Year 4
Welcome to Year 4! We hope you had a wonderful and restful summer holiday. Our topic this half term will be ‘Brainwave’ followed by ‘Temples, Tombs and Treasures’. Over the course of the next few weeks the children will be exploring the topic of Brainwave. This includes learning about the different parts of the brain, how we learn best, investigating the impact of exercise on our bodies and understanding how our emotions can impact our ability to learn. We will then explore what life was like during Egyptian times, as well as how our brain works and how we access learning in different ways. They will be looking at the historic reign of different Egyptian Pharaohs and how they shaped ancient Egyptian history.
Science
In Science and PSHE we will be thinking about our brain and how it helps us to learn. We will explore the best ways for us to learn through our Brainwave topic so we are more prepared to face big challenges and work together as a team. We will also think about how to record our learning and how we’re getting on through experimentation.
English
In English we are focusing on a book called ‘Secrets of a Sun King’. We will be using the book as inspiration for our own writing and begin to write for different purposes and audiences. These will include newspaper reports, diary entries and description.
Maths
In Maths we will be looking at how we can use our understanding of place value to help us add and subtract. We will also be exploring how to partition and order numbers up to 10,000 by using number lines and place value charts.
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Homework
- Homework will go home on Friday and will need to be completed by Wednesday.
- Times tables and spellings to go home Friday ready for a test on Monday.
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