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Meet the Staff
Mrs H Masters
Supporting Staff - Mrs S Tullett, Mrs K Stafford, Mrs S Clarke Please see our class timetable for this half term below:
As you can see, our PE days for Spring are Monday afternoons (karate) and a Thursday afternoons (Netball). Please ensure that your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days including trainers and that long hair is tied back and no jewellery including earrings is worn.
Ukulele is on a Tuesday, please ensure the ukulele's are brought in on these days so the children can take part in the lesson.
Please see the curriculum overview for this term:
Please see our Homework for this half term:
Please see our Topic Organisers for this term:
Our Topic for Spring 1 and 2 is 'Vikings and Anglo-Saxons' and it has both a History and Geography focus.
Here are our key questions:
Week 1 : Question |
Why did the Romans leave Britain? |
Week 2: Question |
How did England change? |
Week 3: Question |
Why did the Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain? |
Week 4: Question |
How did the Anglo-Saxons rule? |
Week 5: Question |
What was daily life like? |
Week 6: Question |
Who were the Vikings and why did they raid? |
Week 7: Question |
Why was the Danelaw established |
Week 8: Question |
Why did the Vikings settle? |
Week 9: Question |
How can I use a map to identify settlements? |
Week 10: Question |
Why did the Viking settlements develop in certain locations? |
Week 11: Question |
What legacy did they leave behind? |
Literacy
In Year 4 we will continue to develop the skills of comprehension by reading individually, in groups and as a whole class. It is important that, when reading, the children understand the words they are reading and have the ability to check the meaning of words when they are not sure. We are focusing particularly on answering more difficult comprehension questions when reading so that the children build up their deductive skills and have more of an understanding of what the text is telling them.
The children will build on their previous knowledge of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling to improve their speaking, reading and writing skills. We will focus on different types of sentences and the associated punctuation. We will build on our knowledge of homophones so that we choose the right ones in our work.
Click here for our literacy always skills. These are what we expect in every piece of writing from children working in the year 4 curriculum
In Spring 1, we will be focussing our writing on the following books and genres:
- Arthur and the Golden Rope
-Viking longships
-Instructional text
Reading:
Reading as much as possible will really help your child’s progress at school. It is very important that they understand what they are reading a few minutes spent asking questions about what has been read helps children to develop comprehension skills which are vital to their education. In school, we will listen to your child read their reading book every week, please make sure that it is in school every day. Please support your child by listening to them read regularly at home. Remember to record on the Boom reader website every time you hear your child read as these signatures will move your child up our reading ladder tree each week.
Numeracy
Numeracy is a very important part of the curriculum..
In Spring 1 we will be focussing on:
- Multiplication and Division
. using informal methods to multiply larger numbers
. using the formal written method to multiply larger numbers
.using formal methods to divide larger numbers by a 1-digit number
. solving correspondence problems
. using efficient multiplication
-Length and Perimeter
.measuring in metres and kilometres
.finding equivalent lengths
.finding the perimeter using a grid
.finding the perimeter of rectangles
.finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes
.finding missing lengths of a rectilinear shape
.finding the perimeter of regular polygons
Information for parents- http://www.croft.notts.sch.uk/Numeracy%20Targets%20Year%203.htm
Games - http://bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/numeracy.shtml
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm
If all parents could encourage their children to learn and practice all the tables up to 12x tables that would be very useful too!
This site may help with that:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/math-trainer-multiply.html
Science
Our Science work this half term focusses on animals including humans.
Our School values
Each week we have a new value – 12 in total. Our first value will be Respect. The children will have an assembly Monday morning about how to show and give respect to others both in school and at home! We will be expecting this to be demonstrated to all members of our Coppice community, it is important that even when we move onto a new value, the old one isn’t lost.
Our new core values will now form the basis of our ambassador passports (these have now been renamed – core value passports and the children can achieve their bronze, silver and gold awards throughout the year for each core value.) We will of course keep you informed about how your child is getting on with this throughout the year.
Each week Mrs Seaton will sent out a Newsletter that will reflect the value we are working on so that it can also be supported at home. We look forward to seeing our children bright and early ready to embrace the new weekly challenges
Learning log tasks are set at the beginning of a topic to be completed over the half term. The children will have the whole half term to complete their chosen tasks. We will make sure you have the date for the homework to be returned. We hope that you enjoy the range of tasks that we have set for you!
There will be a times table test each week for the table facts. Our aim is to know all the times tables up to 12 x 12 by the end year 4.
Monday 5th January - School open
Please see the class email address below where you can contact Mrs Masters with any queries you may have. Please also keep an eye on your own emails as class information will often be sent via this email address:
owls@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk