Welcome to Sycamore class!
Homework
Reading
Children should be reading every night at home for at least 10 to 15 minutes. Their homework diary should be signed and brought into school EVERYDAY and will be checked frequently. Children can read a book from school or a book from home. Some children will be given extra phonics support and work to complete at home.
Spellings
New spellings will be given on Wednesday and there will be a dictation session on the following Thursday.
Maths
The children should be completing their math’s timestable sheet given to them each day at home time. This is monitored by Miss Arian. The children should also be going onto TT Rockstars and White Rose Infinity for extra practice so that they are ready for the upcoming Times Tables Check in June.
Friday Homework
The children will also be given additional homework on an A4 sheet. This will be handed out on a Friday and is due in on a Wednesday. It will focus on Maths and English skills they have been learning throughout the last two weeks and it will include any QR codes and links to White Rose Infinity Quizzes which the children can access.
PE
The children have PE on Wednesday and Thursday this term. Children need a full PE kit on these days which includes blue Dallam top, black shorts and suitable trainers. Please ensure your child has a hat with them during the summer months and suncream when needed.
English
This term, we will be focusing on writing narrative based on the book ‘Gorilla’ by Anthony Browne.
Some key aspects of this unit we will be focusing on are:
Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases.
Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition.
Use fronted adverbials.
Organise paragraphs around a theme (to organise and sequence more extended narrative structures.)
Use commas after fronted adverbials.
Class Novel
The children have really been enjoying reading this book called ‘Alien in the Jam Factory’ by Chrissie Sains.
The children have an opportunity to read everyday and as a class we read a wide range of texts. We have an enormous school library and class library filled with the latest books to suit the childrens interests and needs. We encourage the children to discuss books with confidence and explore a range of genres and authors.
Below is a useful website, which will show you a range of Year 4 texts, which your child may enjoy.
Maths
During the Autumn, the children will be focusing on place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will be using lots of concrete materials, pictorial representations and looking at word problems and reasoning to improve our overall mathematical skills.
We now have access to White Rose Maths infinity and so the children can log in with the school code DQG-VHY and quiz pin which will then allow them to access quizzes which are designed to target their individual needs.
Please find the following websites below that may be useful for your child:
Science
This term the children will be learning about two topics states of matter and animals including humans.
During these topics, they will explore solids, liquids and gases.
Look at food chains, diet and teeth.
Here are some websites which could further support your childs learning at home.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82
History
Who happened when the Romans left?
This is such a fun topic that the children will enjoy. This term we will be looking at Viking invasions and Anglo Saxon battles. An important figure at this time was Alfred the Great and battled against the Vikings.
Here is our knowledge organiser- this is what the children will learn throughout the topic and key information we will focus on.
Geography
What might I find in Europe?
We will be focusing on the climate, physical and human features within Europe. We will also look at the continents and countries.
Here is the knowledge organiser which details what we will cover during this topic.
Other Subjects
RE –
Christianity-
How and why might Christians use the bible?
Hinduism-
What might Hindus learn from celebrating Diwali?
PSHE–
Our topics for Autumn are being in my world and Celebrating differences.
We deliver these sessions through our Jigsaw scheme and focus on relationships between friends, conflict and respect.
Music–
We are looking at tempo, dynamics, pitch and structure during this term.
Samba music is the key theme.
Art–
We will focusing on developing our drawing skills.
Design and Technology–
We will be making mechanical sling shot cars and creating book sleeves.
Spanish
The topic for Spanish this term is colours and numbers.
Computing–
The topic this term is collaborative learning and coding with Scratch.