Week commencing 17th September

Please find an update about what we will be learning in Millennium next week;

English- We will be starting a new unit of work using the text Robin Hood by Marcia Williams. We will read the text and practise our comprehension skills. This will lead up to a piece of narrative writing. Alongside this, we will be focusing on adverbs and fronted adverbials.

Reading- All children should be reading at home every day and handing their record books in each day to be checked. They will be reading in guided groups with an adult at least once each week.

Maths- We are revising place value. We are continuing to work on comparing and ordering numbers and will be placing numbers on a number line.

In addition to this, all children need to be practising the multiplication tables as one of the Year 4 objectives is know the tables and related division facts to 12×12. There will be a weekly test in class.

There is a free interactive game we use often in class as a starter which children can also access at home. Please find the link below;

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Topic- Our topic for the Autumn term is Vikings and Anglo- Saxons. We will be learning about the cultures of both the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons.

Science- Our focus this term is teeth and digestion. We will be looking at the types of teeth and their function and the importance of looking after our teeth.

Mrs Forde will be providing PPA cover on a Thursday morning, teaching RE and Spelling.

Homework- Homework will be set on a Friday and should be returned by the following Wednesday each week. The children will be expected to read every day and practise their multiplication tables in addition to other work that is given. This week I have asked the children to log on to Mathletics and complete the three assigned tasks. They are then free to explore the rest of Mathletics if they wish and can follow the link to Spellodrome.

Successes- Well done to the following children who have received merit cards this week; Pyman, Martin, Sofia and the whole class for an excellent first week.