Week commencing 10th September

Welcome to Millennium Bridge class! I hope you all had an amazing summer and are excited to be back at school! We have had a really good first few days and I hope that this is set to continue.

Please find an update about what we will be learning it Millennium next week;

English- We have been using a video clip about Nemo’s first day of school as a prompt for our writing. We have imagined the underwater school and thought about the feelings of Nemo and his Dad. We will be using this to inspire both a diary entry and a letter reassuring Dad that Nemo will be safe at school.

Reading- All children should be reading at home every day and handing their record books in each day to be checked. They will be reading in guided groups with an adult at least once each week.

Maths- We are revising place value. We have thought about the value of each digit in  number. We will be moving on to counting in thousands, finding a thousand more or less than a given number and comparing and ordering 4 digit numbers.

In addition to this, all children need to be practising the multiplication tables as one of the Year 4 objectives is know the tables and related division facts to 12×12. There will be a weekly test in class.

There is a free interactive game we use often in class as a starter which children can also access at home. Please find the link below;

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Topic- Our topic for the Autumn term is Vikings and Anglo- saxons. We will be learning about the cultures of both the Vikings and the Anglo-saxons. We will begin by thinking about where the Vikings came from and why they chose to try to invade Britain.

Mrs Forde will be providing PPA cover on a Thursday morning, teaching RE and Spelling.

Homework- Homework will be set on a Friday and should be returned by the following Wednesday each week. The children will be expected to read every day and practise their multiplication tables in addition to other work that is given. This week I have asked that those children who have not returned their holiday homework or Millennium Bridge project should do so by next week and those children who are interested in becoming the class school council representative should prepare a speech for our vote.