Year 4

Dear Families,

Welcome back to Summer 1. We hope you had a wonderful Easter and ready for a short but packed out term.

We have got some brilliant projects planned for this half term. We are starting the term off by continuing our topic in history as well as geography based on the Romans, which we will be looking primarily at who they were, their life style, diet, hobbies etc as well as geographical side of the Roman civilization and how they invaded and settled in cities all around the world. We then have an exciting two week topic based on State of matter in science, where the children will get an opportunity to participate in lots of experiments based on the changes of elements. Lastly, we have an exciting Art project this term, based on Roman pottery. Children will research and create their own coil points based on Roman art work, using prints to add their own pictures to the pottery when dry.

At the beginning of summer term 2, children will under go a government based multiplication test. It is imperative that the children start practicing their times tables as soon as possible. We will incorporate times table practice weekly during Maths lessons as well as provide homework on Sumdog. But we encourage parents to support children with practising at home. Furthermore, we have a added biweekly spelling practice on to Sumdog, which children will have 2 weeks to complete.

Below you’ll find the learning taking place over the next 5 weeks. You will also find the homework grid. Homework is now compulsory, so please encourage your child to complete some or all of the activities. You will find all the resources on the google classroom. Your children access this in class regularly so should be confident using it at home. Please don’t hesitate if you have any questions or queries to get in touch.

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