Koala (Year 4)
Summer 2
English
In English this term, we will be reading a chapter book called 'Lob': He's older than anyone can tell. Older than the trees. Older than anybody. For as long as she can remember, Lucy has wanted to catch a glimpse of the mysterious green man who lives in Grandpa Will's garden: Lob.
Writing opportunities include: instructions, writing in role, letter and newspaper writing, writing a persuasive speech.
Grammar topics will be a discrete hour lesson once a week. This will include: past tense, prefixes, plural possessive apostrophes, subordinate clauses and organisational devices.
Mathematics:
In mathematics this term, children will be working through the Money, Time, Statistics and Position and Direction topics. This will include: estimate with money, calculate with money, solve problems with money, years, months, weeks and days, hours, minutes and seconds, convert between analogue and digital times, convert to the 24 hour clock, understand angles as turns, identify angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, and lines of symmetry.
Each week, the class will get a chance to use Times Tables Rock Stars at school, as mental calculations are so important in all aspects of mathematics! Children can also use this website at home to develop their efficiency and accuracy in times tables.
Topic - Geography: The Peak District
Science: Living Things and their Habitats
Computing: Data Logging
D&T: Electrical games/ systems
RE: Why do some people think life is a journey?
PSHE: Changing Me
French: In the Classroom
Music: Violins/ Charanga.
PE will take place twice a week: Monday with Mr Dickinson and Wednesday afternoons. Children need to wear their PE kits on these days. Forest School will take place regularly throughout the term: a list of dates will be made available as and when required.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned to school the following Wednesday to be marked as a whole class. The children should complete their work in their homework book. Homework will be arithmetic or calculations practice and reading comprehension. All homework is discussed with the children before they take it home. However, if your child is unsure what to do, please encourage them to ask the class teacher for help before it is due in.
The children should all be reading regularly at home, particularly if they are not confident readers. It is useful if children are discussing their reading with an adult to develop their comprehension and discussion skills and filling in their reading records with comments about what they are reading. The children are welcome to bring in a suitable reading book from home if they wish.
In addition to this, children have access to Spelling Shed, an online website where they have access to their weekly spellings, ready for the spelling test on a Wednesday.
Summer 1
Mrs Regan will be taking over from Mrs Walker this term, due to maternity leave, and has many different ideas to bring to year 4. In the summer term, Mrs Regan will be creating a mini outdoor garden with the class. This will also involve fundraising for paint, plants and a bird table!
English
In English this term, we will be reading a picture book called 'One Plastic Bag': 'Discover the inspiring true story of Isatou Ceesay, an African woman who started a recycling movement to combat the pollution caused by plastic bags in her community. This powerful and moving book showcases the impact of one person's determination in creating positive change. It highlights the urgent need to address the plastic pollution crisis and encourages readers to take action to make a difference in their own communities.
Writing opportunities include: writing a non-fiction fact file about plastic, writing a poem, descriptive writing, writing a persuasive letter, researching Isatou Ceesay, and creating an advertising campaign.
Grammar topics will be a discrete hour lesson once a week. This will include: verb inflections, conjunctions to express time and cause, suffixes, possessive apostrophes and paragraphs.
Mathematics:
In mathematics this term, children will be working through the Decimals units and Money. This includes: subtract from whole amounts, subtract from mixed numbers, tenths as fractions, tenths as decimals, tenths on a place value chart, tenths on a number line, divide a 1-digit and 2-digit number by 10, hundredths as fractions and decimals, hundredths on a place value chart, divide a 1-digit or 2-digit number by 100, make a whole with tenths and hundredths, partition decimals, compare and order decimals, round to the nearest whole number, halves and quarters, write money using decimals, convert between pounds and pence, and compare amounts of money.
Each week, the class will get a chance to use Times Tables Rock Stars at school, as mental calculations are so important in all aspects of mathematics! Children can also use this website at home to develop their efficiency and accuracy in times tables.
Topic - Geography: Plastic Pollution
Science: Living Things and their Habitats
Computing: Audio production
D&T: Plastic products
RE: Why are festivals important to religious communities?
PSHE: Relationships
French: In the Classroom
Music: Violins/ Charanga.
PE will take place twice a week: Monday with Mr Dickinson and Wednesday afternoons. Children need to wear their PE kits on these days. Forest School will take place regularly throughout the term: a list of dates will be made available as and when required.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned to school the following Wednesday to be marked as a whole class. The children should complete their work in their homework book. Homework will be arithmetic or calculations practice and reading comprehension. All homework is discussed with the children before they take it home. However, if your child is unsure what to do, please encourage them to ask the class teacher for help before it is due in.
The children should all be reading regularly at home, particularly if they are not confident readers. It is useful if children are discussing their reading with an adult to develop their comprehension and discussion skills and filling in their reading records with comments about what they are reading. The children are welcome to bring in a suitable reading book from home if they wish.
In addition to this, children have access to Spelling Shed, an online website where they have access to their weekly spellings, ready for the spelling test on a Wednesday.
Kingswood Information
Term 6 spellings
Term 5 spellings
Term 4 spellings
Spring 2
English
In English this term, we will be reading a chapter book called 'The Wild Robot': it is the story of Roz, a newly manufactured robot who becomes a castaway on an island with no human inhabitants when the ship transporting her sinks during a hurricane. The other crates holding the robot cargo are destroyed, but Roz remains the sole survivor.
Grammar topics will continue to be taught as starters five times a week. This term, we will be looking at: determiners, word families, prepositional phrases, present verb tense and inverted commas.
Mathematics:
In mathematics this term, children will be working through the Length and Perimeter, and Fractions units of White Rose Maths. This includes: equivalent lengths (kilometres and metres), perimeter on a grid, perimeter of a rectangle, perimeter of rectilinear shapes, finding missing lengths in rectilinear shapes, calculating the perimeter of rectilinear shapes, perimeter of regular polygons, understand the whole, count beyond 1, partition a mixed number, number lines with mixed numbers, comparing and ordering mixed numbers, understanding improper fractions, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa, equivalent fractions on a number line, equivalent fraction families, adding two or more fractions, subtracting two fractions. In lessons, children will have the opportunity to practise the 'fluency' of each concept before moving onto reasoning and problem solving.
Each week, the class will get a chance to use Times Tables Rock Stars at school, as mental calculations are so important in all aspects of mathematics! Children can also use this website at home to develop their efficiency and accuracy in times tables.
Topic - Geography: Mountains
Science: Electricity
Computing: Repetition in shapes
D&T: WWII art, Blitz pictures, WWII posters
RE: What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and what is wrong?
PSHE: Relationships
French: La Famille
Music: Violins/ Charanga.
PE will take place twice a week: Monday with Mr Dickinson and Wednesday afternoons. Children need to wear their PE kits on these days. Forest School will take place regularly throughout the term: a list of dates will be made available as and when required.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned to school the following Thursday to be marked as a whole class. The children should complete their work in their homework book. Homework will be arithmetic or calculations practice and reading comprehension. All homework is discussed with the children before they take it home. However, if your child is unsure what to do, please encourage them to ask the class teacher for help before it is due in.
The children should all be reading regularly at home, particularly if they are not confident readers. It is useful if children are discussing their reading with an adult to develop their comprehension and discussion skills and filling in their reading records with comments about what they are reading. The children are welcome to bring in a suitable reading book from home if they wish.
In addition to this, children have access to Spelling Shed, an online website where they have access to their weekly spellings, ready for the spelling test on a Wednesday.
Spring 1
English
In English this term, we will be reading a picture book called 'The King who Banned the Dark', when a little boy grows up to be King, he decides to use his power to tackle his fear of the dark by banning it.
Grammar topics will continue to be taught as starters five times a week. This term, we will be looking at: adjectives, homophones, commas after fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases, editing and evaluating.
Mathematics:
In mathematics this term, children will be working through the Multiplication and Division, and Length and Perimeter units of White Rose Maths. This includes: factor pairs, multiply by 10 and 100, divide by 10 and 100, related facts, multiply a 2-digit/ 3-digit number by a 1-digit number, correspondence problems, efficient multiplication, measure in kilometres and metres, equivalent lengths, perimeter on a grid, perimeter of rectilinear shapes, find missing lengths in rectilinear shapes, and perimeter of regular polygons. In lessons, children will have the opportunity to practise the 'fluency' of each concept before moving onto reasoning and problem solving.
Each week, the class will get a chance to use Times Tables Rock Stars at school, as mental calculations are so important in all aspects of mathematics! Children can also use this website at home to develop their efficiency and accuracy in times tables.
Topic - History: World War II
Science: Sound
Computing: Audio production
D&T: WWII art, Blitz pictures, WWII posters
RE: What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?
PSHE: Dreams and Goals
French: La Famille
Music: Violins/ Charanga.
PE will take place twice a week: Monday with Mr Dickinson and Wednesday afternoons. Children need to wear their PE kits on these days. Forest School will take place regularly throughout the term: a list of dates will be made available as and when required.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned to school the following Thursday to be marked as a whole class. The children should complete their work in their homework book. Homework will be arithmetic or calculations practice and reading comprehension. All homework is discussed with the children before they take it home. However, if your child is unsure what to do, please encourage them to ask the class teacher for help before it is due in.
The children should all be reading regularly at home, particularly if they are not confident readers. It is useful if children are discussing their reading with an adult to develop their comprehension and discussion skills and filling in their reading records with comments about what they are reading. The children are welcome to bring in a suitable reading book from home if they wish.
Autumn 2
English
In English this term, we will be reading a picture book called 'The Comet': when Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts to glow and grow, Nyla can't resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before... but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel at home.
Grammar topics will continue to be taught once a week as a discrete lesson (possessive pronouns, fronted adverbials, prepositions to express time and cause, plural and possessive -s, and commas)) and as starters five times a week. This term, we will be looking at concepts from year 3 and recapping these.
Finally, spellings will be taught three times a week both in the morning and after lunch, with all practising and testing completed within school.
Mathematics:
In mathematics this term, children will be working through the Addition and Subtraction, Area and Multiplication and Division units of White Rose Maths. This includes: efficient subtraction, estimate answers, checking strategies, what is areas?, counting squares, making shapes, comparing areas, multiples of 3, multiply and divide by 6, multiply and divide by 9, multiply and divide by 7, 11- and 12- times table and division facts, multiply by 1 and 0, divide a number by 1 and itself, multiply 3 numbers. In lessons, children will have the opportunity to practise the 'fluency' of each concept before moving onto reasoning and problem solving.
Each week, the class will get a chance to use Times Tables Rock Stars at school, as mental calculations are so important in all aspects of mathematics! Children can also use this website at home to develop their efficiency and accuracy in times tables.
Topic - History: Anglo Saxons;
Science: Animals, including Humans (the digestive system and teeth);
Computing: use of Scratch coding program;
D&T: Anglo Saxon houses;
RE: What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?
PSHE: Celebrating Difference
French: Presenting Myself;
Music: Violins/ Charanga.
PE will take place twice a week: Monday with Mr Dickinson and Wednesday afternoons. Children need to wear their PE kits on these days. Forest School will take place regularly throughout the term: a list of dates will be made available as and when required.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned to school the following Thursday to be marked as a whole class. The children should complete their work in their homework book. Homework will be arithmetic or calculations practice and reading comprehension. All homework is discussed with the children before they take it home. However, if your child is unsure what to do, please encourage them to ask the class teacher for help before it is due in.
The children should all be reading regularly at home, particularly if they are not confident readers. It is useful if children are discussing their reading with an adult to develop their comprehension and discussion skills and filling in their reading records with comments about what they are reading. The children are welcome to bring in a suitable reading book from home if they wish.
Meet the Teacher PPT
Autumn Term 1
I hope that you all had a relaxing and safe six weeks holiday and are ready for the new school term! I am really excited to be meeting and teaching you all :). This year, the children will have Mrs Walker and Mr Murray. On a Friday (either morning or afternoon - this will alternate each term), Mrs Regan will be teaching core topics, such as spellings, grammar and writing skills. We have so much to get through this year and will be starting as we mean to go on!
English:
In English this term, we will be reading a chapter book called 'The Boy at the Back of the Class': this book offers a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense.
Grammar topics will be taught once a week as a discrete lesson (singular and plural nouns; pronouns; standard English; compound words; adverbs to express time and cause) and as starters five times a week. This term, we will be looking at concepts from year 3 and recapping these.
Finally, spellings will be taught three times a week both in the morning and after lunch, with all practising and testing completed within school. We will be looking at the following spelling rules:
- words ending in -sure
- year 3 and 4 spelling words
- possessive apostrophe with singular proper nouns
- homophones.
Mathematics:
In mathematics this term, children will be working through the Place Value unit and Addition and Subtraction unit of White Rose Maths. This includes: representing numbers to 1000 and 10000; partitioning numbers; using number lines; Roman numerals; rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000; add and subtracting four digit numbers; estimating numbers. In lessons, children will have the opportunity to practise the 'fluency' of each concept before moving onto reasoning and problem solving.
Each week, the class will get a chance to use Times Tables Rock Stars at school, as mental calculations are so important in all aspects of mathematics! Children can also use this website at home to develop their efficiency and accuracy in times tables.
Topic - Geography: Ancient Egyptians;
Science: States of Matter;
Computing: Computer Systems and Networks - the Internet
Art: Canopic jars and lids (children need to remember to bring in an old t-shirt or apron);
RE: How do people from religious and non-religious communities celebrate key festivals?
PSHE: Being Me (goals and aspirations);
French: Presenting Myself;
Music: Violins/ Charanga.
PE will take place twice a week: Monday with Mr Dickinson and Wednesday afternoons. Children need to wear their PE kits on these days. Forest School will take place regularly throughout the term: a list of dates will be made available as and when required.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday to be returned to school the following Thursday to be marked as a whole class. The children should complete their work in their homework book. Homework will be arithmetic or calculations practice and reading comprehension. All homework is discussed with the children before they take it home. However, if your child is unsure what to do, please encourage them to ask the class teacher for help before it is due in.
The children should all be reading regularly at home, particularly if they are not confident readers. It is useful if children are discussing their reading with an adult to develop their comprehension and discussion skills and filling in their reading records with comments about what they are reading. The children are welcome to bring in a suitable reading book from home if they wish.
Mathematics
- https://ttrockstars.com/ - Remember to look in your home learning books if you cannot remember your login.
- http://www.snappymaths.com/year6/ - Range of different worksheets to complete.
- Maths at Home - Oxford Owl for Home
Reading
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ A free e-book library for all primary age children.
- https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ A free game for children who would benefit from additional practice of phonics, segmenting and blending. The children love it!
- Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 | School Reading List A list of books recommended for 10 and 11-year-olds. If required, look at both the year 5 and year 7 lists for decreased or increased ability.
Writing and spellings, grammar and punctuation (GPS)
- https://www.pobble365.com/ - Fantastic resources for creative writing with questions relating to a daily image.
- https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html - A wide range of resources to complement creative writing.
Topic
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8 Watch and join in with PE with Joe Wickes, the Body Coach, live on YouTube daily to help keep you active.
- https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/activities - Science experiments that can be completed at home, linked by topic. Why not try electricity or light experiments?
- https://www.stem.org.uk/ - A range of different activities to complete at home.