TOPICS/CURRICULUM
Autumn Term 2
What a fantastic first half term the children have had learning about street art and enjoying the last of the summer weather before the dark nights of winter creep in!
The children have been enjoying their Djembe lessons. We now look forward to continuing our new create topic and new units in all subjects.
Autumn Term Topic: Create - Street Art
In our create lessons, we are continuing to learn about street art and focusing on the different aspects of street art and using different media to create our own. This will lead to a final piece at the end of the term. This term we are looking at:
- Celebrating people
- Celebrating places
- Changing minds
- Creating a final piece.
English Learning
In English we will be using the story ‘The Boy, the Horse, the Fox and the Mole’ to help us understand speech punctuation.
We will be looking at the picture book ‘A Small Miracle’ and writing the narrative as a class.
Mathematical Learning
This half term we are looking at:-
Perimeter:
- Measuring the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons
- Calculating missing sides
3, 6 and 9 times table:
- Recall of multiplication and division facts up to x12
- Recognise products in multiplication tables as multiples of the corresponding number
PSHE Learning
We will carry on exploring Family and relationships. This includes Healthy friendships, bullying, stereotypes, respect and manners and families around the world.
French Learning
We will be continuing to learn about Je me Presente then leading into Chez moi (My house). Different types of buildings, and different rooms within a house.
Scientific Learning
Our topic this half term will be Electricity and we will focus on:
- Everyday electrical appliances
- Electrical circuits
- Conductors and Insulators
- Switches and a switch investigation
Music Learning
Children will continue learning the Djembe with Mr Chalk, who is a music teacher from West Sussex Music. This will develop the children’s understanding of rhythm, pitch and beat before moving onto Ukuleles later in the year.
Computing Learning
We will be continuing with collaborative learning and will focus on using google slides.
PE Learning
For our indoor PE we will be engaging in gymnastic activities with Ms Gibbs and for our outdoor sessions will be working with Mr Mayne on team building, building resilience, using one’s initiative and first aid.
Faith and Wonder Learning
We will be answering the question ‘What is the trinity?’ and exploring the symbols of baptism.
How can you help?
- Continuing to read regularly at home to an adult, with lots of discussion about the books.
- Lots of regular times table testing and quick maths skills following the instructions indicated on the home learning sheets. The faster the response, the better!
- Supporting your child with learning their spellings, discussing the meanings of words, putting them into sentences and reviewing spellings from previous weeks.
- All of this will be on the weekly home learning sheets
given out on a Friday.
Events/Trips planned for this half term
- Monday 9th December at 9.15am – Year 4, 5, 6 Christmas church service at St Margaret’s Church
- Friday 13th December in PM – Rocksteady concert for participating children
- Monday 16th December – Chartwells Christmas lunch
- Wednesday 18th December 8.40am-9.15am – Parents/carers drop in for ‘Create’ project
- Wednesday 18th December – Carols in the Carpark
- Friday 20th December – Last day of term
- Monday 6th January 2025 – First day back
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For further events, please see Newsletters sent out via ParentMail
Class emails:
mole@stmargaretsprimary.org.uk
The Year 4 team