Ramanujan (Year 4)
Ramanujan (Year 3)
Class teacher: Mr McLeod
Learning Assistants: Mrs Robbins and Mrs Bland
Welcome!
Welcome back for a new school year! We are all so excited to catch up with you all and begin our new Year 4 journey together and hope your child is looking forward to being in Year 4 too.
As ever this term will be a busy one, packed full of exciting learning. Within this curriculum newsletter there is some key information to help you support your child’s learning.
PE
Our usual PE days this term are Monday (outdoor) and Wednesday (indoor). Please can your child bring a suitable PE kit to school every Monday. PE kits can stay in class and will come home after the last PE lesson of each week to be washed.
Indoor PE: Children will need shorts and a plain t-shirt in their house colour and suitable indoor footwear.
Outdoor PE: Children will need green jogging bottoms, a plain t-shirt in their house colour, a plain jumper and suitable outdoor footwear.
Jewellery: A reminder that only stud earrings and wristwatches may be worn to school. Earrings must be removed or covered for PE. Children should not wear bracelets to school.
Reading
We expect children to have daily opportunities to read to, or with, someone at home, as well as independently. Reading can include: books, newspapers, magazines, online reading, eBooks, reading tablets, information books, adverts, menus, poems, song lyrics – the list is endless. The important thing is that your child reads regularly (preferably daily!) and enjoys, and is engaged with, the reading!
Curriculum
STEAM |
This term our STEAM focus is Maths and we will be answering the following question: ‘Can I create, carry out an experiment and present my data in a variety of different ways?’ As our final product, the children will be creating a bird bath using clay. To achieve this outcome, this term we will be learning about the following:
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English |
Persuasive Writing In this unit, we will be writing an advert to encourage people to reconsider their purchase of single use plastics. To achieve this, the following will be taught:
A narrative. In this unit, we will be writing a short story tomorrow.
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Maths |
In Maths we will begin with column addition and subtraction. We will then focus on place value, specifically learning to:
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Computing |
In Computing we will be learning about systems and networks. Within this unit the children will develop their skills and knowledge to understand the following objectives:
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HRE |
This term, the focus of our HRE learning is: Health and Wellbeing, the children will learn:
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Music |
Using the Charanga music programme, we will focus on the popular music song ‘Mamma Mia’ and develop the following skills:
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MFL |
This term we will learn vocabulary and sentences related to ‘All around town’. The children will learn to:
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PE |
Indoor P.E. Hockey We will be developing our hockey skills including:
Outdoor P.E. – Football
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RE |
This term we will consider the question “Do you shape your own destiny?” with a focus on Judaism, Christianity and Islam we will learn to:
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Thank you for your continued support,
Mr McLeod
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