Year 4 Week Commencing 9th March
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Maths – We will be subtracting fractions from whole amounts, finding fractions of a quantity and then using fractions to calculate quantities.
English – This half term, we shall be continuing our fantastic text (the title will be revealed to children only this week!) We will be editing our continuations of the story, reading the next 2 pages and responding to the next set of illustrations, thinking about our likes, dislikes and any puzzles and patterns. We will be focusing on editing our work this week, spotting errors in punctuation and spelling and continuing to think about handwriting with neat diagonal and horizontal joins.
Science – We are beginning a unit on teeth and digestion. If any family has connections with a dentist, dental nurse please let us know as we would love to make links to support your child’s learning.
Geography-We will be exploring caring for the environment through the story ‘The Lorax’ by Dr Seuss. We will then be focusing on one particular rainforest plant and looking at the journey from seed to the shops.
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Parents evening – 12th and 17th March 2020
Week beginning 2nd March 2020
[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#f9fd7b" ]Dear Parents
Please note that instead of Family Friday this month, we will be hosting a Booky Breakfast on Thursday, 5th March . So please join us from 8.30am - 9.00am. Don't forget to bring your favourite book to share.
Kind Regards,
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[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#42eaf6" ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Gingerbreadman
This week the children will bring the story to life when they bake their own Gingerbreadmen and explore new possibilities for this much-loved character. What adventures will he have next?
WORLD BOOK DAY: Thursday, 5th March 2020. Please join us from 8.30-9.00am for a Booky Breakfast. Bring a favourite book to share and read.
MATHS: This week we focus on comparing and composition skills for numbers within 10 to develop their understanding of addition and subtraction, using the part whole model method. [/dropshadowbox]
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My Favourite Traditional Tale
A traditional tale is a story that has been told for many years, stories which parents and grandparents would have read about when they were very young too. Which is your favourite traditional tale? Can you draw a picture of your favourite traditional tale? Ask your adult to help you write a sentence about it.
READING BOOKS:
Please send in reading books , diaries and word lists on group days. Please note that if a book is lost, we kindly ask that you please replace the book with a similar book as our stock of books are dwindling [/dropshadowbox]
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Thursday, 5th March: World Book Day – Please join us for a Booky Breakfast. Bring a favourite book to share
Friday, 6th March: Trip to theatre. Check notices on class doors
Thursday 12th and Tuesday 17th March: Parent evenings 4.00pm to 7.00pm
Friday, 3rd April: Last day of term
Monday, 20th April: School re-opens for Summer Term 1 [/dropshadowbox]
Week Beginning 2nd March 2020
Parents’ Evening will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020 and Tuesday 17th March 2020.
THURSDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2020
This year for World Book Day, children can decorate spoons and potatoes as book characters.
English – Writing
The children wrote a non-chronological report about minibeast. They all did very well, and we are extremely proud of them. Ask your child all about minibeast. 🙂
The Monkey Puzzle – Julia Donaldson
We are starting a new book this term. We will read the book and begin to understand the vocabulary used in the text and look at key phrases. We will then embed phrases and grammar.
Towards the end of the week, the children will group information about the mummy monkey.
Maths – Shape
- To recognise a third
- To understand unit fractions
- To understand non unit fractions
- To understand equivalence of ½ and 2/4
- To find ¾
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3rbg82/articles/zq2yfrd
-To find a third
– To understand unit fractions
A unit fraction is a fraction where the numerator (top number) is 1 and the denominator (bottom number) is a while number. The fractions below are unit fraction because the numerator is 1 and the denominator is a whole number.
– To understand non unit fractions
A non–unit fraction is a fraction where the numerator (the number on the top half of the fraction) is greater than 1.
These are examples of non-unit fractions because the numerator is greater than 1.
– To understand equivalence of ½ and 2/4
When two fractions are equivalent, this means they are the same in terms of shape and size, but are expressed using different numbers.
We will explore the relationship between 1/2 and 2/4. They are the same size but expressed in a different way.
-To find ¾
This is a non unit fraction because the numerator is greater than 1.
| Our new class read is The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse. We will also be learning some new reading skills as a whole class using ERIC. The children will build their repertoire of different reading skills through the year. |
When reading with your child, please use VIPERS when asking them questions on the book they are reading.
Below you will find a list of possible questions to help you with conversations about your child’s reading. They are not intended to be used all at once or every time you read with your child. Use them at your discretion and where they are appropriate. Happy Reading.
Questions to ask before you read
- Can you look at the pictures and predict what you think will happen in this book?
- What makes you think that?
- What characters do you think might be in our story?
- Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why or why not?
- Does the topic/story relate to you or your family? How?
Questions to ask during the reading
- What do you think will happen next?
- What can you tell me about the story so far?
- Can you predict how the story will end?
- Why do you think the character did _______?
- What would you have done if you were the character?
- How would you have felt if you were the character? (use different characters)
- As I read____________, it made me picture________ in my head. What pictures do you see in your head?
- As you read, what are you wondering about?
- Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words?
Questions to ask after reading
- Can you remember the title?
- In your opinion, was it a good title for this book? Why or why not?
- Were your predictions about the story correct?
- If there was a problem, did it get solved?
- What happened because of the problem?
- Why do you think the author wrote this book?
- What is the most important point the author is trying to make in his writing?
- What was your favorite part of the story?
- If you could change one thing in the story, what would it be?
- Can you retell the story in order?
- If you were __________, how would you have felt?
- What is the most interesting situation in the story?
- Is there a character in the story like you? How are you alike?
- Why did you like this book?
To understand a woodland habitat. Children will look at the features of a woodland habitat and compare it to an ocean habitat.
Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are photographers is the name of our new unit. In this unit, the children review photos online, practise using a digital camera, take photos to fit a given theme, edit their photos, and then select their best images. Children will also select images to create a comic.
Is your child an author?
If yes, head over to Grant Koper’s website. Your child has the opportunity to have their story published on his website and their story read out of YouTube by Grant himself!!!
Week Beginning 2nd March, 2020
Dear Parents!
Welcome to our Spring 2nd Half Term! Our new Topic is called ‘Its Raining! It’s Pouring! and focusses on weather conditions and patterns.
Our Mathletics Champions for this week are…
Super Mathlete
Lambeth Class : Yusuf ( 11.080 points) and Hasan ( 2236 points)
Vauxhall Class : Afia ( 5030 points) and Ishmael ( 5000 points)
Gold award
Lambeth Class :
Vauxhall Class :Ishmael
Silver award
Lambeth Class : Bonnie, Brady, Oliver, Hasan
Vauxhall Class :Ishmael, Oliver, Yigit Emre
Bronze Award
Lambeth Class :Aliyah x2, Luke, Carlotta, Yusuf x2, Mia, Brady, Olivier, Emily, Annalise x2, Hasan, Anaya, Mustafa, Kevin
Vauxhall Class : Ishmael, Yigit Emre, Hamza, Rayyan, Olivier, Freddie, Afia, Alesha, Fabeha, Millie, Naomi, Zachary, Kelcia,
Our topic for this term is called ‘ It’s Raining ! It’s Pouring ‘ and focuses on weather conditions and patterns.
Our learning this week…
English
We will then be focusing on poems and learn some weather / rain poems and perform them. Children will be talking about the features of the poem. Then they will be using their five senses to feel about the rain and describe the rain.
Mathematics
We will be learning division by grouping, sharing and with arrays.
Science
We continue to explore classification of animals – herbivores, carnivores and omnivores and also begin our learning about spring.
PE
Children will be continuing their learning about movement and balances – ‘Dynamic Balance to Agility’- jumping and landing as well as begin their learning about doing different rolls – log rolls, egg rolls, teddy bear rolls where they learn to use different parts of their bodies.
RE
We continue our learning about Christianity: We will be discussing lifestyles and celebration: Where do Christians go to worship?
ICT
We continue our learning about e -safety . Check out all the episodes on Think you know – Hector’s world
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/hectorsworld/Episode1/
Our topic is ‘We are collectors’. where we find images about space / animals using the web to help with our learning. Children will then copy and paste images into a word document.
Please support your child to use the mouse and keyboard as they need to develop this important skill.
PSHE
We revisit the Zones of Regulation. Your children are amazing at calming down using a range of breathing techniques. Please ask your child to demonstrate the hand breathing, lazy eight breathing, hexagonal breathing etc..
We will also continue developing friendships and how to be a good friend.
Music
Children learn to use voices expressively and creatively. They will also develop an understanding of rhythm and tempo.
Phonics
Please continue to practice sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them.
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.starfall.com
Homework
Please support your child to complete their homework and return on Wednesday 4th March, 2020 – Please continue to read with your child .
Dates for the Diary
Wednesday March 11th – Lambeth Library Trip //
Thursday March 5th – World Book Day //
March 12th / March 17th – Parents Evening //
March 24th 9:00 am- Phonics Screening Check Parents Information Meeting
Wednesday 1st April – PM Easter Parade
Week beginning 2nd March 2020 – World Book Day week
Well done for all your hard work in the first week back. Now, in such wonderful weather, one has no chance but to enjoy doing their homework. Should the wind have blown it away, here is a copy:
Please note some important messages:
- Swimming starts on Tuesday,
- PE days are now Monday and Thursday,
- World Book Day will be celebrated on Thursday,
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- Have fun creating your characters for World Book Day
- Parents Evenings are scheduled for the 12th and 17th March,
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- We will secure our knowledge of decimals by first identifying their place-value, then linking them to fractions, converting between them and then venturing into the thousandths before re-activating our rounding skills to round decimals up to two decimal places.
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- After finishing our travel brochure of Whitby, we will start our new, exciting topic of Greek Myths.
- There, we will read, act out and orally retell Pandora’s Box before exploring the key characters through interviews and developing a character profile.
Interested? Click the link to read: http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/textonly562-pandoras-box.html
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- We will reactivate our knowledge of Life-Cycles particularly the different stages of development to contrast them between animals and plants.
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- Art: We will continue exploring and developing Greek patterns and link them to pottery.
- Spanish: I can name fruits in Spanish.
- Geography will pause for some time and History will return.
- History: I can describe key aspects of life in Ancient Greece – Greek God’s and their relevance for everyday life (Mt. Olympus has got talent).
- ICT: I can apply my knowledge of programming to create a simple Scratch programme.
Year Four Weekly Blog Week Beginning 2nd March 2020
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Maths – We shall be looking at fractions greater than 1 as well as counting and sequencing fractions. Then we will be adding and subtracting fractions.
English – This half term, we shall be continuing our fantastic text (the title will be revealed to children only this week!) We will be hot seating the main character before writing in role. Our grammar focus will be commas in lists as well as after a fronted adverbial phrase and handwriting with neat diagonal and horizontal joins.
Science – We are beginning a unit on teeth and digestion. If any family has connections with a dentist, dental nurse please let us know as we would love to make links to support your child’s learning.
Geography-We will be exploring caring for the environment through the story ‘The Lorax’ by Dr Seuss. This will be our year group theme for World Book Day on Thursday 6th March.
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Parents evening – 12th and 17th March 2020
World Book Day-6th March
Week Beginning 2nd March
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on addition and subtraction. We will learn to add and subtract using formal written methods, estimate the answer to addition and subtraction calculations and check our work using inverses.
- In English we will learn about the features of letter writing before writing a letter in role as a character from Escape from Pompeii.
- In science we will continue our learning on fossils.
- In History we will plan a piece of writing about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii.
- In RE we will learn about why Hindus believe it is important to care for our world.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#36f2e6″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We are looking forward to seeing parents at our Parent-Teacher meetings on 12th and 17th March.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f236e1″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]World Book Day is on Thursday 5th March. Children will not be dressing up this year but they have been asked to bring a spoon or potato dressed as a book character.[/dropshadowbox]
Week beginning 2nd March 2020
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Maths – We shall be looking at ratio and proportion this week.
English – This half term, we shall be basing our lessons from the Andrew Matthews’ adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Using the story, as well as the modern rap retelling, we shall be: boxing up the key events and then writing a poem.
Science – We are continuing to write our explanation text about how the heart works.
History – We shall be finishing our double page biography spreads about Anne Frank.
PE – Our sessions this week are as follows:
Tuesdays – Gymnastics
Thursdays (Tower) /Fridays (QE2) – Pilates
Geography – To understand the use of Ordnance Survey symbols.
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Parents evening – 12th and 17th March 2020
Week beginning 24th February 2020
We hope that you have all had a lovely half term!
Our learning this week:
Maths – We shall be looking at ration and proportion, over the next two weeks.
English – First, we shall be editing our Holes substitution stories. Our next unit will be based on a Shakespeare classic, Romeo and Juliet. We shall be getting to know the story by completing story maps and hot-seating activities.
Science – We shall be continuing to write our explanation text about how the heart works.
History – Based on our independent research, we shall be writing a biography about Anne Frank.
PE – Swimming is now finished. Our Tuesday PE session will be gymnastics and our secon d session this week (Thursday for Tower and Friday for QE2) shall be boxercise.
Week beginning 24th February 2020
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Welcome back to school! We hope you enjoyed your half term break.
School starts again on Monday 24th February at 8.50am.
Kind Regards,
Reception Team
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[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#45eadf" ]THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:
SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales
LITERACY:
Book Focus: The Gingerbreadman
Phonics: Group Phonics will resume this week, reviewing previous sounds and focusing on speedy blending of cvc words
MATHS: This week we focus on counting and cardinality within 10
PE: Please return all PE kits to school, PE will resume this term and our focus this term is gymnastics. Please ensure that PE kits contain all required PE clothing
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[dropshadowbox align="none" effect="lifted-both" width="auto" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="20" border_color="#f6ef78" ]HOMEWORK: will be sent out on Friday
READING BOOKS & WORD LISTS: Please send in reading books, reading diaries and word lists on group days [/dropshadowbox]
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Monday, 24th February: Children return to school for Spring Term 2
Thursday, 5th March: World Book Day -Book Breakfast (Family Friday) from 8.30am - 9.00am Further details to follow
Friday, 6th March: Theatre visit. Further details to follow
Thursday, 12th March and Tuesday 17th March: Reception Parent evenings Further details to follow
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