Welcome to Mercury Class

Welcome to Mercury class! 

Monday: Miss Buckingham

Tuesday - Friday: Miss Shiner

Monday - Friday: Mrs Hall (Teaching Assistant)

Summer 2021

Our topic this term is ‘Groovy Greeks’, which will be a history based topic, but with some geography aspects. Please see our Topic Web and Knowledge Organiser (on the right hand side of this page) to see all of our learning planned for this term.  

We hope that you enjoy looking through our webpage and see the fantastic things we get up to in Mercury class!

Important days of the week

PE: Monday and Wednesday

New spellings set: Friday 

Spelling test day: Friday

Homework set: Friday 

Homework due: Thursday

Homework and home learning 

- Spellings are set weekly, which are taken from age-related expectations in the National Curriculum, but differentiated in number or content where this is required. 

- English and maths homework will be set weekly; this will alternative between English one week and maths the next. 

- Topic home learning will be set termly in the form of a home project. Details will be uploaded to the class page. 

- We really encourage you to listen to your child reading three to five times a week. When children read for pleasure outside of school, the impact on their English work is really noticeable and supports their learning in school. 

- Practising times tables is essential. This does not have to be formal and can be part of shopping, cooking or just whilst having fun! By the end of Y4, children are expected to know the multiplication and associated division facts up to 12x12. Being able to recall this knowledge fluently, enables children to calculate, problem solve and reason much more efficiently, and crucially, helps to build their confidence in maths. 

- Telling the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIxaxnageTo (five videos in this sequence)

Extra links you might be interested in:

- Grammar: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p

- Maths (times tables): https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables & https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

If you have any questions of queries, please speak to Miss Buckingham or Miss Shiner at the beginning or end of the day, or phone the school to make an appointment.