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WELCOMETuesday 17th September 2019
Routines and Reminders
� PE days-which are on Wednesdays also includes their swimming lesson. Children can wear a Stillness tracksuit on this day.
� There will be a spelling and times tables test every Friday.
� To bring a reading book and planner everyday. Recommended novels/chapter books are on the website.
English
Talk 4 Writing
Main focuses this term:
� Using correct punctuation
� Adding description to engage the reader
� Using conjunctions to extend sentences
Imitation Innovation Independent
English Workshop: Tuesday 15th October 2019 at 9.15
Maths
Place Value andthe four
operations.
Maths Workshop: Tuesday 8th October 2019
which will provide insight on our new scheme of work-White Rose Maths
The Multiplication Times
Tables test-June 2020Until now, there had been no formal measure to judge whether children in England had learnt their times tables or not – with a formal judgement only somewhat made from a child’s Year 6 Maths SATs performance. So, the idea is for the Multiplication Tables Check to be taken towards the end of Year 4 to make sure children are meeting the benchmark of memorising their times tables up to 12 x 12 before moving up to Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and Year 6).
� The times tables test will be timed (25 questions) with the
entire assessment lasting approximately 5 minutes in
total. Children will be given six seconds to answer each of
the questions, with a three second blank gap between
each question.
� The questions will be randomly selected by the testing
programme from 121 different options, ranging from 2 x 2
= up to 12 x 12. The test’s software has been programmed
to show children more questions from the 6, 7, 8, 9 and
12 times tables, as these are trickier times tables focused
on more in Years 3 and 4.
� Each child’s result will be passed on to their school, and
the DfE will create a report on overall results across all
schools in England to measure whether national times
tables results improve over the coming years. The school’s
results will not be published in any public way, nor will
they be used in informing any type of league or
performance table.
Topic: Anglo Saxons’ to Vikings
Who are the Anglo-Saxons?
Who are the Vikings?
Who got to Great Britain first?
Which countries did the settlers originate from?
Science – Animals’ Including Humans
We will cover:
• Functions of the basic parts of the human digestive system.
• The different types of teeth and their functions.
� Investigating similarities and differences between humans and animal digestion.
� Food chains
RE Day – Friday 18th October 2019
JudaismShabbat and
festivals in
Jewish life.
PSHE
Growth
Mindset-
Being Me in
my world
Celebrating
differences
Encouraging
children to practice
positive thinking
and understanding
the power of
thoughts and words
over their lives.
Computing
� E-safety and being safe online is a core aspect of
the computer curriculum.
� All children are taught about using technology
responsibly and about the importance of keeping
personal information safe.
Homework
� Reading every night for 30 minutes.
� Spelling test every Friday
� Mathletics activity (task will be
� assigned by Class teacher).
� Topic Project for the term
Friday 13th September
Review: suffixes taught in year 3
(All root words end in ‘ic’)
Friday 20th September
Review: Prefixes taught in year 3
(in-, il- and im- used to change the
root word to a negative meaning)
Friday 27th September
Tricky words from the Year 4
curriculum word list
Friday 4th October
Words using apostrophes to
replace missing letters
basically
frantically
comically
energetically
terrifically
magically
inactive
incapable
illegal
illiterate
impolite
impossible
length
material
library
minute
medicine
natural
don’t
wouldn’t
you’ll
shouldn’t
haven’t
couldn’t
Friday 11th October
Adding a suffix to change a root
word
Friday 18th October
Adding the suffix -ly to words
ending in ‘y’
Challenge: Earn a house
point by completing a task
below
begin
beginner
beginning
visit
visited
visiting
happily
angrily
hungrily
crazily
guiltily
noisily
1) Write a sentence for each of
your spellings.
2) Use a dictionary to find the
meaning of each word.
3) Find 5 more words that
follow the same rule.
4) Explain the rule in your own
words.
Trips for this term
�Anglo-Saxon and Viking in house workshop.
Children are welcome to dress up on this day.
�VR Viking Workshop
� ‘It takes Guts’ human digestion live workshop.
We will also be visiting the Wonderlab on this day.
Tate Modern
�As you’re aware, photographers from Tate modern came in and took photographs of the children. They are creating a collage of different schools across London.
�Once Mr Hayn (Art Teacher) gets confirmation of when the images are ready, please feel free to visit and look at the children’s images.