Year 2 Autumn Term

Year 4 Topic Letter Autumn Term 2017 Dear Parents, Welcome back to the new school year. Below is some information about the learning we will cover this term, we hope it will be of help to you.

Topic Suggestions on how you can help R.E. – We will be following the Come and See scheme. This Please see separate R.E. topic letter for key term children will be exploring the topics of Beginnings and the dates and ways to help your child. Family, Signs and Symbols and Preparations. In English we will be looking at both non-fiction and fiction Please remember to discuss the talk time texts. We will concentrate on narrative, diary, explanation texts topic each week in readiness for Big Writing and poetry. We will also be working to improve the children’s on a Friday. handwriting, spelling and grammar skills. Speaking and listening, As well as teacher guided reading at school, drama and role-play are also an integrated part of our teaching. we encourage children to read at least five times each week at home. This could be either independently or with the support of a listener. Children will be given a reading diary where their reading should be recorded and comments added. In mathematics the children will study place value of 4 digit Regular practise of times table facts at numbers, number sequences and odd and even numbers; mental home would really help to boost your child’s and written methods of + and -; measuring lengths including confidence in these activities. perimeters; 3D and 2D shapes; methods of X and ÷; fractions of We will use Mathletics to support shapes and numbers; telling the time and solving problems and interactive learning. The children will handling data with frequency tables and pictograms. continue to use their personalised login from The children will practise their mental maths skills on a daily last year. basis. This will include recalling number bonds to 10, 20, 100 and 1000 and knowing the doubles of whole numbers to 50 and their corresponding halves. They will use mental strategies for addition and subtraction problems and recall multiplication facts in all times tables up to the 12x table. They will then use their multiplication skills to quickly derive corresponding division facts. The children will also multiply and divide a two-digit number by 10. History – We will be studying the Roman Empire and its Visit other Roman sites e.g. London Wall and influence on Britain. Children will learn why the Romans came to museums such as the Museum of London and Britain, how they invaded and look at Roman roads, towns and the British Museum. Look at place names and cities. We will be going on a trip to St Albans on Tuesday 10th names of roads. Create Roman mosaics. October 2017. Further information to follow. Research using the library and internet. Geography- We will be focusing on map work to increase the Look at maps of the local area together children’s locational knowledge. The children will be learning using google maps. Using an atlas, find about latitude, longitude, tropic lines, time zones and compass countries of interest or relevance to you and points. your family. Play games using compass points.

Science: Sound – Children will identify how sounds are made, Listen to music together and discuss. Play associating some of them with something vibrating; recognise sound guessing games. Play or listen to that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear; different musical instruments. find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it; find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it and recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. Science: Animals including Humans – Children will learn the Research how to take care of your teeth. parts of the digestive system and their functions. They will also Look carefully at your teeth using a mirror. identify the different types of teeth in humans and their Look at the role of teeth for animals in functions. different environments. P.E. – Each week Year 4 will participate in team games, gym activities or dance. The children require their labelled P.E. uniform on Thursday. Swimming – Every Wednesday afternoon, the children will have a swimming lesson at Fullwell Cross Leisure Centre. The children will need to bring their swimming kit to school. Computing – The children will be developing a simple educational game and designing an interactive toy using ‘Scratch’.

Home Learning for Y4 Home learning is issued on a Friday and should be returned on a Tuesday.

 Read and share books/text with your child daily, please record in their diary. Visit/join the library.  Practise spelling words which will change on a weekly basis.  Continue to use Mathletics to support home learning.  Discuss the Talk Time topic several times each week, ready for our Big Writing on Friday.  Please hand in all homework on a Tuesday to allow time for it to be marked.

As teachers we aim to make learning as exciting and cross curricular as possible, so it helps your child to reach his or her full potential. If you have any concerns regarding your child, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank-you for your support, Mrs. Coeur-de-Lion and Mr. Medina.