We hope that you have had a wonderful and restful half term and for those that went to Min-Y-Don we hope that you have recovered! Make sure you check out the gallery of glory on the class webpage to see all the fantastic things that we did! Class 4 have some wonderful things planned for the first half term and we cannot wait to get started!
In English, we will be looking at writing Instructional and Explanation texts for non-fiction and narrative writing to entertain our audience. We will be working on our key skills in grammar and punctuation as well as our spelling and handwriting. In reading, we will be working on our comprehension skills and the different types of questions that we will encounter.
As a class we will read the story ‘The Queen of Darkness’ by Philip Pullman and ‘What the Romans Did for Us’.
MATHS
In mathematics, we will continue to work on our calculation skills for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also continue to work on our recall of times-table facts up to 12 x 12. It would be great if you could encourage the children to continue to work on these at home using Times Table Rockstars. Please check out our class page for games and activities to support the learning in class.
Following discussions at parents’ evening, to support the children with their problem solving skills why not take a look at the daily challenges for BARVEMBER!
Week 1:
More to follow!
TOPIC
Our topic for this term is the ‘Gladiators Ready’ which a brilliant topic that the children will love! We will be learning all about what the Romans did for us and their invasion of Britain!
In Science, the children will start their first topic on Animals and Humans! This will include learning all about healthy eating, the skeleton and muscles, teeth and looking after ourselves. In our DT sessions, we will be cooking up a storm of spaghetti Bolognese – this will include beef, vegetarian and meat options. At the end of the term, we would love for the children to compete in a ‘Rocky Roman Road off!’ in the style of The Great British Bake Off. Miss Evans may even dress up as Mary Berry!
Our PE sessions will be on a Wednesday afternoon with Miss Evans Thursday afternoon with our P.E. coach. All of our lessons this half term will be focused on Gymnastic and preparation for forthcoming sporting events at Wreake Valley.
Please continue to encourage your children to read on a regular basis at home and we will send some further information about homework projects that you can take part in if you choose.
If you have any questions or worries, please do not hesitate to speak to us – we are more than happy to help.
The following titles are related to our Extreme Earth Topic!
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Homework this term is designed to:
Homework to be completed weekly:
Our topic for the next term is Extreme Earth which is Geography based and will look at layers of the Earth, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and extreme weather. Here are some examples of some creative work to support your child’s learning:
In class, we have been learning all about place value in class and these are some great games to support your learning.
In class, we have been learning to use the formal column method for addition and subtraction as well as developing our knowledge about the inverse. Try out some of these games to help with rapid recall of facts:
