to the Owl's class page!
Meet the Staff
Mrs H Masters
Teaching Assistants - Mrs F Hunter, Mrs Z Hussain
Please see our class timetable for this half term below:
As you can see, our PE days for Autumn 1 are Thursday afternoons and Friday afternoons. 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. Please ensure the children bring in their water bottles.
Ukulele is on a Thursday, please ensure the ukuleles are brought in on these days once the children get them so they can take part in their lessons.
General Information:
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 Autumn 1 is 'Around the World in 80 days' and is our Geography focus.
Here are our key questions:
Week 1 : Question |
Where are the countries on a World map? |
Week 2: Question |
Where are the major capital cities of the World? |
Week 3: Question |
What are the geographical features of each continent? |
Week 4: Question |
What are the human and physical features in country? |
Week 5: Question |
What are the similarities and the differences between different countries? |
Week 6: Question |
What are the counties of England? |
Literacy
In Year 4 we will begin to develop the skills of comprehension by reading individually, in groups and as a whole class with a focus on reading fluency. 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 automaticity, accuracy and prosody.
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 Autumn 1 we will be focussing our writing on the following books and genres:
- Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
- Adrift (a silent video from literacy shed)
-Journey by Aaron Becker
In our reading lessons the children will be reading the story 'The Boy Who Biked The World'.
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 Autumn 1 we will be focussing on:
-Place Value
Representing numbers to 1000
Partitioning numbers to 1000
Placing numbers on a number line to 1000
Representing numbers to 10,000
Partitioning numbers to 10,000
Flexibly partitioning numbers
Finding 1, 10, 100 and 1000 more and less than any given number
Placing numbers on a number line to 10,000
Estimating numbers on a number line
Comparing numbers to 10,000
Ordering numbers to 10,000
Learning Roman numerals
Rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
- Addition and Subtraction
Add and subtract 1, 10, 100 and 1000
Add up to 4-digit numbers using the formal written method with exchanging
Looking at different strategies to subtract
To estimate answers
To check answers through different strategies
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 Living things and their habitats. We will be learning all about classification and what makes something alive!
Our School values
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.
Please contact the Owls team through:
owls@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk