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Year 4 Spring Term

 Miss Potts

St Lucia and Pirates

Mathematics; Year 4 maths number group will start off this term by learning to use and recite the times tables, revising the 3 and 4 and learning 6,7 and 8 times tables. We will revise doubling and halving numbers before recognising, writing and using mixed fractions.  To fit in with the pirate theme, we will be learning how to use co-ordinates to make pirate maps.

English ; We will be examining features of information texts , using indexes and contents of books, researching using the internet. The children will write information leaflets based upon the Island of St Lucia. Based on Comenius work, children have to produce booklets explaining how we use and grow willow in the school grounds and information for our class display about our partner countries.  We will look at Afro Caribbean poetry and literature from different cultures especially from the Caribbean and Wales.

Comenius Project work ; Based on the work received back from our partner schools this term, we will be Creating a PowerPoint presentation about the endangered, indigenous species from Great Britain. We will be conducting a project about this, within our own school grounds. We will be taking part in the RSPN bird watch to learn more about what birds visit and use our grounds.

RE; We start this term by considering why certain clothes are important, we will learn about different festivals/ customs such as Holi, Eid ,Baisakhi and Easter .

PE ; ‘Sportstars’ will continue to teach games every Friday. The children will also continue to develop their gymnastic skills and learn some traditional dance skills.

Topic subjects

Our topic this term is a Geography skills based topic – St Lucia and pirates. Skills in Geography will therefore concentrate on locating St Lucia and asking what is it like? Using photographs, maps and other sources such as the internet we’ll find out what the landscape, climate, buildings, and plants are like. We will be comparing these to our own area and also to some of our partner schools. We’ll use features of the landscape to mix tropical colours in art. Hopefully the island will inspire us to create a weaving to represent how we feel and what we think of this Island. We’ll learn how the islanders benefit from Fair Trade and discover the history of Pigeon Island and its Pirates. We will investigate what food is grown and eaten on St Lucia so we can design and make a healthy Caribbean drink based on Fair Trade products. Our science will therefore consider what our bodies need for a healthy diet and examine how environmental factors affect what grows by comparing the environment of St Lucia to St Brides.

Homework- Could all homework books please be returned every Thursday. Homework will be set on Fridays to be completed for the following week.

Home reading books; I would appreciate it if you could continue to return these books on your child’s allocated changing day, even if your child has not finished the book so we can monitor how they are progressing with it and change it on that day if necessary.

Please ensure that your child brings in their PE kit

Thursday- Indoor PE kits please.

Friday- PE kits suitable for outdoor games- children will need sweatshirts, trainers and jogging bottoms- no shorts please.