Lancasters
Hello and welcome to... Lancasters!
We are a lovely mix of curious and passionate young learners from year 4 . We are looking forward to sharing with you all the fantastic learning that takes place in our classroom. In Lancasters, we strive to always try our best whilst having fun along the way, so please keep checking our class web page for news and updates. We are taught by Miss Gilpin (Mrs Robinson on a Tuesday afternoon) and also have the wonderful Miss Aslin, Miss Bembridge & Miss Humphreys to help us with our learning. Our PE lessons are on a Monday and Tuesday so the children need to come into school dressed in weather appropriate kits on these days.
On Mondays in Term 4 - our PE lesson will be orienteering / team building games with JB Sports. This will be on the field so a spare pair of shoes / wellies in a plastic bag will be needed each week.
Homework
Each week there will be a 10 minute session set on Times Table Rockstars. The log in details can be found on the inside of your child's reading record. On a Monday, one of the adults in class will check your child's reading record to see that they have recorded 3 reading sessions throughout the week. These can be completed in school or at home reading with an adult or independently.
Spring - Term 2
Hello and welcome back to school. It is so lovely to see some signs of Spring after a very wet and cold start to the year! We hope you had a wonderful break and we are excited to have you back with lots of exciting learning planned for the brand new term. Our theme this term is 'Extra, extra, read all about it!'.
In English this term, we will be focusing on the text ‘The Barnabus Project’ by the Fan Brothers. We will understand and apply the features of a newspaper report by reading example newspaper reports and highlighting features including headlines, lead, quotes and paragraphs. We will compare fiction vs nonfiction styles, identifying formal vs informal language. We will create a timeline of key events and revisit using time adverbials to order them. When creating our own newspaper report, we will create a headline that may include noun phrases, puns or alliteration. We will summarise the 5W’s and continue to report how Barnabus and his friends escaped the secret lab. Later on in the term, we will understand and apply the features of a persuasive advertisement by reading and watching examples of adverts. We will identify key features including slogans, positive adjectives, rhetorical questions and a persuasive tone. After revisiting the story of Barnabus, we will focus on his traits and create our own ‘hybrid’ creatures. We will use these to create our own advertisement to persuade the reader that our creature is the ‘Perfect Pet’.
In our Book Dive sessions, we will be exploring the books ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christina Balit, ‘Volcano Atlas’ by Tom Jackson and ‘It’s a Wonderful World’ by Jess French.
English & Book Dive
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In Geography this term our learning is based around the question ‘Is it safe to live next to a volcano?” To begin the term we will be focusing on the country of Italy. We will focus on where it is located. We will look specifically at the bay of Naples and Vesuvius. We will use a range of different sources including maps and atlases. We will learn about the difference between mountains and volcanoes and look at tectonic plates. We will learn about volcanoes around the world and the similarities and differences between them and Vesuvius. We will discover what it would have been like living near Vesuvius, as well as Pompeii and Herculaneum. Towards the end of term we will be learning about why people still live near volcanoes.
In Science this term we are focusing on ‘Animals including Humans’. We will learn how animals have different teeth depending on their diet. We will be using our knowledge of different animal diets and putting them into food chains. We will then look at the structure of human teeth and learn what each tooth is used for. Towards the end of the term we will learn how it is important to look after our teeth and about the digestive system.
Find below our knowledge overview for what we are doing across all the subject areas this term.
Times Table Resources
Please find below some links to practise your times tables below:
Times Table Check Questions - The Maths Factor
Maths Frame - Multiplication & Division
Times Tables Rockstars Every child has their own login that is written inside their reading record.