroom and information.
Next term’s topic is entitled: ‘Delightful Dragons.’
Our writing focus will be narrative writing. The stimulus for this will be: ‘Gorilla’ by Anthony Browne. In history, we will be learning about the Vikings and in geography, we will be learning about rivers. Our science topic is ‘Animals including humans,’ with a focus on teeth and digestion.Mathematics will focus on place value, addition and subtraction, place value to 1000 and calculation and conversion of measures. Please continue to practise your timetables as often as possible; these are absolutely key for future mathematical development. We will be following the Oak Academy scheme and we will be putting links to the lessons and videos on the class page. See above under the homework section for links to the maths topics. In art the children will be focus on drawing - exploring tone, texture and proportion and the music topic is 'This little light of mine.' The first religion and worldviews topic focuses on family and relationships.
Physical activity will continue to be a key component of next year’s curriculum and we start the term with invasion skills (Mondays with Mrs Wildman) and Ball Skills (Wednesdays with Miss G.) Please ensure your child comes to school on Mondays and Wednesdays in PE kit. They will require warm clothes, jumpers and tracksuit bottoms / leggings need to be black. Your child will also need a waterproof coat and outdoor trainers. Most physical education lessons will take place outside, so the correct clothing is essential. You will need to leave a pair of boots or outdoor shoes in school because we will try to have playtimes on the field even when it is wet and muddy. This will enable us to make the most of our beautiful environment.
Our class reader (which we have already started,) is ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’ by Andy Shepherd.
I will teach Owls on Monday and Tuesday all day and Thursday and Friday mornings. Miss Gingell will teach Owls on a Wednesday. Other, subject specialist staff will teach the class as follows on Thursday and Friday afternoon:
Mrs. Leach will teach Geography,
Madame Bentley will teach French
Mrs. Davies – Computing.
Mrs. Stock and Mrs Nash will be Owls’ Teaching assistants.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. For Mrs Wildman please use either emails:
sendco@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk ewildman@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk.
Miss Gingell for Art, DT, RE and PE cgingell@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk
Mrs. Leach for Geography – sleach@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk
Mrs. Davies for Computing, ldavies@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk
Information about the maths curriculum:
Mathematics Autumn Term 2025.
15 lessons of revision of addition and subtraction (These lessons take place on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday -starting Thursday 4th September -Mrs Wildman.
https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/maths-primary-ks2/units/review-of-column-addition-and-subtraction-roman-numerals/lessons?sid-b5490f=HF1Tf3WY5h&sm=1&src=3
10 lessons of perimeter starting Wednesday 3rd september 2025 (Miss G)
https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/maths-primary-ks2/units/review-of-column-addition-and-subtraction-roman-numerals/lessons?sid-b5490f=HF1Tf3WY5h&sm=1&src=3
Supermovers:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-4-times-table-with-cyril-the-swan/zmsw382
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-6-times-table-with-fred-the-red/zrq3xyc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39
Here are just a few ways to help your child:
Share the weekly timetable with your child.
Ensure they bring their reading book and reading record to school every day. Inside their reading records are login details, it is a good idea to take a note or photograph of these just in case the reading record goes missing. The Seesaw login will enable you to see photographs and videos of your child. We will let you know when they are posted. They can also post photos and work onto it from home.
Get to school in plenty of time for an 8:45am start.
Hear your child read every night and read to them.
Encourage your child to complete Spelling Shed and TTR at least 4 times a week. (Spelling tests are on Friday mornings.)
Remind them to complete their homework and bring in their CPG book in every Thursday. In addition to daily reading, Spelling Shed and TTR, the children will be set one small maths task each week.
Send your child to school with outdoor shoes / boots , a water bottle and always send a coat even if it doesn’t look like rain!
Your children need to come to school in PE kit on Monday and Wednesdays.
Thank you for your support, we are really looking forward to a fun packed year. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Homework:
Thank you for encouraging your child to read daily. This is so important for both enjoyment, mental health and academic development. You learn to read and then you read to learn!
If your child can spend regular time on TTR and spelling shed this will also help them. Little and often is the key, but please don't worry if this isn't always possible, there has to be a balance. Down time, spending time with family and friends, being outside and doing physical activity are also very important.
A small task will be set on a Thursday and this needs to be completed and returned every Thursday.
Spelling Tests take place on Fridays and new spellings are set on Fridays.
Arrival Time: Just a polite reminder that year 4 arrival time is 8:45am.
