Year 4
Staff
Teachers:
Mrs Newdeck (Monday & Friday)
Miss Hannis (Tuesday, Wednesday &Thursday)
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs McNeill, Mrs Lim, Mrs White, Mrs Nye, Ms Elliot
This term our topic is:
Shackleton and Antarctica
We will be generating our literacy work for Spring from:
https://files.schudio.com/harrowgate-primary-academy/files/documents/Shackleton-s-Journey.pdf
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions took place during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a period between the late 19th century and the start of the First World War in which many explorers attempted to scientifically and geographically explore the Antarctic continent. Shackleton was able to successfully explore the Antarctic several times, though not without enduring several dangerous challenges that he encountered while on his expeditions.
Shackleton’s Journey by illustrator William Grill brings a beautifully visual and detailed look into the amazing and wondrous adventures of Ernest Shackleton’s journey.
Home Learning
Click on the link below for homework opportunities
Spelling Year 4
Spring Term Spellings
The test will be on a Friday.
Science
We are learning about:
Electricity & Forces
- identify common appliances that run on electricity
- construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers
- identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery
- recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
- recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors
Forces
- compare how things move on different surfaces
- notice that some forces need contact between 2 objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance
- observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others
- compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials
- describe magnets as having 2 poles
- predict whether 2 magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing
This term our PE sessions will be on a Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Please ensure that children wear their PE kits to school. House colours if possible.
Forest school sessions will take place on a Wednesday. It is important that children have wellies in school to be able to join in Forest School sessions. It would be a great idea to keep them in lockers for the term.
Maths Games
Top Marks is a website with lots of good games children can play to help them with their maths. Hit the button is a great one for times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Tables Rock Stars is also up and running. All children have received a user name and log in.
Times tables worksheets that we do every day in class.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Full Programme – TTRS worksheets (1)
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/multiplication-tables-check
Take a look at our photos
Soup Making
Christmas DT Project: Design and make a light up nose net reindeer!
South America and Rainforest Talk from Parent who lived there for 7 months
A South American Visitor!