Our Topic this term is: Misty Mountain, Winding River

We will be learning about mountains and rivers 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 Fractions, the pupils will be introduced to mixed numbers and improper fractions. Then we will move onto decimals where we look at tenths, hundredths and learning to divide by 10 and 100. It is of particular importance for children to continue 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 King of the Cloud Forest by Michael Morpurgo with the aim of writing a five part story including an opening, build up, problem, resolution and ending . Reading books should be in school every day but will be changed on a Friday.

RHSE

In RSHE, we will be learning about how can our choices make a difference to others and the environment.  We will look at how we can protect the environment and be compassionate towards animals.

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Science

In Science, we will be studying Grouping and Classifying. This project teaches children about grouping living things, known as classification. They study the animal and plant kingdoms and use and create classification keys to identify living things.

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Music

We will continue to use our music platform, Charanga, This unit is built around the song Lean On Me, giving children the chance to enjoy singing, playing instruments, improvising and composing in a fun, practical way.

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PE

This half term we will be teaching the children symmetry, balance, travel and accuracy, power, distance 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

 The children will learn about the important Easter stories — Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, Good Friday and Easter Sunday — and explore what happened during each event. They will discover why these moments matter to Christians and how they show themes such as love, forgiveness and hope.

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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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