Week Beginning 12th September

We hope you are ready for the second week back as in Year 3/4 we are ready to hit the ground running with all of our subjects.  We have a busy week ahead with routines to get used to and lessons to challenge us.  This week we will have a focus on Roald Dahl with Mrs Millington having organised a Roald Dahl day throughout the school.  We in Year 3/4 though are going to extend this and make the most of this week to explore the stories and poems that Roald Dahl has produced.  We are going to have some great fun with our English and Topic work as we try to bring the writings of Roald Dahl to life through as many subjects as we can. 

As well as our work in school we are looking forward to starting our swimming this Tuesday in Year 3/4.  We hope the children are full of energy to get straight in and engage sensibly with these fantastic lessons which will be taking place at the Orford Hub.  We would like to thank any of our parents in advance who are able to offer their help and support with these trips to the leisure centre.

English

Year 3

In English, we will begin to look Adventure stories and think about the common features.  We will read ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura.  We will answer questions about the text, make predictions, dramatise the story and draw a story map to show the key events.  We will also find examples of punctuation and begin to look at the language used.  This is a really lovely book with some fabulous illustrations and we are sure that it will enhance our Stone Age topic this half term.

Year 4

In English we are spending time this week looking at the wonderful work of Roald Dahl and understanding how some of the techniques used in his writing can be applied to our writing.  We will be producing our own revolting rhymes and linking the work to our grammar.

Year 4

Maths

Year 3

Learning Area – Place Value

Learning Concept -          Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100.

Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number.

Teaching sequence -      Count on and back in 10s from 0 to 1000

Count on and back in 100s from 0 to 1000

Count on and back in 50s from 0 to 1000

Count on and back in 4s from 0 to 1000

Count on and back in 8s from 0 to 1000

Find 10 more than a given number between 0 and 1000

Find 10 less than a given number between 0 and 1000

Find 100 more than a given number between 0 and 1000

Find 100 less than a given number between 0 and 1000

Year 4

Learning Area – Place Value/Negative Numbers

Learning Concept -          Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers.

Teaching sequence -      Know that the value of any negative number is less than 0

Know which of two negative numbers is greater

Know which of two negative numbers is smaller

Count accurately forwards from any negative number to any positive number, moving across 0

Count accurately backwards from any positive number to any negative number, moving across 0

Order a set of negative and positive numbers showing smallest to largest

Order a set of negative and positive numbers showing largest to smallest

Topic

This week we will be introducing our first topic of the year – the Stone Age.  Children will be introduced to the topic by learning about how to produced and read a timeline.  In doing this, children will be able to pinpoint important events and happenings during this period of time in history and order them chronologically.

RE

Children will be starting their first RE unit this week entitled ‘Homes’.  They will explore the following questions through class discussion and a range of activities:

·         Wonder what makes a house a home?

·         What makes home a special place for you?

·         What do you like to do at home, on your own and as a family?

·         What do people do for you at home, that makes you feel special?

·         What sometimes is difficult about sharing and being part of a group at home?