Welcome back. We all hope that you had a very happy and
holy Christmas. We had a few days last
week to settle in and so we will be getting straight back to work this
week. Just a point to make about this
Thursday 12th January: children will be having an early registration
at 8:30am and so the school gates will open from 8:15am. This is so that we can have everyone
registered and ready to leave for the pantomime!
English
Year 3
Our English lessons will
be focused around myths and legends. We will read a variety of Roman
myths and identify their key features. We will then focus on the
story of Romulus and Remus, using drama to understand the events. We
will also discuss the characters, make predictions, draw inferences and compare
endings to show how myths can be written as different versions.
Lastly, we will begin to look at speech punctuation in the text and
synonyms for said. There are many online versions of the story of Romulus
and Remus as well as other Roman myths, if you wish to
research and read together at home.
Year 4
Children will be
starting another non-fiction unit this half term. In this
unit, the children explore the Big Question: What is the world’s most
incredible sport? They will read the interactive eBook, find information whilst
distinguishing between fact and opinion. Their aim is to answer the Big
Question with the final target of planning and writing their own newspaper
report.
Maths
Year 3
Learning Area – Geometry – 3D shape
Learning Concept - Make 3D shapes using modelling materials; recognise
3D shapes in different orientations; & describe them
Teaching sequence - Make 3D shapes from a range of materials (including modelling
materials and construction)
Accurately
describe the properties of 3D shapes
Year 4
Learning Area – Measures - Perimeter
Learning Concept - Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear
figure (including squares) in cm and m.
Teaching sequence - Know the formula for calculating the perimeter of a rectangle (2
x length plus 2 x breadth)
Know that the perimeter of an irregular shape can be calculated
by $adding the length of each individual side together
Topic
This week children will be starting to look at our new
topic of ‘The Romans’. We are all
excited to start this unit. This week
will see the children creating some display work in a style which is very much
related to the Romans. We will also be
considering what we know about the Romans already and what we want to find out
with the aim of being able to write about what we have learnt at the end of the
unit.
RE
Children
will be starting a new unit in RE called Journeys. Through this Explore week children will
reflect on the celebrations which took place over the Christmas period and
consider what the year to come might bring.
They will think about planning a
journey throughout this new year of 2017.
No comments:
Post a Comment