Year 4 New Zealand

Welcome to New Zealand Class

Mr Donnelly, Mrs Thompson and Mrs Wilsher will be working with the children in Year 4 until Christmas.

This term, our learning includes:

English 

Our book is called ‘Gorilla’.

We are learning to:
• Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases

• Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition

• Use fronted adverbials

• Organise paragraphs around a theme (Use paragraphs to organise and sequence more extended narrative structures) 

• Use commas after fronted adverbials

Maths

We shall be looking at Place value,  as well as addition and subtraction within multi-step problems.

 

Geography 

We will be advancing our learning within map reading including hemispheres, longitude and latitude. 

Music 

This term we will be listening and responding to different genres of music as well as taking part in our weekly singing sessions. 

Science 

This term we will be exploring animals including humans focusing on the scientist Carl Linnaeus. 

Computing

This term we will be using the internet, exploring databases and learning about E-Safety on Natterhub.

French 

We shall be advancing our phonetical knowledge as well as ways to introduce ourselves. 

PSHE

VIPS - This topic builds on children’s knowledge of key relationships and people within our lives. 

 

PE

PE day is Thursday so please wear your PE kit.

Home Learning

We encourage all home learning based on our current units of work alongside children completing weekly sessions on Times Table Rock Stars and Spelling Shed.