lks2 Curriculum
Below you will find more information and detail about what will be covering over this half term.
English
We will be using the Frindleswylde by Natalia and Lauren O’Hara which is a picture book about a girl named Cora who must follow the mysterious boy Frindleswylde into his frozen kingdom to retrieve the stolen light from her family's lantern. To get the light back, Cora must complete three "impossible tasks" he sets for her. Children will have many writing opportunities throughout this unit to finally write a sequel to this book.
Reading:
Our class text will be Wilf The Mighty Worrier
Please help your child to learn their spellings each week. The children have access to Spelling Shed to help them with their learning.
Please ensure you read with your child each night and write it in their reading diary. Please write in your child's reading diary each time you read so that we can monitor their progress. Remember you can read other books separate from their reading book at home also.
Maths
Year 3 will be learning all about multiplication and division
- Multiples of ten
- Related calculations
- Multiplying 2-digit number by 1-digit number
- Linking multiplication and division
- Dividing 2-digit number by 1-digit number
Year 4 will be learning all about addition and subtraction
- Factors pairs
- Multiplying by 10 and 100
- Dividing by 10 and 100
- Multiplying a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number
- Dividing a 3- digit number by a 1-digit number
Take a look at these knowledge organisers to help support your year 3 child at home
-multiplication-and-division.pdf
Take a look at these knowledge organisers to help support your year 4 child at home
multiplication-and-division.pdf
YEAR 4 Times Table Check
The purpose of the check is to determine whether your child can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support.
What is the multiplication tables check?
It is an on-screen check consisting of 25 times table questions. Your child will be able to answer 3 practice questions before taking the actual check. They will then have 6 seconds to answer each question. On average, the check should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.
Please find below some links for advice and support to help your child learn their times tables at home.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
https://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
Use the SOUND CHECK option on Times Table Rockstars to help also.
If you would like further resources to help your child at home don't hesitate to send me an email or ask at the door before or after school.
Science- Plants
Some of our enquiry questions include:
- How do plants reproduce?
- How do insects know which flowers to pollinate?
- What do seeds do?
- What conditions are perfect for a seed to grow?
- How does water move through a plant?
Computing- Audio Production
The computing unit of work is all about audio production to learning to produce a podcast.
Theme (History) Ancient Egyptians
TARGET MEMORIES for this topic will include;
- The hierarchy of the social class system in place in ancient Egypt
- Why the ancient Egyptians settled so close to the river Nile and the various ways it helped the civilisation to thrive
- The pharaohs and their achievements
- The mummification process
- The beliefs about Gods and the afterlife
Art
In art, we will be learning the skill of printing called collagraph. We will using different materials to create hieroglyphic prints.
RE- Why are festivals important?
We will look for similarities and differences between religious and non-religious celebrations and answer some of the following questions:
- What do Christians celebrate at Easter?
- Why do Muslims celebrate at the end of Ramadan?
- Why do Jewish people celebrate Pesach every year?
Music
Our musical spotlight will be – Composing with friends and our social question is- How does music improve the world. Each lesson will cover the skills of listening and appraising, singing playing and performing.
PE
This half term year 4 children from both classes 6 & 7 will be swimming. The remaining children will also be doing PE in the morning.
Next half term our Beyond the Physical Units are Inspire, Create Perform (performing dances with a range of movement patterns) and Duel, Win, Lose (the principles of attacking and defending)
Just a reminder about school PE KIT
Children should come to school on a Wednesday and Friday wearing full PE kit.
- White polo shirt
- Burgundy shorts or dark joggers
- School jumper
- Pumps or trainers
PSHE
Our PSHE unit is all about Keeping Safe. We will think about how we can identify things that are unsafe or a risk to us and learn how we can ensure we can keep ourselves safe from these risks. This will also include online safety.
Spanish
In Spanish our learning will be all about animals. We will learn the names of many animals, be able to count animals and say which our favourite is.
DT-
We will be making an Egyptian Shaduf which was a tool used to lift water from the river to irrigate the farms.
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