Writing

This half term, we will be exploring a picture book called 'Journey' by Aaron Becker. We will be using the illustrations to create our own narratives and developing our writing skills. 

We started this unit of work by going on our own unexpected journey! We thought about the feelings that we encountered throughout our journey and this helped us to understand how the character in the story could have been feeling. 

 

 

 

 

 

Last half term, we explored the poem 'The River' by Valerie Bloom. We developed our knowledge of poetry structure, rhyming couplets and language used to create an engaging poem. 

We created metaphors and used personification to create our own poems 

Click on the poem to listen to Valarie Bloom read it out loud. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

Reading

For the next couple of weeks, we are exploring the text 'Time Travelling with a Hamster' By Ross Welford.  

We are practising our reading fluency skills and exploring the meaning of new words in context so that we can make sense of what we read. We are developing our retrieval skills with independence and developing our inference and explanations with some support. 

Click on the book cover to find out more about the author and his other books. 

We enjoyed our recent author call with Iqbal Hussain. He helped us to plan our own time travel story!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maths

We are learning all about measurements and finding the perimeter of shapes.

 

 

Remember to log into TTRS to practise your timetables every day.

    

Religious Education

This half term, we are exploring 'Galilee to Jerusalem'. We are learning about why people called Jesus 'Christ' and the 'Messiah'. We will learn more about Jesus' miracles, his messages to John the Baptist and the meaning of some special Sacraments. 

 

 

 

We love it when Maggie joins us for our RE lessons!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science

This half term, we are learning all about states of matter. We will discover more about solids, liquids and gases through lots of different investigations!

Click on the image to learn more about solids, liquids and gases. 

We will be using our knowledge fo states of matter to help us to understand the water cycle. 

 

Last half term, our science topic was all about humans and animals. We learnt about teeth and digestion. 

During our forest school session, we created our own digestive system and learnt how food travels through the body and the functions of each part of the digestive system. 

We set up an experiment to find out if sugary drinks cause tooth decay. We used boiled eggs to represent the enamel on our teeth. We observed the changes over a week to find out if our predictions were correct. 

We learnt about the different types of teeth and their functions. We used play-doh to show where these teeth are in our mouth and how many of each type of tooth we have. 

           

 

Geography

Our topic this half-term is all about 'spatial sense'. We are learning about tools on a globe, map skills and co-ordinates. 

We worked in small groups to label the tools on a globe. 

                 

We learnt about scales on maps. We were able to use the scale on a map of Ellesmere Port to find the distance between two locations. 

           

 

History

Our topic this half term is all about the Romans. We will be learning who they were, when and where they lived and historical events and people from Roman times. 

We really enjoyed learning about the daily life of a Roman using books and the internet to find out facts about food, clothes, children and entertainment. 

  

 

PE

This half term, we will be exploring challenging collaboration through outdoor activities and understanding how to work as a team. 

Coach Danny will be helping children to develop skills explored through Quidditch. 

Last half term, children planned dance sequences to create a whole class dance based around the theme of 'war and remembrance'. 

                

                                               

     

Computing

We have been using 'Turtle Academy Playground' to create logo commands. We learnt how to create accurate commands using forwards, backwards, clear screen and turns. We now know how to use the pen up and pen down command in order to make more than one letter or shape on the screen. We are practising using the repeat command. 

          

   

 

 

 

Reading

Children should be reading for at least 15 minutes per day. Please, record your child's reading homework in their reading diary. These will be checked daily.

Timetables/Arithmetic

Children should be learning their timetables for at least 10 minutes per day on Times Tables Rock Stars. 

Spelling

Children should be practising their spellings for at least 10 minutes per day on Spelling Frame. Children should complete their online spelling test on Tuesday or Wednesday ready for their test on Thursday morning. 

*Children will be tested on their spelling and times tables every Thursday. They will take their test books home every Friday to share their achievements with parents. Please ensure they are brought back into school on Monday morning.*

Weekly homework

Children will receive a piece of homework based on reading, SPAG or maths on weekly basis. This will be given out on Mondays and should be returned to school on Thursday morning. This homework should take around 20 minutes to complete. 

 

We have writing, reading and maths lessons every morning through the week. In the afternoons we have science, RE, art, geography, music, RSE and PE lessons. 

Monday- Homework will be given out. PE with Miss Burke

Thursday- Homework is due in, spelling and timetables test. 

Friday- Praise assembly, PE with Danny and music with Miss Allen.

 

 

 

 

  

Upcoming events:

Monday 9th February – Y4 Roman experience Day in Wrexham

Tuesday 10th February - KS2 Mass

Tuesday 10th February – Y4 Forest School session

Friday 13th February - Valentines Disco after school. Please purchase your ticket from the office.