Swift Class - Years 4 & 5
Welcome to Swift Class!
Ms Morris
Class Teacher, SENCO & SLT
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
Ms Topping
Class Teacher
Thursday & Friday
In our class, we aim to create a nurturing environment, where the children can openly discuss their feelings and feel that they are listened to.
We provide a varied and creative curriculum, which builds upon existing skills to become more challenging.
It's a delight to see the children developing their knowledge and understanding of the world as they question, research, make theories and form opinions about the different topics we study.
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Swift Class Topics 2022/23 |
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Subject |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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Maths |
Place Value Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions |
Multiplication and Division Fractions Decimals and Percentages Perimeter and Area Statistics |
Shape Position and Direction Decimals Negative Numbers Converting Units Volume |
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English |
Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo In Flanders Fields by John McCrae |
Coming to England by Floella Benjamin |
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
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History |
Why should we learn about the Maya? Black History: Who were Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jnr and what was their link to the Bristol Bus Boycott? |
Was the Anglo-Saxon period really a dark age? |
Would the Vikings do anything for money?
Lancaster Maritime Museum trip |
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Geography |
What is life like in the Amazon? |
A Study of an Alpine Region: Where should we go on holiday? Senegal week: Why do some birds migrate to Senegal? Swift Project |
Map reading: How can maps help us plan for camp?
Residential |
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French |
Getting to know you |
Our school life |
What’s the time? |
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RE |
What is prayer?
Was Jesus the Messiah? |
Exploring the lives of significant women in the Old Testament.
Exploring Easter celebrations worldwide
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Christian faith through art.
People of faith. |
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Science |
Forces: Magnetism
Living things and their habitats. |
Properties and changes of materials. |
Earth and Space
Forces: Friction |
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Design and Technology |
Shell structures |
Textiles |
Food technology Design and prepare a meal for camp. |
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Art |
Story Telling Through Drawing |
Fashion Design |
Festival Foods |
By the summer term, the children have developed the confidence and resilience to take part in our residential trips to the Lake District. As the children become more independent in their learning, we find they rise to the challenges this experience brings.
Year 4 join Butterfly Class for their overnight Youth Hostel stay and Year 5 enjoy the experience of a two-night camp, which they plan and prepare for.
An evening stroll on the fellside.
Team-builing whilst raft-building on Coniston Water.
Overcoming fears, Ghyll scrambling in Langdale.