Reading and Writing

The children wrote their own versions of a fantasy finding story. We have now started the  whole school writing unit based on Little Red Riding Hood.

Maths

We are completing our unit on decimals and have been looking at ordering, comparing and rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.

Science

We have enjoyed exploring our school grounds, looking at the different living organisms that live there.  We took pictures of the different organisms we found and created a classification key to identify these.

ICT – This term we have used our ICT sessions to get children familiarised with the multiplication test format and allow them the opportunity to learn the times tables that they are not confident with.  Please continue to encourage your child to practise these at home.  We appreciate your support with this.

RE – The children have enjoyed creating their own festival aswell as making Wesak lanterns this term.

 

In the next three weeks:

English – We will be looking at discussion and debate regarding fantasy creatures. This will link to the Spiderwick Chronicles books that we continue to read to the class. When  choosing reading books this half term, please encourage your child to choose with a fantasy setting to support them with their ideas for this unit.

 

Maths –  The next unit of work is money, which will allow children to practise what they have been learning in the current decimals unit.

Science – We will be starting our unit on Humans including animals.  We will be looking at teeth, digestion and food chains.

Topic – On Monday 23rd we will be having an exciting Anglo Saxon day as a ‘WOW’ start to our next history topic.

ICT – We will continue to use these sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test but during the next half term the children will be excited to learn how top create their own animations using the computers.

RE – The children will be looking at Judaism, with particular attention to the festival of Passover and understanding the importance of festivals and family life to Jewish.

 

Reading and Writing

We have started to learn our model text for our fantasy finding tale and have been doing some work on making our writing more engaging for our reader.

Maths

We will continue to look at decimals for the first few weeks of this term which will then lead nicely onto a unit on money.  We will continue to practise our times tables in readiness for the multiplication test in the beginning of June.  Please encourage your child to learn those times tables that they are unsure of.

Science

For the first three days of term we zapped through the unit of Electricity, which the children thoroughly enjoyed.  Using the components to build their own circuits discovering that it will light a bulb, make a buzzer ‘scream’ and cause a motor to turn switched on their interest!

ICT – This term we have used our first session using the timestables.co.uk website to allow children to practise having a go using the test format.

RE – We have begun our topic on festivals and have been looking at which festivals are religious, which are non religious and those which have elements of both.

 

In the next three weeks:

English – The children will continue to look at a fantasy finding tale, leading to them writing their own.  Ideas for their story could come from one of the story books we are currently reading in class – The Spiderwick Chronicles.

 

Maths –  We will be continuing work on decimals looking at hundredths, dividing by 10 and 100, rounding, comparing and ordering decimals.

Science – We will be starting our unit on Living Things and their Habitats.  This unit looks at the different ways in which living things can be grouped, using classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.  As well as this we will be looking at how environments can change and the impact of this on living things.

ICT – This term we will continue to use these sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test.

RE – Using their knowledge of festivals children will be designing their own festivals.

Reading and Writing

At the beginning of this half term in writing we did some work on grammar expectations for year 4.  This included using inverted commas, plural and possessive S and paragraphing.

We have begun a new writing unit based on a diary recount linked to the book The Tunnel by Anthony Browne.  We will be creating our own diary recounts, writing as a character from the book.

In our reading sessions we continue to focus on reading comprehension skills using our three texts (Krindlekrax, One Plastic Bag, UG, Boy Genius of the Stone Age). In addition to this we have our own class reader that we are reading throughout the week.

Maths

In maths, we have finished off our unit on area and have begun a new unit on fractions.  This unit includes, equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers (fractions greater than 1).

Topic

We have completed our topic on rivers and mountains having looked at significant world rivers and the features of rivers.

RE – In RE the children have been continuing to study Sikhism, they have been looking at what it means to be a Sikh.  Particularly how they work in the community and serve food to those who need it, regardless of their religion.

 

Over the next few weeks we will focus on :

English – Writing a diary account of a character, from a story we have already looked at.

Maths – We will be completing our first unit on fractions.

Science – We will be starting a new science unit on States of Matter looking at properties of solids, liquids and gases.  The children will be able to learn through practical activities in class, which they are very excited about.

ICT – This term we will be using some sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test next term.  We may also give the children the opportunity to complete Reading Eggs and Mathletics tasks.

RE – We will be completing our unit on Sikhism focusing on the 5 Ks and their leadership.

 

Easter Production

In the final week of term week beginning 28th March, year 3 and 4 will be performing to parents and carers.  All children will be participating through acting and singing.  We will be busy learning our songs, script and making props.

The performances will be as follows:

Tuesday 29th March – 9:30 am

Wednesday 30th March – 2 pm

Unfortunately, there will be no evening performance due to parents’ evenings being held this week.  Information about tickets to this extravaganza will be sent out shortly.  we look forward to seeing you on those dates.

 

Thank you to those children who brought in work for the optional homework on the water cycle.  Here are some pictures of the fabulous work our wonderful year 4 pupils have done.

Below is an example of the ‘Role on the Wall’ activity, ask your children to tell you more about this.  Also here is part of our text map for our diary recount.  See if your child can read it to you.

Reading and Writing

We did a very interesting unit on poetry based on ‘Dragons Wood’. The children  enjoyed creating their own poems in the same style. The teachers enjoyed reading them!

Thank you for your support in listening to your child read and also supporting them with learning their spellings. We cannot emphasise enough how important this is.

Maths

In maths we have been looking at multiplication. Children have been learning how to multiply a 2 digit and 3 digit number by a 1 digit number.

We are continuing to learn our times tables in readiness for the statutory test in June.  Children are making good progress towards this and we encourage them to continue learning these at home. We urge you to let your children have a go at the tests on the following website to support them to learn their times tables.

www.timestables.co.uk

Topic

We have begun our new topic on rivers and mountains and discovered some of the tallest mountains in the world and located some of the mountain ranges across the world.

RE – In RE the children have been studying Sikhism and have found out about who Guru Nanak was and what Sikhs believe.

Over the next few weeks the sequence of learning will focus on:

English – Writing an opening and build up focused on a setting and based on the book ‘The Tunnel’ by Anthony Browne.

Maths – We continue to look at multiplication and solving word problems. We will then be moving onto division and division with remainders.

Topic – In our rivers and mountains topic, we will be looking at mountain climates and studying some famous mountain landscapes with our artistic hats on, leading to the children producing a mountain landscape collage.

RE – We will continue to study Sikhism, finding out about the other nine gurus and how they help others.

Linden class have started their swimming lessons and are thoroughly enjoying them.

 

Reading and Writing

In Year 4 we have finished off our persuasive letter about deforestation and worked on a portal story based on a picture book called ‘Journey’. The children have written the sequel to the story, explaining the next adventure the children from the story went on. We concentrated on settings and action sequences.

We have continued to look at the three texts, ‘One Plastic Bag, ‘Krindlekrax’ and ‘Ug – Boy Genius of the Stone Age’ and completed comprehension activities linked to the texts.

Maths

We have completed our unit on addition and subtraction and have been looking at a unit linked to measures all about perimeter.

We continue to do times table practice and encourage you to work with your child at home to learn the times tables. The children will know the ones they need to practise.

Science

The children have been continuing their work on the topic of sound. They have learnt about how we hear and the inner workings of the ear. We have also learnt about how sound travels and had an interesting lesson exploring this using string telephones.

In RE we have been learning about the Hindu religion in terms of how Hindus worship. We will be looking at the Christmas story in the last week of term.

Hawthorn class have completed their term of swimming and have had much success and really enjoyed their time at the pool. In spring term, Linden class will be having swimming lessons.

In the last two weeks of term we will be doing some art and craft based Christmas activities.

Over the next few weeks the sequence of learning will focus on (beginning of new term)

English – we will be looking at poetry based on a poem called ‘Dragon’s Wood’ by Brian Moses and writing our own poem in the same structure. After this, we will be starting a new unit based on a book called ‘Tunnel’ by Anthony Browne, where we will be writing opening and build ups to our own stories.

Maths – we will be looking at multiplication and division

Topic – In topic we will be looking at mountains and rivers where we will be finding out how mountains are formed, the features of rivers and geographical facts about them. For example, the longest river, highest mountain etc.

RE – We will be looking at Sikhism and also later on the term Religion and the Natural World.

Look at what we have been doing in Year 4!