We are Golden and we SPARKLE
Living and Surviving
Our theme this half-term is ‘Living and surviving.’ Through different subjects we will consider the impact of our actions and the importance of our surroundings, environment and what it takes to survive.
We are readers and writers
As readers and writers this half-term, we will be using the book, ‘The Song of the Dolphin Boy’ to inspire our own descriptive stories set in an imagined world. After delving into our book and exploring it through oral retellings, we are going to spend some time constructing super sentences, identifying effective vocabulary, developing our knowledge of setting a scene through creative writing and inferring character’s thoughts and feelings. We will also be writing a non-chronological report about dolphins using our knowledge from the book. In reading we will be retrieving, inferring information and learning about new vocabulary.
We are mathematicians
As mathematicians we will continue to understand and manipulate multiplicative relationships. We will be exploring fractions, what is a mixed fraction and converting them into improper fractions. We will also be delving into decimals and linking this to our knowledge of fractions
As this term is important for our Year 4 Times Tables check you can help your children improve by using your Tackling tables login and encouraging them to play online at home! If you need your child’s details, please come and speak to me as this is a great mathematical resource.
We are Scientists
As scientists we will be revisiting animal’s habitats, particularly focusing on food chains. We will learn about the differences in an animal’s habitat and the importance of food chain and what might affect them. Using this knowledge, the pupils will answer our ‘big question’ – ‘How do animals get their food and energy?’. Within this unit the children will also carry out comparative tests and observations over time.
We are Geographers
As geographers, we will learn about rivers, focusing particularly on the Water Cycle and its impact on some of the world’s most famous rivers.
We are Designers
As designers, we will evaluate existing products and learn to adapt a recipe to create our own biscuit. We will then spend time evaluating these.
We are Philosophers
As philosophers, we will continue to learn about pilgrimages and how people from different religions complete these.
We are athletes
This half term we will be building on our skills from year 3 and developing our swimming ability.