2023-2024

English:

Learning Journey 1:  This term we started by finishing off 'The BFG' by Roald Dahl. The children explored the language that is being used and thought about how they could uplevel their own writing. Once we had got confident in using fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases the children then moved onto writing their own versions of the BGF with a new main character and new giants. They were excellent! 

Learning Journey 2: For our second book we used the story 'The Tin Forest' which is about a little old man who live in a forest and dreams of living in a jungle. He creates a metal forest and creatures come to live in it. Throughout the two weeks, we will be collecting good vocabulary and orally rehearsing sentences to describe. For our apprentice write we will be trying to write a really scary description about the dark forest and hopefully making Miss Morris scared! The unit will end by us writing our own descriptions. 

Learning Journey 3: Our final book is called 'I was there... Boudica's Army. This is a narrative learning journey. 

Maths:

Unit 1: Fractions and Geometry- The children will learn to count in tenths, fifths and hundreds. They will think about what an equivalent fraction is and find common fraction families. The year 4 children will compare fractions with the same denominator and then move onto ordering them. They will begin to learn about decimals. 

The class will then move onto learning about 2D and 3D shape. The Year 3 children will be come familiar with the 2D shape properties and learn about different types of lines. The year 4 children will learn about how to find the area of a shape and a position on a grid using coordinates. 

Unit 2: Place Value with Length/ Mass and Time- The year 3 children will start by comparing, adding and subtracting lengths and mass. They will then find 10 more or 100 more than a given number.  The year 4 children will start by revising their learning in year 3 and then move onto converting measure (e.g. hours to minutes and kilometres to metres). 

The class will then move onto learning key facts for time, telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes and having a go at learning about digital clocks. 

History:

We will be learning about Romans! 

The children will create timelines of the Roman invasions and find on a map where the Roman Empire was. They will then move onto learning about some key Emperors, including ; Julius Caesar and Emperor Claudius. 

We will move onto think about life as a Roman and what has stayed the same in Britain since the Roman invasion. 

The children will then read an account of a Roman soldiers life at Hadrian's wall. We will think about what is life is like and what he might experience. 

We will finish by creating an information page about the Romans in a group and presenting it. 

D.T:

This term will will be putting our knowledge about electrical circuits to test! The children will design and make a poster of a Roman Soldier which will include a part that will light up. 

R.E:

We will be learning about the Catholic Faith this term. The children will look at what 'Annunciation' is and how it is celebrated. We will then learn about the importance of Mary in this religion and how the Catholic faith show that she is holy. 

Science:

In Science we are going to become more familiar with our bodies! The children will be investigating what a skeleton is for and what our vital organs are. They will move onto learning about the difference between vertebrate and invertebrate and sorting animals accordingly. After this we will learn about the muscles that attach to our skeletons and what a joint is. We will be looking inside of a chicken wing and see if we can see them in action. 

Take a look at the topic web for more information about the foundation subjects.