Welcome to Class 4
Mrs McGrath
Spring Term 1
Why are jungles so wet and deserts so dry?
Geography - Looking at the climate of the UK and then across the world.
Exploring patterns of rainfall.
Learning about different climate zones.
Interpreting and drawing climate graphs.
Focusing in on tropical and desert climates.
Art - Jungle animal paintings and collage.
Literacy - Image poems, writing non-chronological reports about jungle and desert animals.
Maths - Revision of the 4 operations, money, fractions and decimals, weight, length.
Science Year 4 - Sound, Year 3 - Forces, Year 5 - Space
Spelling Tests take place on Friday morning.
Reading in Class 4
Please read your school reading book every week and change it each Monday. If it is a long book you can keep it for 2 weeks.
Library changing day is Thursday - please try to change your library book at least once every two weeks and choose a variety of fiction and non fiction texts.
Autumn Term 1
Topic: War and Remembrance
RE: Gospel
Science: Light (Year 3)
Animals, including humans (Year 4)
Literacy: Fables, Horrid Henry stories, poetry.
Maths: Column addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, place value, rounding, data handling, time, missing number calculations, word problems.
Art: Pastels, paintings of poppies.
Spring Term 1
Topic: Why is it so wet in the jungle and so dry in the desert?
Looking at the climate of the UK and then across the world.
Exploring patterns of rainfall.
Learning about different climate zones.
Interpreting and drawing climate graphs.
Focusing in on tropical and desert climates.
In Class 4:
Be Well Organised:
Have the correct equipment for lessons.
Be in the right place at the right time.
Name all your clothes and belongings.
Wear your school uniform proudly.
Make sure you have your PE kit. PE is on Tuesday and Thursday with Jamie.
Do your homework well and hand it in on time. Homework is reading your reading book, learning your spellings and completing your comprehension sheet or card.
