Our Topic this term is: Misty Mountain, Winding River

We will be learning about Invaders in our topic. Our curriculum takes the form of mini projects which really allows us to look at the subject in depth. This project teaches the characteristics and features of rivers and mountain ranges around the world, including a detailed exploration of the ecosystems and processes that shape them and the land around them. We hope the children will be captivated by the challenges of the mini projects and are looking forward to our new topic.

These activities are for you to do at home with an adult. You can do all of them or choose the ones that you find most interesting.

At home, children can take part in fun, practical activities such as:

These activities encourage children to observe, build, draw, and explain what they have learned, helping them understand how the natural world works in an exciting and hands-on way.

• • Making simple river and mountain models

  • Discovering how water shapes the land

  • Learning about animals and plants that live in rivers and mountains

  • Exploring how weather and erosion change landscapes over time

  • Finding out why rivers and mountains are important to people

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Maths

In Maths, we will move onto working on to methods of Multiplication and Division, doing this both mentally and using more formal written methods. This will be an important area of Maths for the children and we will be working hard on learning the tables they do not know. By now most should be fluent with 2,3,4,5,8 and 10 times tables. Now, we will work on learning the 6,7,9,11 and 12 times tables. It is of particular importance for children to practise their times tables on TTRockstars regularly, especially the soundchecks which reflect the Multiplication Check that all Year 4 pupils nationally complete towards the end of Year 4.

The link to their site with home learning and advice on can be found here:

https://whiterosemaths.com/advice-and-guidance

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Here is an overview of the year. 

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Reading & Writing

In English, we will be reading Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis with the aim of writing a non chronological report and letter. Reading books should be in school every day but will be changed on a Friday.

RHSE

In RSHE, we will be learning about how to manage our feelings, considering the  feelings we may have and what strategies we can adopt to help us with those feelings.

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Science

In Science, we will be studying States of Matter. This project teaches children about solids, liquids and gases and their characteristic properties. They observe how materials change state as they are heated and cooled, and learn key terminology associated with these processes.

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Music

We will continue to use our music platform, Charanga, which the children seem to be thoroughly enjoying. This half term, we will learn how to play the glockenspiel. We will be learning musical notation and composing our own music using the notes D E and F

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PE

This half term we will be teaching the children throw, prepare, catch and react, roll, retrieve from our Beyond the Physical scheme; they will need to come in their P.E. kits on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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Design and Technology

In Design and Technology, we will be learning all about functional and fancy fabrics. This project teaches children about home furnishings and the significant designer William Morris. They learn techniques for decorating fabric, including block printing, hemming and embroidery and use them to design and make a fabric sample.​

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​​​Art and Design

In Art and Design we will be studying the techniques that artists use when composing landscape images, such as colour and atmosphere.

 

RE

This project teaches children that a spiritual teacher is known as a ‘guru’ in ‘Sikhi’, The first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhi was Guru Nanak. They will learn the values that Guru Nanak teach and how his teachings and the other Gurus still inspire Sikhs today. 

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Homework

Homework:

Reading books are changed weekly, every Friday. Home readers should be returned on a Thursday so there is time to sort new books

Times table worksheet goes home every Friday and should be returned on Monday

On seesaw we have the kahoot quiz and spellings 

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Please contact us if you have any problems accessing or completing homework​​

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Library will be on a Monday

PE will be Tuesdays and Fridays

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