WELCOMETuesday 17th September 2019

Routines and Reminders

� PE days-which are on Wednesdays also includes their swimming lesson. Children can wear a Stillness tracksuit on this day.

� There will be a spelling and times tables test every Friday.

� To bring a reading book and planner everyday. Recommended novels/chapter books are on the website.

English

Talk 4 Writing

Main focuses this term:

� Using correct punctuation

� Adding description to engage the reader

� Using conjunctions to extend sentences

Imitation Innovation Independent

English Workshop: Tuesday 15th October 2019 at 9.15

Maths

Place Value andthe four

operations.

Maths Workshop: Tuesday 8th October 2019

which will provide insight on our new scheme of work-White Rose Maths

The Multiplication Times

Tables test-June 2020Until now, there had been no formal measure to judge whether children in England had learnt their times tables or not – with a formal judgement only somewhat made from a child’s Year 6 Maths SATs performance. So, the idea is for the Multiplication Tables Check to be taken towards the end of Year 4 to make sure children are meeting the benchmark of memorising their times tables up to 12 x 12 before moving up to Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and Year 6).

� The times tables test will be timed (25 questions) with the

entire assessment lasting approximately 5 minutes in

total. Children will be given six seconds to answer each of

the questions, with a three second blank gap between

each question.

� The questions will be randomly selected by the testing

programme from 121 different options, ranging from 2 x 2

= up to 12 x 12. The test’s software has been programmed

to show children more questions from the 6, 7, 8, 9 and

12 times tables, as these are trickier times tables focused

on more in Years 3 and 4.

� Each child’s result will be passed on to their school, and

the DfE will create a report on overall results across all

schools in England to measure whether national times

tables results improve over the coming years. The school’s

results will not be published in any public way, nor will

they be used in informing any type of league or

performance table.

Topic: Anglo Saxons’ to Vikings

Who are the Anglo-Saxons?

Who are the Vikings?

Who got to Great Britain first?

Which countries did the settlers originate from?

Science – Animals’ Including Humans

We will cover:

• Functions of the basic parts of the human digestive system.

• The different types of teeth and their functions.

� Investigating similarities and differences between humans and animal digestion.

� Food chains

RE Day – Friday 18th October 2019

JudaismShabbat and

festivals in

Jewish life.

PSHE

Growth

Mindset-

Being Me in

my world

Celebrating

differences

Encouraging

children to practice

positive thinking

and understanding

the power of

thoughts and words

over their lives.

Computing

� E-safety and being safe online is a core aspect of

the computer curriculum.

� All children are taught about using technology

responsibly and about the importance of keeping

personal information safe.

Homework

� Reading every night for 30 minutes.

� Spelling test every Friday

� Mathletics activity (task will be

� assigned by Class teacher).

� Topic Project for the term

Friday 13th September

Review: suffixes taught in year 3

(All root words end in ‘ic’)

Friday 20th September

Review: Prefixes taught in year 3

(in-, il- and im- used to change the

root word to a negative meaning)

Friday 27th September

Tricky words from the Year 4

curriculum word list

Friday 4th October

Words using apostrophes to

replace missing letters

basically

frantically

comically

energetically

terrifically

magically

inactive

incapable

illegal

illiterate

impolite

impossible

length

material

library

minute

medicine

natural

don’t

wouldn’t

you’ll

shouldn’t

haven’t

couldn’t

Friday 11th October

Adding a suffix to change a root

word

Friday 18th October

Adding the suffix -ly to words

ending in ‘y’

Challenge: Earn a house

point by completing a task

below

begin

beginner

beginning

visit

visited

visiting

happily

angrily

hungrily

crazily

guiltily

noisily

1) Write a sentence for each of

your spellings.

2) Use a dictionary to find the

meaning of each word.

3) Find 5 more words that

follow the same rule.

4) Explain the rule in your own

words.

Trips for this term

�Anglo-Saxon and Viking in house workshop.

Children are welcome to dress up on this day.

�VR Viking Workshop

� ‘It takes Guts’ human digestion live workshop.

We will also be visiting the Wonderlab on this day.

Tate Modern

�As you’re aware, photographers from Tate modern came in and took photographs of the children. They are creating a collage of different schools across London.

�Once Mr Hayn (Art Teacher) gets confirmation of when the images are ready, please feel free to visit and look at the children’s images.