Millennium

Please can you collect any clean tin cans and foil to use for English next term. We will be making settings in a box in groups so please keep aside any shoe box sized boxes.

Our Learning this week:

Maths-Recognising and using non unit fractions in different representations.

Revision of previous learning on Topmarks (free games) and Matheletics will be useful as a basis.

English-We will be continuing our focus book focusing on contrasting settings.

Topic-We will be continuing our rainforest topic- looking at plants and medicines.

Science-We will be looking at food chains.

Parent’s Evening Dates are:

Millennium-Thursday 12th 4.30pm until 7.30pm and Tuesday 17th March 4.30pm until 7.30pm

Southwark-Thursday until 4-5pm, Tuesday 17th until 4.30pm-8pm and Thursday 19th 4pm until 5pm.

Letters will go home after half term.

Our learning this week:

Maths-We will be multiplying by TU and HTU using formal written methods. See examples below if you would like to support your child with this learning.Written methods for multiplication

English-We are beginning a new book following the Power of Reading scheme. We will be explore the story in depth responding to the illustrations and word choices. we will not be revealing the title of the book but have included a snippet for your interest. The children have been enjoying guessing what the title may be.

Science-We will be using a classification key to classify animals. We have been finding out about key scientists such as Carl Linnaeus

http://https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks2-the-work-of-carl-linnaeus/zhnjf4j

Topic-We will be investigating life in a rain forest for it’s native inhabitants.

Parent Evening forms will go out this week.

Thank you to Ranger Russ who had a successful visit with his animal friends.

Our Learning this week:

Maths-We will be learning and reasoning about multiplying and dividing by 11 and 12. We will also multiply 3 numbers and find out what factor pairs are.

English-We will be looking at rain forest themed poems before starting a persuasive writing unit about deforestation.

Geography-We will be learning about the negative and positive impacts of deforestation.

Science-We will be collecting, investigating and classifying animals and plants we find in our school environment.

Our Learning This Week:

Maths-We will be learning to describe movements of coordinates on a grid as translations. We will then be multiplying and dividing by 6 and 9.

There are many online games your child can play to consolidate this learning. We have used these websites in class:

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/469/Coordinates-Alien-Attack

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L350/index.html

English-We will be learning to understand and infer a poet’s motivation using the poem-For forest by Grace Nichols. We will be performing our own version of the poem and exploring our likes and dislikes with poems around the rain forest theme.

https://clpe.org.uk/poetryline/poems/forest

Topic-We will be looking at the climate in a rain forest.

Science-A part of our Science and Geography topics we will be  having an exciting visitor to spend an afternoon or morning with each class. Ranger Russ brings a variety of animals from rain forest habitats to share with the children. For more information see the attached letter which will be going home on Monday. 

ranger russ letter

For more information take a look at Ranger Russ’ website

http://www.rangerruss.co.uk/

Dates for the diary:

Parents Evening will take place on Thursday 12th and Tuesday 17th March

Our Learning This Week:

Maths-We will be recognising, comparing and ordering angles to 180 degrees using the vocabulary acute, obtuse and right-angles. Children will continue to revise the properties and vocabulary associated with 2-d shapes. For example, perpendicular, parallel, quadrilateral,adjacent,diagonal,bisect,polygon.

There are many online games your child can play to consolidate this learning. We have used these websites in class:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/geometry/shapeshoot/QuadShapesShoot.htm

http://www.snappymaths.com/other/shapeandspace/2dshapes/interactive/quadrilaterals/quadrilaterals.htm

English-We will be writing from the perspective of the robin from the video stimulus. see below.

https://www.literacyshed.com/cominghome.html

Topic-We are starting our Geography unit-The Rainforest by finding out where in the world rainforests can be found and discovering more about a boy’s life in an  Ecuadorian rainforest

R.E-During P.P.A, with Miss Symes, children will be learning about bible stories. Children have been invited to share their personal bibles if they wish.

I.C.T-During P.P.A, with Mrs Forde, children will be learning about Logo.

Reminders:

P.E will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays-Children will need their full p.e kit including tracksuit bottoms or leggings for outside P.E.

Daily Reading at home is essential. Please sign your child’s book to show this is happening.

Homework will continue to be given out on a Friday to be completed for the following Friday. All children are expected to complete homework unless this is prearranged with their class teacher.

Happy New Year and many thanks for our thoughtful Christmas presents from the Year Four Team.