Welcome to Parrot Class!

Class teacher: Mrs Bryant

parrot.class@rawreth.essex.sch.uk

Mrs Bryant can be reached on this email address. This inbox will be checked at least once each day between Monday to Friday.  Please still contact the office for urgent matters including absence, school lunch orders, change in home time collection arrangements etc.

Week commencing:  1st June 2026

Monday: In class

Tuesday:  In class

Wednesday: In class

Thursday: In class

Friday: In class 

Weekly Homework: 

• Play Times Tables Rockstars at least 4 times a week
• Attempt Spelling Shed at least 4 times during the week. 
• Read your book at least 4 times a week.

During Summer, we will be learning:

• Maths - we will be focusing on  money, time, properties of shape, statistics. position and direction and converting units of measurement 
• English - we will be looking at the texts: a diary entry for King Midas, a newspaper report about Henry VIII, a narrative - Saga of Ragna and poetry Horus - God of Sky
• Science - Our first topic is "Energy: Sound and Vibrations", where we will explore different ways of making sound, how vibrations relate to what they hear. Then how we change change the sounds pitch and volume. Our second topic is " " where we will
• Art and Design - We will be 'Designing for a Purpose', looking at applying skills for a specific purpose 
• Geography - Our topic is Somewhere to Setltle' - where we head back in time to find out how the towns and cities of the UK first developed. We will explore about the needs and requirements early settlers had when choosing a place to build a home. Next we  will look at place names around the UK to see how the Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Vikings all left their mark. Through use of digital and paper maps, we will investigate land use in different sized settlements and the ways in which settlements are linked together.
• Computing -In the first of two programming units, we will look at repetition and loops within programming. We will create programs by planning, modifying, and testing commands to create shapes and patterns. We will use Logo, a text-based programming language. In the second unit, we will continue the concept of repetition in programming using the Scratch environment. It begins with a Scratch activity similar to that carried out in Logo in Programming unit A, where we can discover similarities between two environments. We look at the difference between count-controlled and infinite loops, and use our knowledge to modify existing animations and games using repetition. 
• PSHE - Our first topic is "Economic Wellbeing", where we will explore factors that influence spending decisions, learning how to create a budget, factors both positive and negative that influence people career choices and look at stereotypes that exist but how these should not limit career aspiration
•  RE - We will be exploring the question - What difference does resurrection make to Christians?
• Music - We will explore the tunes for the annual Junior Music Festival, apply knowledge and skills of pitch, volume and harmonies
• PE - Athletics - short and long distance running , jumping for distance, variety of throwing techniques. Dodgeball - developing skills for the game 

PE Days

Mondays, Wednesdays (Swimming - Yr4).

PE kits to be kept in school, no jewellery allowed and hair to be tied back.