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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. 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. 

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, Miss Gilpin 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. 

Summer- Term 1

Hello and welcome back to term 5! We are so excited to have you back after the Easter break and have lots of exciting learning planned. Our theme this term is 'Express Yourself'. In English this term we will be basing our learning on the story 'The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish' by Neil Gaiman. For the first part of the term we will be concentrating on writing a speech to persuade. We will present our points of view both orally and in writing. Later on in the term, we will be focusing on writing a script / performance poem to entertain. Our book dive books for this term are 'The Lost Words' by Robert MacFarlane and 'King Arthur and the Knights at the Round Table' by Marcia Williams. 

In History this term our learning is based around the question "How did the Anglo-Saxons develop Britain?". We will begin our learning by discovering who the Anglo-Saxons were and what else was going on in the world at that time. We will look at their lives, homes and culture. We will explore the conflict between the Picts and the Scots and learn how the Anglo-Saxons changed Britain. We will look at Anglo-Saxon runes and what the different symbols represent. To complete our learning, we will look at Sutton Hoo - a place where archaeologists have found lots of fascinating artefacts, including the imprint of a ship. 

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In Science, it is our focus on the 'Earth Term'. We will be exploring deforestation and finding our why it is harmful to our environment. We will then focus on the reasons around deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest and how it is harmful to our planet. We will look at the importance of the company Green Pease and how they help indigenous tribes.  We will then show our knowledge of deforestation in a variety of ways. Towards the end of term, we will learn about the organisation Harry Lynch - One Tree Planted and how they are fighting deforestation across the globe. 

Find below our knowledge overview for what we are doing across all the subject areas this term. 

Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) Information

The purpose of the check is to determine whether children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in Mathematics. A lot of rich, interesting maths is all about the multiplicative relationships and these are hard to fully grasp without fluent recall of the tables. For that reason, learning the tables is fundamental. 

Find below the information given during the parent meeting. 

Times Table Resources

Please find below some links to practise your times tables below: