Week commencing 24th September

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

English- We will be continuing to read Robin Hood by Marcia Williams. Our focus for this week is comprehension skills.

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 will be rounding numbers to the nearest ten and hundred, working up to four digit numbers.

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. This week we will be learning about the raid at Lindisfarne.

Science- Our focus this term is teeth and digestion. We will be looking at the parts of the body responsible for digestion and learning about their function.

The following websites are useful resources if you would like to support your child’s science learning. http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/ science/teethandeating/ an informative site which will deepen the children’s understanding of teeth. http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/ science/bodyandmedicine/digestivesystem/ is an informative website which will support the children’s understanding of the human digestive system. Useful quiz to test knowledge.

Human Body app (ios) http://tinybop.com/apps/the-human-body allows children to manipulate the digestive system

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  assigned tasks and to complete a sheet practising the fronted adverbials we have been learning in class this week. 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; Sofia, Aarav, Aryan and Sh’zane.

Other news- We will be having a Viking dress up day on 9th October along with an exciting Viking visitor joining us for the day. Please look out the letter soon.

Don’t worry about providing expensive costume. See link for ideas.

https://vikingschoolvisits.com/costume-ideas-for-dressing-up-day/