Welcome back to another half
term. We have got loads to do and we
will be getting stuck in straight away.
Make sure you come in prepared Year 3/4 because it is going to be
straight back to it from where we left off.
Can I just say a big thank you to everyone who donated before the half
term break for the head shave fundraiser which was to raise money for Cancer Research
UK. We managed to raise over £1300 which
is massive and a lot more than I was expecting, so thank you so much. Don’t forget to get you PE and swimming kits
back into school this week.
English
Year 3
We will be learning
about shape poems or "Calligrams". We will read a variety of
shape poems and look at their structure and language. We will then read a
poem about Bonfire Night called "Crackle! Pop!" by Marie Thom and identify
the sound words (onomatopoeia) and any interesting vocabulary. Using a
bonfire night video clip to stimulate ideas, we
will then generate lots of interesting onomatopoeia words ourselves
as well as adjectives and verbs. These words will be formulated
into poems and then transferred onto firework shapes to create our
very own Calligrams.
Year 4
Children are moving onto a new topic in their English this
week and the overview of it is as follows: Children are going to be introduced to the
idea of an audio story or podcast. As a class, they listen to a spooky story
podcast in three episodes, asking questions and listening out for sound effects
to develop their listening and comprehension skills. They will focus on the use
of language and the way it is used in conjunction with the narrator’s voice and
sound effects to create atmosphere and character. After some help they will practise
mind mapping and planning a story as a class. They will then build on this experience
to plan and write their own three-episode spooky story podcasts in groups. Time
is given at the end of the unit for the children to practise reading their
stories aloud and incorporate sound effects. The podcasts will then be recorded
or performed so that they can be shared with one another.
Maths
Year 3
Learning Area – Multiplication
and Division
Learning Concept - Recall and use the multiplication and division facts
for the 3, 4 and 8 tables.
Teaching sequence - Count in 3s; forward
and backwards.
Recite the x3 table
up to x12, without error.
Answer any
calculation involving x3, out of order.
Know that 2x3 is the
same as 3x2 etc.
Answer any
calculation involving ÷3, out of order.
Count in 4s; forward
and backwards.
Recite the x4 table
up to x12, without error.
Answer any
calculation involving x4, out of order.
Know that 3x4 is the
same as 4x3 etc.
Answer any
calculation involving ÷4, out of order.
Count in 8s; forward
and backwards.
Recite the x8 table
up to x12, without error.
Answer any
calculation involving x8, out of order.
Know that 4x8 is the
same as 8x4 etc.
Answer any
calculation involving ÷8, out of order.
Year 4
Learning Area – Measures Time
Learning Concept - Read,
write & convert time between analogue and digital 12-and 24-hour clocks.
Teaching sequence - Know how to set out
each analogue time in digital format
Know how to set out each digital time in analogue format.
Convert between analogue and digital and vice versa
Explain how the
digital clock system works, e.g. 10 past 2 in the afternoon = 2:10pm = 14:10.
Topic
This week children will be finishing and rounding of our
topic of Stone Age before we start on our next topic which will have us
focusing on Geography and the United Kingdom.
RE
Children
will be continuing with their new unit for RE entitled Promises. Throughout the next couple of weeks they will
explore:
·
The sacrament of Baptism
·
The Word of God
·
Litany of Saints
·
Promises made at Baptism
·
The Baptism and Anointing
·
The symbols used within Baptism
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