A warm welcome to our class. We are really looking forward to continuing  collaborating with you and your child. Our topics this half term are - 

‘Arthur and The Golden Rope – Joe Todd Stanton,’ an adventure story.

This will form the basis of our English work for the first few weeks followed by ‘Ask Dr Fisher about Animals -Claire Llewellyn.’ This is a lovely text which uses letters to tell the story.

We will be working on spellings from Spelling shed and Year 3/4 common exception words. These will be given as homework each week alongside math’s work on Times Tables Rock Stars. As you are aware at the end of Year 4, we have the multiplication tables check. More information will be sent out later this term.  

PLEASE use every opportunity to practice multiplication facts from 2 – 12. Children should be encouraged to have instant recall of these facts so any activities will help them. We will continue our Maths work by continuing to study length and perimeter and then fractions.

In Geography we will continue finding out about rivers, mountains, and the water cycle in our project ‘Misty Mountain Winding River.’

In Science we will be learning about Plant Nutrition and Reproduction. We will also be talking about Safety and the Changing body in PSHE and learning Spanish vocabulary.

In RE we will complete our work to answer  the BIG question – ‘What do Hindus Believe God is like?’ this will lead us into our build up to Easter celebrations when we look at ‘When Jesus Left; What was the impact of Pentecost?’ 

We ask children to bring reading books into school every day. This sits alongside our ‘Buzz Books’ which children can also borrow and read at home. We will visit the library to change books.

Please share any book your child brings home even if they have chosen something which is above their reading age- enjoy the story together.

We are incredibly lucky to have additional support from Mrs Shanahan, Miss Hunt and Mrs Langler. These ladies help with reading, spelling and support any children who find the school day a challenge.

We have already begun a magnificent year with children making lots of progress across the curriculum.