Term 5, April 2025

 

Topics

 

PE Kits

For this term, we will need PE kits worn to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays for our PE lessons. As a reminder, please make sure that PE kits/swimming attire are appropriate according to the school's PE uniform policy.

 

Homework

Homework will be sent home each Friday.

A list of spellings or 'sounds of the week' will be sent home to practice. In KS2 they will have a written test the following Friday. There will also be an optional spelling sheet for KS2.

We will also expect the children to log onto Numbots and/or TT Rockstars to complete some maths fluency practice.

Daily reading is also a very important part in your child’s learning journey. This can be reading their school reading book and/or enjoying a reading for pleasure book of their choice. 

This will be sent out on Class Dojo by your class teacher on Fridays.

 

Times tables

The end of year 4 national times table screener takes place in term six of this year (more information about this will be released) so please can children practise their times tables regularly at home and they should have their TTRS logins to support the practice they are doing in school. Times tables are extremely important in their numeracy and are linked to lots of topics in the curriculum e.g. division, fractions, multiplication. It is vital that children have a strong times tables knowledge in order to achieve success across all topics in maths, particularly as they move into upper key stage 2. 

Many thanks for your support,

Miss Brady, Miss Brooker, Miss Moore, Miss Wood and Mrs Charlton

Contact my teacher:

Miss Brady

cbrady@offham.kent.sch.uk

 1) Design Your Own Egyptian God or Goddess

Task: Create a god or goddess based on something modern (e.g., technology, sports).

Include: A name, powers, what people might offer them, and draw a picture.

Extension: Write 3–5 sentences in the style of a myth explaining how they helped people.

2) Egyptian Market Maths

Scenario: “You’re in an Ancient Egyptian market buying food for a feast.”

Task: Use a price list (you can make one with items like bread = £0.50, figs = £1.25, etc.).

Children: Choose 4 items.

• • Work out total cost using addition of decimals.

  • Convert part of their items into fractions (e.g., "I bought ¾ of a loaf").

  • Challenge: Give change from £5 or £10.

 

3) Design a Pyramid Security System

Task: Ancient Egyptians want to protect their treasure using modern electricity.

• Children draw a simple circuit diagram (battery, buzzer/light, switch).

• Label parts and explain how it works.

• Extension: How would it keep out tomb raiders?

 

4) My Shabbat Poster 

Task: Create an informative and colorful poster about Shabbat.

Include:

• • What it is

  • When it happens

  • Foods or rituals involved

  • Why it’s important to Jewish people

 

5) Pizza Fractions and Decimals

Task: Design your own pizza with toppings and show fractions and decimals.

• Draw a pizza with 8 slices.

• Decide how many slices have each topping (e.g., 3 slices have pepperoni, 2 have mushrooms).

• Write the fraction and the decimal for each topping.

 

6) Fraction and Decimal Game

Task: Create your own game using two dice.

• One die gives a numerator (1–6), the other a denominator (2–12).

• Roll, make a fraction, and convert it to a decimal (round to 2 decimal places if needed).

• Optional: Keep a scorecard and play with someone at home.

 

White Rose - Place Value Workbook

White Rose - Addition and Subtraction Workbook

White Rose - Multiplication and Division Workbook

White Rose - Fractions

White Rose - Decimals