Class 4

Welcome back and happy new year! Class 4 have all come back very ready to learn and we are all looking forward to what the spring term has in store for us!

This term, Class 4 are becoming historians as we learn all about the Vikings and Anglo-Saxon Britain. We will be doing lots of historical research to investigate the lives of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons and understanding how their lives were so very different to ours today! We will be creating some of our own mnemonics this term to help us remember some key dates and facts for the Vikings and hopefully by the end of the term we will be Viking experts! We will even have the opportunity to meet ‘Olaf the Beardless’ this term as we engage in a virtual Viking experience!

In English, we will be studying a variety of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction texts. Our theme across the first half of the autumn term is ‘loneliness and belonging’ and we will be doing lots of reflective pieces of writing and exploring how authors convey emotions and feelings in their writing. After the February half term, our English theme develops into ‘Humanity and machinery’ and we will be exploring some really beautiful books such as The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.

In Maths, we will begin by revising our 4 operations that we focussed on in the autumn term and consolidating that knowledge. As we progress through the term, we will work on developing our skills for fractions, decimals and percentages and applying these, where we can, to our everyday lives. Hopefully we will be able to see some sunnier days soon as we can do some practical maths outside!

In Science, we will be starting the term by briefly touching on the concept of evolution. This links nicely to our previous topic of animals and humans and will help to extend our knowledge of this concept. Furthermore, we are all very excited to move on to study rocks and soils! We will be investigating the different types of rocks that can be found and grouping them into their types. We will be looking at fossils and begin to discuss the processes of weathering on rocks around us.

In Art, we will be focussing on animals and our artist spotlight this term is on Rosa Bonheur. We will be studying some of her amazing pieces from the 1800s and will attempt to replicate some of the techniques that she used. We will be focussing on our painting skills and will be experimenting with mixing colours and changing brush types to create original pieces that are influenced by our study of Rosa Bonheur.

In French, by the end of the unit, we are hoping to be able to find France on a map and be able to recall at least 1 Francophone country, use some key greetings, ask and answer the question ‘How are you?’ in French, ask and answer the question ‘What is your name?’ in French, count to 10 in French and read, write, say and recognise 10 colours in French.

In PSHE, we will be looking across a variety of different topics through the term. We will be starting by looking at computer and online safety as this term we have ‘safer internet day’. It is so very important that as the children grow they understand how to stay safe on the Internet and why it is so important. We will be having lots of discussions about our own experiences and making sure that the Internet remains a place of fun for us all!

In RE this term, we will be looking at what it is like for Hindu’s in Britain today. We will be extending our knowledge of Hinduism to reflect on what life is like for Hindu’s in our country. As we progress through the spring term and we come to easter, we will begin to look at why Christian’s call the day that Jesus dies ‘Good Friday’. We will be having lots of active discussions and sharing our own opinions.

In Computing this term, as we have safer internet day, our computing topic will relate to how we can be safe online and use the Internet for fun. In addition to this, we will be looking at developing our IT skills to use some online diaries such as blogs, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Enhancing these skills will allow us to use IT to share our knowledge that we acquire in our history, RE, Science and other topics.

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Class 4 consists of Year 4 children

Teacher:

Miss L Wilson

Teaching Assistants:

Mrs S Lessiter and Mrs T Ayre