WELCOME TO YEAR 4!

First topic:  Medival Britain: 

We will be leanring all about the period of Medival Britain. We will start by learning all about the Romans ( going over what we learnt last year). After this is we move onto Anglo saxons and the Vikings. We will be comparing how the Roman's and the Saxons's lived, focusing on the similarities and differences between these two great civilisations. Then we will move onto to learn about the great Battle of Hastings, the Magma Carta and the Black Death. 

Our topic for this term is Sir Francis Drake.

We will be studying Sir Francis Drake and his role in defeating the Spanish Armada, slave trading, and how he became so loathed by the Spanish that they nicknamed him ‘El Draque’ – The Dragon.

We will also study the fact that he became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world and will test our own knowledge of the world in terms of its oceans, continent and how it is divided into two hemispheres.

Writing

Our writing this term begins with poetry. The class will study the poem ‘I am Red Fox’ by Robert Macfarlane, looking at its structure and rhyming and then will begin to create their own versions referencing a favourite animal. Following this, we will investigate balanced arguments and how we put forward opinions for and against a subject and come to a conclusion.

In reading, we have begun our book for this term: How to train your dragon. 

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero. In the first How to Train Your Dragon book Hiccup must lead ten novices in their initiation into the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. They have to train their dragons or be BANISHED from the tribe FOR EVER!
But what if Hiccup's dragon resembles an ickle brown bunny with wings? And has NO TEETH? The Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus is stirring and wants to devour every Viking on the Isle of Berk . . .
Can Hiccup save the tribe - and become a Hero?

Maths

In maths, we began the term with Area, moving on to multiplication and division after this. In addition to this, we practice times tables (See below for links to MTC documents), arithmetic skills each day (mental maths), along with continually revisiting previous learning. Owls are also encouraged to continue with the very popular Timestable Rockstars at home. Please contact the office if login details are required.

Here are our topics for other areas of the curriculum:

Science – Animals inccluding humans / States of Matter

Computing – Online safety

Jigsaw– Being me in the world

PE – Football and Fitness 

Music - Body Percussion

Forest School – Working on teamwork 

ARt- William Morris

D.T- Mechanical Systems

Owls continue to work hard at their learning. We are very proud of their efforts and look forward to this continuing as the term progresses.

Mrs Teuten