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4T’s Spring Term Newsletter
Class Matters
Welcome back and a Happy New Year. I hope you all had a lovely holiday and that you are all rested because we will have a very busy term with lots of activities to look forward to. We said goodbye to Doo Hyun at Christmas but we welcome a new student Meghan.
Curriculum Matters
LiteracyOur Literacy units include:
Persuasive Texts
Using language that provokes an emotional response in the reader.
The effective use of pictures and images Asking questions Using facts Expressing an opinion
Stories inspired by Roald Dahl Investigating the life and works of Roald Dahl Developing characters Using speech correctly Structuring stories using paragraphs
Handwriting Gaining a pen licence
Reading
Reading response work looking at fiction and non fiction texts Nightly reading
Maths
The units this term include:
Geometry Naming polygons Investigating nets Symmetry Angles Co-ordinates Area and perimeter
Place value Looking at negative numbers
Number operations Further work on multiplying and dividing
larger numbers Fractions
Equivalent fractions Adding and subtracting fractions
Decimals Adding subtracting decimals Matching fractions to decimals
Measures Converting units of length, time, mass and volume Word problems
Science
The units this term include
Energy and Electricity Identifying different forms of energy Identifying the differences between
renewable and non renewable energy Building and drawing electrical circuits Making electrical toys
Solids and Liquids Melting, dissolving, filtering
Geography
Living in the Freezer
Comparing the Arctic to the Antarctic Comparing the lives of people in the Arctic to their own Investigate how the environments are changing The impact of humans Protecting the Arctic and Antarctic
Drama
3/4 show “Pied Piper” March 2nd
Help with costumes would be appreciated
Art
The life and works of Vincent Van Gogh Mixing colours Textured paints Using brush strokes Painting in the style of Critiquing
ICT
Programming using probots and the scratch programme. Safe use of the internet. Effective ways to research using the internet.
PE
Ski trip to Bulgaria 6th – 12th March Cross country in the Belgrade Forest - 22nd March
Homework
Spelling work on Monday to be returned on Friday Literacy on Tuesday to be returned on Wednesday Maths on Wednesday returned on Thursday Project work on Friday returned on Thursday Nightly reading Spelling Tests and Multiplication tests on Friday
If you need to contact me please use the home school communication books, but if you prefer to e-mail my address is,
RegardsKate Thomas