Year 4
York Residential photographs
February 8th-11th 2022
York 2022
Things to remember:
- Arrive at school for 7:40am on Friday 8th April ready to visit the Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield. We are due to return home by 4pm.
- Reading books and diaries must be in school every day.
- Instruments need to come to school every Friday.
Weekly homework
Friday 1st April Homework. To be tested on Monday 11th April
Children will record their scores from each test in their red reading diaries so that you can see how well they have done!
Homework challenges
Literacy
Create a non-fiction information text all about Roman Chester.
You may be able to find out about the Romans in Chester by using the internet, books from the library or exploring Chester itself! Think about how you can present your facts in a clear and organised way. What would a sensible title be for your work?
Numeracy
Create a hundred square or number line using Roman numerals.
Create a number line up to 20 or possibly 30. You could challenge yourself to create a hundred square with the Roman numerals from 1-100!
Science
Explain how the water cycle works.
There is no set way to present your work. You may want to compose an audio clip or video, create a song/poem or a poster/leaflet. Make sure your work is presented neatly and clearly for others to read and understand.
RE
Retell a parable that you know.
We are learning all about 'Jesus the teacher' during this half term. Jesus often told stories when he was teaching people. He called these parables. What parable do ypu know? Can you include illustrations too?
Passport to the World
What facts can you find out about 'Jordan'? Think bout how to present your work in a creative and exciting way.
RE
'Jesus the Teacher'
We are going to be learning about how Jesus told stories when he was teaching people. He called these parables. We will be exploring 'The Parable of the Sower' and 'The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant'.
We have found out that Jesus was Jewish.
Reading
Please read every day at home and ask an adult to sign your diary.
Remember to bring your reading diary into school every day.
Click on the image below. This will take you to the Oxford Owl website with free library eBooks. You may need to ask an adult to register for you and you can select eBooks to listen to or read on your computer or tablet.
What lies beneath?
During our topic work we will be learning all about the Romans in our history lessons. We will be creating timelines to order events chronologically and learning about the spread of the Roman Empire. We will be exploring why the Roman's built roads and learning about Roman Chester.
Click on the image below to find out more about the Romans!
In geography, we will be learning all about how volcanoes are formed and how volcanoes affect people's lives.
Click on the image below to find out more about volcanoes.
In art we will be drawing well known Roman buildings and using mosaics to create different architectural effects and designs. We will be learning about Michelangelo and the Vatican.
In science, we will be learning about states of matter- solids, liquids and gases. We will be making observations to find out what happens when materials are heated or cooled. We will be exploring the water cycle and learning more about evaporation and condensation.
Click on the image below to find out more about states of matter.
Investigating gases
Volcanoes!
Zoo Lab
Maths
This half term we will be learning how to find the area of a shape, Roman numerals, fractions and position and direction!
Click the image below to find out more about Roman numerals:
Click the image below to play some games involving fractions:
Click the image below to find out more about position and direction:
Literacy
We have a guided reading session each day to explore the text for the week. We are focusing on building up our ability to use inference to think about a character's actions, mood and feelings.
We will be developing our writing, grammar and punctuation skills through a book called 'Escape from Pompeii' by Christina Balit.
Times tables!
Please practise your times tables every day so that you can recall answers quickly and accurately.
You need to know up to 12X12!
Click on the image below to play times tables games.
Spelling games
Click on the word below to play some spelling and word games.
Celebrating a birthday during our music lesson!
Autumn Term
Music lessons
Our first song
