Welcome to Jaguar Class :)
Summer Term 1
Welcome back Jaguars, I hope you have had a lovely Easter break!
This page will give you an outline of all the topics we will be studying this half term. I have planned lots of fun and engaging lessons this half term and all I ask is that you work hard and get stuck in! Parents - If you have any questions/queries about anything then please e-mail me on jaguars@parkgate.cheshire.sch.uk.
Reading:
The children will be given a levelled book from Oxford Owl and this will be changed once a week. It’s important to re-read the book once finished as it will help to build reading skills for example being able to summarise, retrieve information, explain authors choice etc. Please ensure reading books are brought into school every day so that children can be listened to and work on their reading targets throughout the school week.
English:
This half term we will be studying a range of non fiction texts about Ancient Egypt. These will link nicely with our art, history and geography lessons.
Guided Reading:
For Guided Reading, we will be reading The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo Trying to run away from boarding school in England, a boy encounters an old woman who tells him the story of Bertie and his beautiful white lion.
We will be reading this chapter book and answers questions around the key reading areas:
Vocabulary
Inference
Prediction
Explain
Retrieval
Summary
We will then move onto: ' Young, Gifted and Black' by Jamie Wilson.
Blurb
Meet 52 icons of colour from the past and present in this celebration of inspirational achievement—a collection of stories about changemakers to encourage, inspire and empower the next generation of changemakers. Jamia Wilson has carefully curated this range of black icons and the book is stylishly brought together by Andrea Pippins’ colourful and celebratory illustrations. Written in the spirit of Nina Simone’s song “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,” this vibrant book is a perfect introduction to both historic and present-day icons and heroes. Meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and athletes like Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams.
Maths:
This half term, we will be starting our Fractions and Decimals unit.
We will explore the following objectives:
Times Tables: The test will take place over a two week period from Monday 3rd June 2024 - Friday 14th June 2024
Times tables are really important and by the end of year 4 it is expected that you should recall your times tables up to 12 x 12. In school we will be playing daily times tables games and there will be a weekly times table challenge called Rainbow times tables (This is a timed test. You will progress through the colours once you achieve full marks on each colour) To help you achieve full marks ensure you practice your tables at home too. Click on the times tables icon at the bottom of this page for some useful websites and games.
Here is a link with more information about the times tables test:
Here is a link to Maths Frame. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Science: Sound
We will explore the following objectives:
Reasoning
I can find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.
Observation
I can identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating.
I can find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.
I can recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.
Discussion
I can recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.
Planning
I can set up simple comparative tests.
Obtaining and Presenting Evidence
I can record findings using scientific language and using drawings and labelled diagrams.
PE:
PE will be taught by Mr Hall and Mr Kelly every Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please wear your full PE kit on these days. Can you also please remember to bring in spare socks and shoes/trainers in case we go out onto the field where it can be wet and muddy.
History: Ancient Egypt
We will explore the following objectives:
PSHE: What is going on in the local news?
This half term we will be focusing a lot on Picture News and reading a weekly newspaper from Picture News.
RE:
Our focus for this half term will be Sikhism and we will be doing lots of activities and discussions around our big question:
How do Sikh’s live life to the full and achieve good karma?
Computing – Spreadsheets
I can enter data into a spreadsheet, change data and observe changes in results. | I understand that spreadsheets perform calculations. | I understand that computing can create graphs for different purposes; some are more appropriate and easier to read than others. |
I can read and interpret bar and line graphs created through data logging, to draw conclusions to experiments. | I can collect data from internet research, digital surveys and digital devices including data loggers and tablet devices. | I can enter data into a graphing package and use it to create a range of graphs, and to interpret data across all subjects. |
Music: Composing notation: Egyptians
I can perform accurately from graphic notation using voices and instruments. (P)
I can identify how the key features of music are written down by following a score whilst listening. (L)
I can create a sound story using voices and instruments and notate it using hieroglyphs (C)
Homework
English homework will be set on Google Classrooms every Wednesday and expected to be completed for the following week. Maths will be set on My Maths every Wednesday and expected to be completed for the following week.
Mrs Rashid :)