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We are the Courageous Crocodiles!

Mrs Cooper is our class teacher and Mrs Buckley is our teaching assistant.

We are very excited to be in year 4 and are looking forward to a busy Autumn Term.

Our thought provoking question for the Autumn Term is:

What did the Ancient Egyptians achieve?

English

Our English work in the first half term will be based around the narrative ‘The Egyptian Cinderella.' We will use Talk for Writing to help us write a character description and some narrative too. During the second half term, our focus will be on non-fiction writing.  We will be applying our knowledge of the Ancient Egyptians to write mummification instructions and non-chronological reports. We will continue to have a strong focus on handwriting, spelling, grammar and punctuation throughout the term.

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading, we will be focusing on developing our reading skills and linking this with answering questions about a text. We will also be developing our inference skills - using clues to help us answer questions.

Maths

This term, we will be focusing on place value and addition and subtraction. We will also be learning about length and perimeter and multiplication and division as we progress into the second half term. There will be a real focus on learning the timestables up to 12x12 and being able to recall them confidently.

Science

In Science, we will be learning about two different topics in the Autumn term. The first topic is called ‘In a State’ and we will be exploring material properties and learning about solids, liquids and gases. In the second half term, we will be learning about electricity during our Switched On topic.

Topic

Our thought provoking topic question will enable us to dive into an ancient world as we learn all about the Ancient Egyptians. We will be exploring who were the Ancient Egyptians and when they were around as well as what life was like for them. Also, we will be learning about mummification and Egyptian Gods. We will also be getting the atlases out to discover more about Egypt’s physical and human features.

Computing

Our computing work will, as always, involve work around E-Safety and knowing how to stay safe online. Our main focus will be Coding and using Spreadsheets. We will be using Purple Mash to support the Computing curriculum.

RSHE

Our circle time work will centre around discussing friendship - the qualities a friend has and how to solve dis-agreements.

Art / DT

In our Art and DT lessons, we will be focussing on the Ancient Egyptians where we will be creating Egyptian portraits and replicating Egyptian burial masks. In the second half term, we will be applying our Science knowledge to create an electrical game!

PE

PE will be on a Monday and Wednesday. We will be kicking off the Autumn term with Games.

RE

We will be having RE days where we will be learning about Hinduism and the Nativity Story.

French

Our French topic is called - All Aboard

The theme will allow the children to learn days of the week and words and phrases associated with transport and weather.

As you can see, we have a very busy Autumn term ahead. Thankyou very much

for all your support. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.  

If you need to contact me at another point:

ycooper@crescent.notts.sch.uk

Homework 

Homework will be set every Friday through our remote learning platform - SeeSaw. 

We also ask for your support with reading at home, spelling practise and times tables rehearsal.