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Autumn Term |
Page updated 7th October 2022 |
The children have had a fantastic start to the year and have all settled in to Year 4 brilliantly. Please see below for a summary of our learning so far this half term.
Reading
In English, we have been reading ‘The Princess who Hid in a Tree’ where we have been predicting what might happen from details stated and implied. We have also been drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and justifying inferences with evidence. We are unbelievably excited to get the opportunity to have a Zoom call with the author Jackie Holderness! We have lots of exciting questions to ask and look forward to finding out what it is like to be an author.
Writing
In Writing, we have been reading ‘Beowulf’. Throughout this unit, we have used figurative language such as similes and alliteration to build a picture in the readers head. We have also begun to use inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech. The legend of Beowulf also makes interesting cross curricular links to our upcoming unit on the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England.
Maths
Throughout Year 4, we will all be working incredibly hard to learn our times tables in preparation for the Multiplication Tables Check in the Summer term. To support this, we have been visually representing times tables in a variety of ways to include multiple representations, models and images to support learning. If you would like to extend your learning further at home, please feel free to use your Wonde login to access Education City, Times Table Rock Stars or access www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check
In addition, we have also been recognising the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number and using this to understanding to add numbers with up to 4 digits using column addition.
Science
In Science, we started our ‘States of Matter’ unit by sorting materials into different states and describing the properties of solids, liquids and gases. We then played the part of particles and organised ourselves into the three states of matter.
If you like a challenge, please help us work out if slime is a solid or a liquid.
Geography
In Geography, we are trying to answer the question ‘Is the Costa Blanca a world away from our local area?’
To launch our topic, Warren had hidden his treasure around Europe and needed our help to locate it. To help Warren find his treasure, we had to use a range of geographical skills, maps and atlases to:
• locate Europe’s environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries and capital cities.
• identify the oceans bordering Europe
• identify features using the four points of a compass
To support our findings, we included symbols and a key to show the different features on a map of Europe.
Art
In Art, we have been learning about the work of Carol Sabo. We have made links to our Geography topic and have enjoyed developing our skills to create a watercolour postcard from Costa Blanca. We will be starting by experimenting with adding black and white to colours to create tints, tones and shade. After that, we will practise two watercolour techniques – wet on wet and wet on dry before working towards our final piece.
Computing
During our Computing sessions, we have recapped the features of the Scratch environment before decomposing a working game together as a class. We have started to utilise the PRIMM strategy to promotes Predicting, Running, Investigating and Modifying code before Making something.
Music
In Year 4, we are extremely lucky to have the opportunity to work with the Hampshire Music Service where we have been learning to play African drums. We look forward to inviting family and friends in soon to watch us in action.
Spanish
In Spanish, we have been learning to say what pets we have, to describe our pets and say what animals we like.
Cosmic
Every Wednesday morning, our children experience our Cosmic curriculum.
See our Long Term plans to find out which topics are being covered each half-term.