TOPICS/CURRICULUM
Spring Term 2
Welcome back and we hope you all had a lovely half term. Last half term we enjoyed starting our learning about the Anglo Saxons and the Ancient Islamic Civilisations. It is lovely to see the children’s interest.
This half term is going to be particularly busy with rehearsals for our play and ukulele lessons.
Spring Term Topic: Discover - Anglo Saxons and Ancient Islam
We will be comparing the following areas during Anglo Saxon times and Ancient Islamic times:
- Education
- Art
- Law
- Medicine
English Learning
In English, we will continuing our focus on our text ‘The train to impossible places’. We will be writing letters, completing persuasive writing and writing instructions for a game. We will be working on our comprehension skills and re-capping some aspects of grammar.
Mathematical Learning
This half term we are looking at:
- Wholes and parts
- Placing mixed numbers on a number line
- Ordering and comparing proper fractions
- Improper fractions
PSHE Learning
We will be learning about the changing body and then moving onto thinking about citizenship, which includes Human Rights, caring for the environment and different communities.
French Learning
This half term we are learning about Chez moi (My house). The children will be focusing on different rooms in a house and being able to write and speak about this in full sentences.
Scientific Learning
This half term will continue to learn about states of matter. We will learn:
- To understand about solids, liquids and gases
- About changes of state
- About measuring changes of temperature
- To explore our learning through investigation, predicting and experiments
Music Learning
We will be continuing with our ukulele lessons. Learning different chords and songs to play along to.
Computing Learning
We will be beginning to create our own websites. This will include exploring Google sites, planning and creating a webpage on a particular interest.
PE Learning
In PE this half term year 4 will be learning about tag rugby, within these sessions, we will be focusing on:
- Throwing and catching
- Moving and dodging
- Tagging an opposition player
- Intercepting the ball
- Attacking and defending
- Gameplay
Faith and Wonder Learning
We will be thinking about the Christian term ‘Reconciliation’ and how it can be used to mend friendships. We will relate this to the Bible story of the prodigal son and look at how Desmond Tutu was able to use reconciliation.
How can you help?
- Continuing to read regularly at home to an adult, with lots of discussion about the books.
- Regular times table testing. The faster the response, the better! Times Tables Rockstars is a great online tool for this. Every child has a log in. https://ttrockstars.com/
- Supporting your child with learning their spellings, discussing the meanings of words, putting them into sentences and reviewing spellings from previous weeks.
Events/Trips planned for this half term
- Friday 28th March – Ukulele concerts
- Mole 1:30pm
- Fox 2:20pm
- Year 3 and 4 performance of Wind in the Willows to parents and carers
- Tuesday 1st April 6.30pm (children to arrive at 6pm)
- Wednesday 2nd April 1:30pm
Further dates and information may come out from the Office throughout the half term.
If you have any resources you are happy to loan to us or have any particular knowledge about any of our focuses, please let us know.
Class emails:
mole@stmargaretsprimary.org.uk
The Year 4 team