Welcome to Team Neptune

Year 4

Teachers:  Ms Bisson and Miss Sharma

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Waring

We hope that you had a fantastic Easter break and are refreshed and ready for a fantastic term. We are looking forward to having a fun Summer term full of exciting learning.

Maths: In maths, we will be focusing on the following units through our Power Maths scheme: Length and perimeter, fractions, decimals, money, time, shape, statistics.

The children will be encouraged to discuss answers, use resources to support understanding and use journaling to make connections and reflect on their learning.

We will also continue to practice our timetables to automaticity through Mastering Number and Times Tables Rock Stars.  

English:

 In English, we will continue to build on our prior grammatical knowledge to build a varied and rich vocabulary; use an increasing range of sentence structures; use paragraphs to organise information and ideas around a theme; use a variety of verb forms used correctly and consistently

 and recognize the grammatical difference between plural and possessive ‘s’.

We will be applying our skills on work based on these 2 quality texts: Journey by Aaron Becker and read The Merchant of Venice in A stage full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela Mc Allister.

Projects

Why was the River Nile the key to life in Ancient Egypt?

This term, we will be exploring the inventions that helped Stone Age people survive and thrive.

In geography, we will be learning where Egypt is found on a map and naming the surrounding countries. We will be learning about the key physical and human features found in Egypt. In history, we will be looking at Ancient Egypt. We will be learning about Egyptian society, burial rituals and mummification. We will discover why the River Nile was so important at the time and still is today.

In History, we will learn the names of the two Egyptian kingdoms and explain the structure of Egyptian society. We will explain why the River Nile was important to Ancient Egyptians as well as

describe the importance of religion and Gods in the lives of Ancient Egyptians.

The children will also explain burial rituals and the mummification process.

In our science project we will be studying biology.

Plants

We will be exploring which part of the plant absorbs light to make food for the plant. We will understand how water is transported within plants and explain what the function of a flower

on a flowering plant is.

 Finally, we will explain the function of different parts of a plant.

 and draw a diagram showing the life cycle of a plant.

PE Please can all PE Kits be in school throughout the school week. Our PE sessions will take place on a Monday and Friday throughout this term. Please can all items be clearly labelled.

Water bottles Please can all children bring in a labelled water bottle for them to use throughout their day at school.

Optional homework

For any children who wish to practice their learning at home, spelling homework will continue to be set on EdShed as well as alternating weekly grammar or maths quizzes.  Times Tables Rock Stars is set weekly for all children as well.

All homework will be set on a Friday and can be completed until the following Friday.

Reading It is expected that children will read at home 20 minutes every day, please support children to log this in their planners. Children are encouraged to read to an adult, sibling or friend often as well as read independently. Planners will be checked regularly so please do support the children to make a note of what they have read each evening. 😊

Planners/ Messages

At any time, if you need to speak to us, please either write a note in your child’s planner or contact the school office by telephone or e-mail. We will get in touch as soon as possible.

Thank you for your support,

Ms Bisson, Miss Sharma and Mrs Waring