Welcome to Year 4
Ospreys class !
Mr Uddin and Mrs Bunker
ENGLISH- How To Train Your Dragon
This half term in English we will be looking at 'How to Train Your Dragon'
SCIENCE :
Year 4 will be learning about :
Electricity
In this unit pupils will learn to : Identify common appliances that run on electricity; construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers. Children also learn how to: identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery; recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit; and finally, recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.
MATHS :
Year 4 will be doing multiplication and division and length and Perimeter this term.
Year 4 Curriculum map provides you with an overview of content taught across all core and foundation subjects.
Our Class Read for pleasure : The Boy at the Back of the Class.
Our topic is 'Volcanoes'
Children learn that the Earth is constructed in layers, and the crust is divided into tectonic plates. They study the formation and distribution of mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes and use Mount Etna to identify how human interaction shapes a volcanic landscape.
Homework in Year 4
Homework is set on a Thursday and is handed in the following Thursday.
Times Tables Practice - TTRS daily
Spellings - please practise at home. Spelling tests are every Thursday.
Reading - Minimum 3x a week.
Doodle Maths.
PE days are Wednesday and Thursday.
This term children will have PE lessons on Wednesday and Thursday. Children must come to school wearing their PE kits. The PE kit consists of: a blue shirt, black shorts and trainers.
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