10/09/2012
Class 4 – Tudor Explorers! – Term 1 2012/13
Dear Parents,
Please find details of our topic, events and other information below. All this information can
also be found on the Hever School website.
TOPIC
Next term in Class 4 our topic will be ‘Tudor Explorers!'. The topic will be based around the
themes of Tudors Exploration - Why and How? Early Colonisation and Life on a Tudor Ship.
As part of this topic we will be investigating a crime on a Tudor ship!
Attached is a brief overview of what we will be covering in each curriculum area plus useful
web links for research.
DAILY REQUIREMENTS
Reading book and reading journal
Pencil case and stationary
PE kit
Painting apron
HOMEWORK
Attached is an overview of homework for this term.
PE
PE will be on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. All children are expected to take part every
week and must have their PE kit in school at all times. If your child does any before/after
school sports clubs can we suggest that they have a separate kit for those so that their PE
kit can remain in school for PE lessons.
COMMUNICATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
For your information, this overview and a list of useful website are listed on class 4’s page on
the school website.
There is a weekly drop in session after school on a Tuesday and we are happy to see
parents by appointment at other times. If you have any concerns or questions about your
child’s learning please do not hesitate to come and see us.
If you have any queries please do come in and see Mrs Corden or Mrs Davis before or after
school.
Yours sincerely
Mrs A Davis and Mrs R Corden
Class 4 teachers
Year 5/6 Term 1 2012/13
Tudor Explorers!
Core subjects
MATHS
• Number
• Shape and space
• Measures
• Data handling
ENGLISH
• Autobiography
• Journalistic writing
• Poetry
SCIENCE
• Scene of Crime
investigation unit
Other subject areas
Geography/History
ART/DT
ICT
• Comparison of old
• People in action.
• Research
using
and new maps
• Making a document box
the internet
• Tudor
Exploration
(homework task).
• Use of PowerPoint
and early colonisation
RE
FRENCH
PSHE
• The Bible - Types of
• Rooms
in
the
 New beginnings
Literature
house/ship.
PE
• Dance
• Invasion games
Useful weblinks:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Tudors.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primarylinks/Tudortimes.html
http://www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/primary_curriculum/tudors.htm
http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/essentials/history/units/tudorexpl_ah.shtml
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=107
http://www.monsterunderthebed.net/fun_stuff/How_to_Make_a_Treasure_Chest.pdf
http://www.henrytudor.co.uk/page23.htm
Class 4 Homework - Term 1 2012
Below are details of homework set this term for Class 4, together with hand in dates.
Subject
area
DT/Art
Literacy
French
ICT/History
Task
Hand in date
To make a treasure chest style box in which to keep their
topic work on Tudor exploration. It would be helpful if the box
could open and close.
To write a descriptive piece of life on board a Tudor ship. This
can be from the point of view of a sailor or cabin boy.
Friday 19th
October
Vocabulary challenge: To learn to read, and say the words for
rooms in a house/Tudor ship (see attached list for some
help).
Extension: Can you try memorising the spellings and label a
diagram Tudor ship in French
Use the internet to research one of the voyages which took
place in Tudor times. You could present this in word or
PowerPoint form to include in your topic file. (children can
print these at school, just bring the file in on a memory stick in
plenty of time for the hand in date).
Tip: Don't copy and paste from the internet! You will learn
much more if you use your own words to show what you have
researched.
Tip: Check the authenticity of the website you use. There is a
suggested list on the newsletter. Sites like Wikipedia can be
unreliable at times.
Friday 12th
October
Friday 5th
October
Friday 28th
September
In addition to this homework children will be expected to do the following on a weekly basis
Mental Maths books - 1 page only per week, to be handed in on a Tuesday to be given out
on a Friday. Children are welcome to discuss any worries/problems with Mrs Corden/Mrs
Davis/Mr Watts.
Times tables – Children will be regularly tested on times tables and division during maths
lessons and should practise those they find challenging at home.
Spellings - These will be given out and tested each Friday. Children are expected to learn
the spellings set ready for a dictation exercise each Friday morning which will include a
selection of words on the list, and also will be checked for neat, joined handwriting and
correct punctuation.
Reading - Children should be reading regularly and recording this in their reading records.
Reading records will be collected and checked every Monday morning.
Décris ta maison.
Chez moi il y a ….
2
1
5
le salon
7
6
le bureau
8
la cuisine
la chambre de mes
parents
la salle de bains
ma chambre
4
3
les toilettes
9
la salle à manger
le jardin