Welcome back after the half term break. We hope (yet again) that the weather didn't spoil too many plans!

The children from Year 3/4 were fantastic on residential - showing resilience and supporting each other in a very mature way. We are sure this experience will have prepared them well for the move to their next class/year group in September.

Between now and summer, our English work will focus on the book 'Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx', along with various non-fiction books which will support our history topic. This term, we are placing great emphasis on transcription skills (handwriting, grammar and spelling) along with developing more complex sentence structures and increasing writing stamina.

Our maths learning will cover the following units: money, properties of shape, mass and capacity (Y3), position and direction (Y4) and everyone will finish with statistics. In addition to these, we will be strengthening the children's maths fluency with regular practice of the basic facts. Year 4 will also be focusing on the times tables in preparation for the Multiplication Tables Check - a national assessment that takes place in June.

In science we will be learning about animals, including humans. This unit mainly focuses on nutrition, the skeleton and muscles.

Our history unit is 'Ancient Egyptians' in which we will learn about life during this time. The children will be developing the skills necessary to be a good historian, including using primary sources. They will also get a brief overview of other ancient civilisations.

In RE we will be learning about Sikhism.

Our PSHE will focus on 'changing me'. These lessons will take place every Wednesday during the last session.

Our PE days are Wednesdays (gym) and Fridays (athletics) but please make sure kit is in school every day, especially as we will be putting on extra Sports Day practices this term.

Our music this term will be KS2 Band. John Dean (who taught out Tenor Horn lessons) will be leading this every Monday afternoon. 

Please do look at the Curriculum Overview below to gain more detail about what we will be learning this term.

Reading List

The attached reading list has been produced in response to parents' requests for ideas about what their children should be reading. It only covers fiction narrative and is only a guide to the type of books and authors that your child might enjoy. The list does not include non-fiction or poetry.

Happy reading!