Only a short time left and we
will all be celebrating Easter. We may
have given some things up over the past few weeks but we are still working hard
in Year 3/4. Some of this week will be
used to complete some assessment which we need for the end of the term whereas
other times will be back to normal sessions.
English
Year 3
For the next few weeks we will be learning
about instructions. We will read some instructions based around
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes. We will identify the layout features and
look at the language used (imperative verbs, adverbs, connectives,
prepositions). Then we will take part in our own cookery show called,
‘The Great British Cook Off’ where we will make our own sandwiches and write a
set of instructions for them. Finally, we will evaluate our writing to
see if we have included all the right features.
Year 4
This week children will
be completing an extended piece of writing which they started last week. Children have also been working hard on
creating their own mini sagas. These are
short stories which must be 100 words or less.
They have created their own ‘Crazy Creature’ and come up with a short
story. We will be finalising these this
week and submitting them to a competition.
Let’s see if any of our Year 4 writers win ...
Maths
Year 3
Learning Area – Geometry
- angles
Learning Concept - Recognise angles are a property of shape or a
description of a turn.
Identify right angles;
recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters
& four a complete turn
Identify whether angles are greater than or less
than a right angle
Teaching sequence - Know
that the space between two lines joined at a point is known as an angle and can
be measured in degrees
Know that the
measurement in degrees is greater when the space is wider
Understand that
angle can be used to describe a turn
Be able to identify
right angles in the environment
Know a right angle
as having 90ยบ and use the degrees symbol
Know that two right
angles effectively make a straight line and is equivalent to 180
Know that two right
angles make a half turn
Know that three
right angles make a three-quarter turn
Know that four right
angles make a complete turn
Identify angles
smaller than a right angle
Identify angles
larger than a right angle
Year 4
Learning Area – Geometry
– 2D shape
Learning Concept - Identify lines of symmetry in 2D shapes presented in
different orientations.
Complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a specific
line of symmetry
Teaching sequence - Define and show understanding of symmetry
Show lines of symmetry in an equilateral or isosceles triangle
(in different orientations)
Show lines of symmetry in a quadrilateral (in different
orientations)
Show lines of symmetry in circle
Create simple symmetrical figures and show lines of symmetry
Recognise lines of symmetry in given shapes
Topic
This will
be our final week and a half working on our Romans topic. It has been a fantastic topic with the
children learning lots of new things and taking part in creating shield
formations and of course the fantastic trip a couple of weeks ago. We know want to fil in any gaps of knowledge
and answer any more questions that the children may have about the Romans.
