Literacy
Maths
Our Literacy will all be focused on our travels across America. We
will be spending time looking, in detail, at letters. We are working
towards writing a series of letters home from America. As part of
our main topic we will be immersing the children through a variety
of activities. We will be extending our vocabulary further to
include prepositions, the simple past tense and the use of pronouns.
In Maths, we will remain teaching with a mastery approach,
focusing on multiplication and division as well as measurement.
Art
In our topic we are going to
develop and use our art skills to
create lots of traditional and
cultural artwork from America.
We hope to show you this nearer
the end of the term!
Please keep practicing your times tables at home as these will help
in Maths every day!
Road Trip
USA
PE
In P.E. the children will begin to work on the basic
team games such as dodge ball and basketball.
Music
In music, this term we will be
focusing on traditional and cultural
music from America. Children will
have the chance to listen to a wide
range of music and to create their
own.
Science
PSHE and RE
History and Geography
As part of the Year 4 curriculum, we
will be learning about electricity. This
will link well with a particular state
within the USA – can you guess which
one? We will look at how to make a
circuit using the necessary equipment.
As a school, we will be continuing our
topic, ‘Be the Best You Can Be’. Each
week children will be given time to
think about their hopes and dreams
for the future.
This term, we will be using our
geography skills to identify and locate
different states in the USA. Our
history will require us to discover
more about the people who lived in the
USA in the past.
Y4 Autumn Term 2
Newsletter
Important dates for your diary:
Friday 18th November – Children in Need Day
Wednesday 30th November – Christmas Fayre/ Pantomime
Friday 9th December – Year 4 American Theme Day
Wednesday 14th December – Christmas Dinner Day
Thursday 15th December – KS2 Christmas Party
Friday 16th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 16th December – School breaks up for Christmas.
Tuesday 3rd January 2017 – School re-opens.
Spellings
Spelling techniques are taught within lessons. Children will be
sent home with a list of words on a Tuesday. They will then be
tested on the following Monday. Please encourage your child to
practice their spellings each week!
PE
Class 9’s PE will be on a Tuesday afternoon and on a Thursday morning.
Class 10’s PE will be on a Monday morning and on a Wednesday afternoon.
Appropriate kits are expected to be in school on these days as both are
important and enjoyable parts of the curriculum.
REMINDER: Children’s P.E. kits should consist of blue or black shorts, a
white t-shirt and trainers or pumps. Tracksuit bottoms are optional during
colder weather.