Topaz Class

Welcome to Years 4 and 5!

In Topaz Class, we pride ourselves in being caring, considerate and a hard-working team.

Reading

Your child will be given a reading book and diary to take home and read. Please ensure that they are in your child’s book bag every day. It is really important that your child reads as much as possible. We ask that you try to read with your child each night, even if it’s just for 5 minutes. Your child will also have lots of opportunities to read and enjoy books throughout the week in school.

During Autumn Term, the class will be swimming on Tuesday afternoons and have PE on Thursday afternoons. Please send your children into school wearing their PE kit on both days. During the Winter, children should have both tracksuit bottoms and shorts as we could be outside come rain or snow! Girls should bring tracksuit bottoms too as they are not to wear tights underneath shorts.

Playtime

At present, during playtime, the children can use the field. Please ensure your child has a change of footwear and a pair of tracksuit bottoms to change into if they want to go on the field.

Homework

Homework is set on a Wednesday and is due back in on the following Tuesday. It will be marked on Tuesday and therefore, it is important that it is handed in on time to ensure it is marked. Homework is either linked to our learning in Maths and English or will be topic based. It should take no longer than 20 minutes for each piece. If it is a longer piece, the children will be told before hand.

Spellings will be handed out each week on a Thursday to be tested on Thursday the following week.

Volunteers

At Sound, we always welcome volunteers to come and read with the children, work alongside the class or even volunteer for clubs or special activities. If this is of interest to you, don’t hesitate to speak to the office or the class teacher and they will point you in the right direction.

(At present, due to COVID restrictions, we cannot have parents in school to help, however, as soon as these restrictions are lifted we will be in touch. Thank you)

LOCKDOWN PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE

During Lockdown, the children in Topaz class have been taking part in a photography challenge. Each day they have been presented with a theme or subject to photograph. We have some budding photographers in Year 4 and 5 I am sure you will agree! Here are some of the results:

Meet the Teachers

Mrs Allen and Mrs Wagg are the teachers in Topaz Class.

Mrs Allen teaches on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning and Mrs Wagg teaches on a Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Allen

Mrs Wagg

Our fantastic teaching assistant in Topaz Class is Mrs Coleman.

Class Blogs

Topaz Class – Sound and District Primary School blog

⛄️⛄️Fun in the snow ! ⛄️⛄️ November 29, 2021
🎄Christmas Fair🎄 November 26, 2021
Year 5&6 had a fantastic time this afternoon running their own stalls at the Christmas Fair. Despite the wind and rain and quick change of location, they worked superbly as a team, came up with brilliantly creative ideas and grew in confidence over the time. A huge thank you goes to all the parents who […]
Plastic Pupil Power November 26, 2021
This morning we took part in a live lesson about plastic and the power of our voices in making change. We came up with key plastic pollution asks that we want the government to tackle. We even had a live shout out for Topaz Class from the presenter!!
🔴🟡🟢🔵 Topaz Blog Challenge 🔴🟡🟢🔵 November 23, 2021
This week, we have been finding out about the counties in England. Your BLOG challenge this week is to find out which different counties your friends and family live in. Write a list of at least 5 counties and the city , town, village or hamlet your family or friends live in. For example: Uncle […]
🗺Land Use – Geography🗺 November 22, 2021
Today in geography, Topaz class learnt about different uses for land in settlements. We discovered that land is used in a variety of ways including; agricultural, housing , retail, industry , business and leisure. We focused on our local area studying ; Crewe , Nantwich and Wrenbury. It soon became clear that in our local […]
Maths Fun November 22, 2021
The children in Topaz Class enjoyed working with a partner to solve product and sum problems around the classroom. Here’s one to think about !! Which 2 numbers have a product of 30 and a sum of 13 ?
Remembrance Day November 11, 2021
The children in Topaz Class have had a very respectful day learning about Remembrance Day and taking part in our Remembrance Day service. This afternoon we completed activities around this important day including making a wreath to take home.
Marshmallow Madness November 10, 2021
Today in Topaz Class we worked really hard to make frame structures for the start of our DT project. The aim was to build the most structurally sound construction without eating all the marshmallows!!!!
🔴🔵🌕🟢Topaz Blog Challenge November 9, 2021
Well done to the green team for winning last week’s blog challenge. This week’s challenge is : What is this tool called and what was it used for ?
Terrific Trip to Tatton Park November 9, 2021
Today, Topaz class have travelled back in time to 500 AD to experience life as an Anglo Saxon. We have learnt how to weave , make flour and most terrifyingly how to fight as Shield Maidens and Warriors. An absolutely brilliant day has been had by us all.