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.

Currently, our PE day is Monday. Please send your children into school wearing their PE kit. 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 are using the field. Please ensure your child has a change of footwear and a pair of tracksuit bottoms to change into.

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 Kyle.

Mrs Kyle

Class Blogs

Topaz Class – Sound and District Primary School blog

🐶Woof date-my first day!🐶 June 15, 2021
What a busy two days it’s been! On Monday, mum said that she was sharing lots of pictures of me with all the children in an assembly, including some that were when I was a puppy! How embarrassing! Then today, I had my first trip into school. It was amazing! I didn’t get to spend […]
Drifting Away with the Dreamy Dream Catchers June 11, 2021
This afternoon in Topaz Class we have been working on our Dream Catchers, adding an explosion of colour! We hope you like our masterpieces!
🚴‍♂️Bikeability🚴‍♀️ June 8, 2021
A HUGE well done to all of our Year 4&5 children who have spent the past two days pedalling away in sun. ☀️ Each and everyone of them tried really hard practising their skills, gaining new ones and understanding how to cycle on today’s roads. Hopefully now they will be able to stay fit and […]
🎉🎉It’s half term! 🎉🎉 May 28, 2021
Wishing you all a wonderful week! Stay safe and have lots of family fun!
Signs of Symmetry May 27, 2021
Topaz class enjoyed their Maths today outside in the long awaited sunshine. We spent time exploring symmetry in nature and then played a team relay race identifying symmetry in shapes.
Sounds of Science at Sound May 26, 2021
Topaz class had loads of fun this afternoon making and using string telephones. The sounds of ‘Testing, testing, 1,2,3’ and ‘Can you hear me?’ filled the air! Giggles all round, while learning lots about how sound travels.
🦮Meet our new member of staff! 🐾 May 26, 2021
We are so excited to be able to finally share our wonderful news with you all…… 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Padme, Mrs Booth’s beautiful Golden Retriever will be joining us in school after half term as our very own well-being dog! We are all looking forward to spending time with her and seeing all the fabulous ways she […]
Final Tidy Up !! May 25, 2021
Topaz class were determined to finish tidying up the front of school today. With great enthusiasm and hard work, they armed themselves with spades, forks, gloves, buckets and got stuck in. I think you’ll agree they’ve done a FANTASTIC job !!
Creepy Crawlies May 24, 2021
As part of National Gardening Week, the children chose a creature from the garden to create a Fact File about. Lots of amazing facts were discovered!! Did you know that male moths can smell female moths from a distance of 7 miles ? Unbelievable!!
National Gardening Week May 24, 2021
Topaz class have been exceptionally productive this morning at the start of Gardening Week. Our area is the front of school so our first job was to weed, scrape, tidy and collect all the weeds and debris that has accumulated over the last few years. As you can see by the pictures, the children have […]