This week's Learning in Year 4 at a glance!
Year 4
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Learning Link: All Roads Lead to RomeWe hope the children will enjoy their trip back in time when we learn about the Romans and their country of origin. We will be learning about the location of Italy within Europe, its main regions and cities and making comparisons to Britain. Through these comparisons, we will be able to understand why the Romans invaded Britain and the lasting impact of this today. Alongside the History and Geography, we will also be studying stories with a historic setting including ‘Escape from Pompeii,’ and “Across the Roman Wall.” In Art, we look at Roman murals, statutes and mosaics and the development of Italy as a centre of artistic excellence, and a source of historical evidence. As part of our learning in D&T, we will be baking Roman style bread and taking inspiration from this to design our own signature loaf! |
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St Gemma: Mrs Grove St Wilfred: Mrs C Williams |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group reminders |
Week Commencing: 19th October Week B Monday: PE for both classes. A reminder that earrings should be taken out for PE, ideally before school. Any issues, please speak to your child’s class teacher. Parents’ Evening (remote) Tuesday: Wednesday: PE for both classes. A reminder that earrings should be taken out for PE, ideally before school. Any issues, please speak to your child’s class teacher. BAKE BREAD - PLEASE BRING IN INGREDIENTS TODAY – see previous email. Parents’ Evening (in person) Thursday: SPACE DAY – see previous email Friday: NO SCHOOL Looking further ahead: PE for Year 4 will be every Wednesday and on a Monday in WEEK B. Reminders: Please ensure all your child’s uniform is named and they bring in a healthy snack for break time. Please can you ensure has a named glue stick for their pencil case. |
Homework |
Please make sure your child has their school reading book and homework diary every day in school. Reading - please continue to read for up to 20 minutes each day and record in the reading record. There are questions in your child’s homework diary to support their comprehension further. Please record the questions you have asked in your child’s reading record, e.g 4a, 6c, 8b. CGP Maths and English Books This will be set on a Wednesday and due in the following Wednesday. Autumn Workout 6 – due in 21st October Spellings These will be due in on a Monday and new spelling will be given out on a Monday. Please see the guidance about spelling homework in the front of their spelling homework books. |
Reading for Pleasure |
Book of the Week voted by the children: 4G: The Thieves of Ostia 4W: The Wild Robot |
RE |
CREATION AND COVENANT Reflecting on the topic taught. |
English |
RECOUNT We will be writing our playscripts based on a Roman myth to perform on our S=P+A+C+E Day. Master Readers: Across the Roman Wall by Theresa Breslin Monday: Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book Club Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Independent comprehension Friday: Review and vocabulary focus Focus vocabulary this week: menial, linen, anemones, galley, revulsion, coaxed |
SPAG |
Spelling Mrs Grove and Mrs Eckhardt: To spell words with irregular spelling patterns. Mrs Williams: To spell words with irregular spelling patterns. Grammar Colons, brackets, stage directions |
Maths |
PLACE VALUE This week, we will be looking at additions using formal column methods. We will also be ending our week with some roman numeral. |
Science |
MOVING AND GROWING This week, we will be looking at invertebrates and investigating why they are different to other animals. |
DT |
FOOD TECHNOLOGY - BREAD This week we will be making our bread for our Roman feast! |
Computing |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – CONNECTING COMPUTERS None due to school closed on Friday. |
History |
ROMANS We will be reviewing our learning from this topic. |
French |
To create and describe your own French monster. |
Music |
Using excerpts from Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, we will listen and appraise the music we hear using musical vocabulary to describe it. |
PE |
Hockey Control the ball when receiving. Move with the ball. Begin to tackle effectively. Dodgeball Learning the rules of the game and begin to use them to play honestly and fairly. Communicate with my teammates to apply simple tactics. Throw with some accuracy at a target. Return to the ready position to defend myself. Basketball Dribble the ball accurately. Shoot from D zone. Pass to team members after creating space. |
Learning for Life |
S=P+A+C+E FOR ME Black History Month – we will be learning about Marcus Rashford who has used his voice to speak up for what is right. |