Welcome back to a new school year in Willow Class! 

I hope you have all had a lovely break over the summer and are looking forward to a fun-packed year ahead with lots of wonderful learning opportunities! 

Willow Class will be taught by myself and we will also have Miss Broomfield supporting in the classroom.  

This 2025/26 Willow Class webpage, will provide information for each term and will be updated accordingly.  The main method of communication for ongoing information, will be through Class Dojo.

We are really excited for this coming year and can't wait to start working with you all as we explore new learning together!

Mrs Mason and Miss Broomfield

Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2!

We have an exciting term planned which is always full of fun learning as we head towards Christmas!

This term, we will be studying rivers and answering our big question, 'How and why should we do all we can to look after rivers?' We will undertake a case study on the River Severn and look at the the meaning of key vocabulary, while also studying the impact and dangers of rivers. 

In maths this term, we will be exploring decimal numbers as well as starting to look at rectilinear shapes and measurements of area and perimeter. We will also look at time and how it is measured. Literacy, sees us compose our own poem of Remembrance and we will study the work of the poet Rupert Brooke to support us with this. We will also be producing a whole school Christmas write and our narrative this term will be based upon the book Dragon Mountain, by Kevin and Katie Tsang. Our class reading book is the fantastic, Holes, by Louis Sachar!

Science, sees Year 5 exploring Earth and Space while in Year 4, we will be looking at electricity and building our own circuits!

RE, will see us focus on the true meaning of Christmas and in PSHE, we will explore how to improve our health and wellbeing. In art, we shall be studying monotypes and the work of our featured artist, Kevin Mourad and in computing we are going to be editing photographs and linking this in with a Christmas card project. 

In PE, we will be learning a variety of dance styles from traditional Maya and Chinese dances through to Rock 'n' Roll! Mrs Hibbitt will also be working with the class on different activities we can do to improve our fitness levels. In music with Mrs Pattison the class will be creating an image using sound! 

In Enrichment, year 4 will be undertaking art with Mrs Morton and in year 5, we will be continuing to rehearse for Young Voices!

Our Christian value this term, will look at tolerance and as a school we will also be thinking about how we can be reflective learners. Our British Value is 'Rule of Law'.

Key details:
- PE will be on a Monday and Thursday so please can children wear PE kits on those days. 
- Children will need their water bottle, learning journal, reading record and reading book each day.
- Please provide wellies if your child would like to use the field.

Homework: Daily reading, Times Tables Rock Stars, Quick Maths and Spellings will be given weekly.

Should you have any questions regarding the information on this page or any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact me through Class Dojo or the School Office.
 

Many thanks!

Mrs Mason

Term 1

We have a fantastic start to term 1 as we dive deep into the history of the Maya Civilisation as we explore our big question, 'How advanced were the Maya as a civilisation?' We shall be investigating Maya beliefs, studying their understanding of time and identifying how they became so important to civilisation (not to mention their links to chocolate!).

In literacy, we are going to be writing a narrative based upon the science-fiction classic, 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes and illustrated by Chris Mould. We will be using prepositions, fronted adverbials and conjunctions to write detailed character and setting descriptions. We will also be writing an explanation text, focusing on structure and technical language.  In our reading lessons, we shall be studying the classic, 'The Jungle Book' by Rudyard Kipling and will be developing our understanding of the VIPERS (vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summarising). 

Maths, will see us firstly focus upon place value and recognising the value of numbers greater then 4-digits. We shall be comparing, ordering and estimating numbers alongside rounding numbers.  We shall then move onto addition and subtraction and using the formal column method to add and subtract increasingly larger numbers. Problem solving and reasoning will enable us to put our new skills to the test! We will also be having a 'Times Table Hero' weekly award for children who are studying their times tables regularly (whether on TTRS or by other means). 

In RE, our studies will look at Christianity as we answer the question, 'What is it like to follow God?' We shall explore what is meant by a 'covenant' and study the story of Noah to help us understand the relationship between Christians and God.

Science for year 4, is an exciting study of the human body! We begin by following the digestive system and understanding the key role different organs play in the digestive process. We will recreate the digestive system in the classroom to help bring the processes which take place to life! Teeth, form the next part of our investigations as we study the impact of certain liquids on teeth and also look into our own teeth and the role of each type of tooth.  Year 5 scientists will be working with Mr Alfieri and will study changes that occur in humans from birth to old age and understand how life expectancy and gestation periods vary from animal to animal. They will also be looking at how males and females change during puberty. 

In PE, we start the year with football! We shall be studying the ways to attack and defend and work on developing different skills in small groups before holding our own class mini-tournament! Mrs Hibbitt is very excited to be undertaking a PE session with Willow Class, where she will be teaching the skill of orienteering!

Computing, sees us look into using Word/Google docs and understanding the ways to edit work and develop particular styles of presentation. We will also be undertaking work on e-safety, where will think about access to the internet and how to stay safe online. 

PSHE, focuses on family and relationships. Recognising the importance of listening, respect and trust in friendships will be key elements of our learning, along with understanding the impact of bullying and stereotyping. 

We will start the term with our whole school portrait project which will see us create a self-portrait in the style of Roy Lichtenstein. After studying his art work and approach to painting, we will attempt our own piece of art.  I cannot wait to see what the children produce! 

In Enrichment, year 4 children will be having PE with Mr Starkey so will need to come in PE kit on a Friday. Year 5 children will be starting to rehearse for Young Voices which is very exciting!

Our Christian value this term is KINDNESS and our 'R' value is READY.  Our British Value is Democracy. We shall be discussing how we can model these values over the course of the term.

Here is some more key information:

• Please bring a water bottle, reading book, reading record and learning journal to school each day. 
• Please bring an outdoor set of shoes and an indoor set of shoes each day. (You can leave the outdoor set in school if you wish).
• PE will be on a Tuesday and Thursday and children are asked to come in PE kit on those days. (Year 4 children will also need to be in PE kit on Fridays for Enrichment).

Homework: Daily reading, Times Tables Rock Stars, Quick Maths and Spellings will be given weekly.

Should you have any questions regarding the information on this page or any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact me through Class Dojo or the School Office.

Here's to a fun term ahead!

Many thanks, 

Mrs Mason