Oak class is a Key Stage 2 class with children from year 4 and 5.  The class teacher is Mrs Bones Monday to Thursday and Miss Rowe on a Friday. The teaching assistants are Miss Coull and Miss Warne. Mrs Rowe will be teaching RE in Oak Class.

Autumn Term 2026

In English this term, we will be using the following texts: Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo, A non-fiction information text, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Extract, The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry, and Seasonal poetry.

We will be creating settings, writing information texts, creating poems, writing story openers, writing explanation texts and finally lyrics for a Christmas carol. Comprehension skills and VIPERS will continue with our class texts.

In maths, we will use the Power Maths scheme. We will start with place value and number. We will then move on to addition and subtraction followed by multiplication and division. There will also be work on measurement and area. As always, we will be working on knowing our times tables and using these to help with our mental methods. 

Our PE days will be Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please make sure that they have kit for both indoor and outdoor lessons. They should have a separate sweatshirt for PE. 

In science we will look at Grouping and Classifying Living things before moving on to States of Matter.

Art lessons will focus on drawing looking at tone, texture and proportion.Our DT project will be based on Mechanical systems.

In History we will be looking at What changed in Britain after the Anglo Saxon invasion. This will include a trip to Sutton Hoo. Our Geography topic will look at Rainforests.

In Computing we will be looking at the Internet and computer networks then Creating Media - audio production. In French we will be learning to greet people and then learning how to identify items in the classroom. In RE we will learn about Hinduism and karma followed by Christianity and mission.

Our PSHE will focus on Healthy Self and Citizenship. Our Paths work will be on feelings and relationships.

Music will be taught through the website Recorders, Sticks and Songs.

Here's to another fantastic term.

Mrs Bones, Miss Rowe, Miss Coull and Miss Warne.

Below are some pictures from previous classes that show some of the work that we do in this class!