Our Learning in Spring 1

Our Learning in Spring 1

In our first half term there will be lots of exciting learning taking place in Year 4. 

In maths, we are continuing our Power Maths learning by moving onto working with fractions. We will learn about equivalent fractions, calculating the fraction of an amount and adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominators.

In English, we are reading and writing a number of different text types based on fiction and non-fiction books. We will write our own adventure tales based on our class book Escape from Pompeii. In our reading lessons will will be starting by studying a non-fcition text about volcanoes. During these lessons we will practise a range or reading skills including defining new vocabulary, making predictions, drawing on inferences and reading retrieval.

In history, our topic for autumn is the ancient Romans. We will be able to make a lot of historical comparisons between the Romans and the Greeks we studied in Autumn. Additionally, in geography we will be learning about the formation and different types of volcanoes.

For design and technology we will be constructing volcanoes with lava flow channels to help protect settlements built by volcanoes.

For science this half-term, we are learning about food chains and the classification of animals. By the end of the unit of work pupils should be able to:

• recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways
• explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment
• construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey

In PE, we are continuing our swimming lessons once a week. Pupils are all reminded to ensure that they are bringing their swimming kit including a towel on their swimming day. 4CC will swim on Tuesdays and 4ML and 4MJ will swim on Thursdays.

Finally, in music we are using the recorders. We will learn a number of new songs and predominantly use B, A, G and E notes to produce our own rhythms.