Autumn 1, Week 2

We have had a lovely first full week back in school. The children have been taking part in a range of learning activities.

In English we have started our film unit. We are looking at a short film called ‘once in a lifetime’. The children have been studying it in close detail. We have written about character emotions, expanded noun phrases, the use of prepositions and the 5 senses.

In maths we have been looking at mental addition and subtraction. This is very tricky due to having to hold numbers in your head, but the children worked very hard. We then moved on to looking at one and two step word problems.

In project we have begun our learning about ancient Rome. The children looked at how the roman empire grew on a map and how they managed to expand their armies. The children were then tasked with creating a poster to engage a reader all about the Roman Empire.

For our first science lesson we looked at different surfaces and how friction impacts them. The children had several different ramps which they pushed a car down. Placing different materials on the ramps impacted how far the car travelled, the children recorded this in a table.

As always, should you have any questions or queries about the content of lessons or the curriculum, do not hesitate to ask us at pick up. We hope you have a lovely weekend

Best wishes,

Year 4 team

Autumn 1, Week 1

Welcome back! We have had a good first week back to school in Year 4. We have spent time getting to know one another and settle in to our rules and routines.

The children completed various activities in English to help us assess the children’s current knowledge and understanding. The children have written some letters, completed a creative writing task and a reading ‘VIPERS’ session.

In maths we have focused on place value and identifying the value of a given digit in 3 and 4 digit numbers. The children then went on the practice ordering numbers in ascending order.

For our introduction to our project unit ‘I am Warrior’, the children got to design and make their own Roman shields. The children then went outside to show off and ‘test’ out their shields.

We will be starting our science topic, ‘Magnetic Fun’ from next week.

As always, should you have any questions or queries about the content of lessons or the curriculum, do not hesitate to ask us at pick up. We hope you have a lovely weekend

Best wishes,

Year 4 team