JANUARY 2012

Dear Parents/Carers,

Happy New Year to you all! Please find below a list of the units we will be covering this entire Spring term:

In Literacy we will be studying ‘Creative writing and Stories from other cultures.’ During the second Spring term, year 4 will use their knowledge of the Rainforest to create ‘Persuasive texts’ and write descriptive Poems. 

In Numeracy we cover a 3 week unit of ‘Securing number facts, and understanding shapes’ which will involve investigating number patterns and relationships, finding fractions of numbers and shapes. We will also study a 2 week unit of ‘Handling data and measures’ which covers measures, place value but also posing and answering questions.

During the second Spring term year 4 will explore “Securing number facts, relationships and calculating” and end with a 2 week unit of “Calculating, measuring and understanding shape.”  

For the entire Spring term, year 4’s exciting IPC topic is ‘The Rainforest, Saving the World.’

In geography, we’ll be finding out:

·         Where rainforests are in the world,

·         Which rainforest products we use in our everyday lives,

·         How the rainforest people live,

·         How and why the rainforest is being destroyed,

·         The ways that people are trying to save the rainforest

In art , we’ll be:

·         Making face paint designs

·         Looking at artwork made by rainforest people and others to help us create our own piece of rainforest art

In Science, we’ll be finding out:

·         About different rainforest animals and plants,

·         Investigating where different animals and plants live in the rainforest,

·         Which colours are the most difficult to find,

·         Why plants have leaves,

·         Why different plants have different leaves,

·         The best conditions to grow a plant,

·         Finding out about rainforest fruits and seeds,

·         Growing our own plants from seeds.

In technology, we’ll be:

·         Designing a recipe and then making our own fruit drinks.

In Music, we’ll be:

·         Listening to music made by rainforest people and others.

·         Composing our own rainforest music.

In PE, we’ll be:

·         Planning and performing our own rainforest dances.

In ICT, we’ll be:

·         Using the Internet to support our research,

·         Using ICT to organise and present our work e.g. PowerPoint presentations.

Just a quick reminder:

• PE kits needed every Tuesday and Thursday. 
• Spelling tests will take place every Thursday.  
• Learning logs are due in on Thursdays (with 2 weeks to complete).  

Please feel free to speak to me at any time.

Many thanks,

Carly Mines 

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