• Year 4 Google Classroom

Welcome to Jaguar Class :) 

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 like being able to summarise. Please ensure reading books are brought into school every so that children can be listened to and work on their reading targets throughout the school week. 

English:

This half term we will be focusing on Non- Fiction texts for Ancient Egypt. Our focus is cohesive sentences and organisational devices for writing. 

Guided Reading:

For Guided Reading, we will be reading Young, Gifted and Black which is a non- fiction book that celebrates 52 icons of colour from the past and the present. 

Maths:

This half term, we will be learning about Decimals, Money and Time. 

Times Tables:

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:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/869846/2020_Information_for_parents_multiplication_tables_check.pdf

Here is a link to Maths Frame. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

This website gives you an example game of what the test will be like so you can practise one here as much as you like. 

You will have to get used to the time element - I do understand that the time element can upset some children and make them anxious but if we start now and practise as much as we can, we can build up their confidence for when it comes to the actual test. 

Science: Sound

Students will be taught to: 

• identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating
• recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear
• find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it
• find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it
• recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases

PE:

PE will be taught by Mr H and Mr Kelly every Wednesday and Thursday. You can 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 set and muddy.

History: 

Our History Topic is Ancient Egypt. The skills we will be learning are:

I can use dates and terms accurately and describe the main changes in a period of history

I can use sources of information to form conclusions about the past

I can identify periods of rapid change in history and contrast them with times of relatively little change.

I can describe some of the causes and consequences of  Ancient Egyptian  life.

I can use appropriate historical vocabulary to compare and contrast key people/events/artefacts in history.

I can describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.

 

DT- We will be making a toy for a child using a micro bit and Microsoft programmes.

PSHE: We will be learning all about the News. 

RE: Our focus for this half term will be Humanism. We will have a Humanist speaker who will be coming in at the end of term. 

Computing: Our focus this term is Spreadsheets.

Music: We will learn to create our own music using the Hanami Festival. 

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. Your child will come home with a letter with their login details. 

Thank you,

Mrs Lea :)