Term 2 Week 1– overview

We will have our usual ukulele lesson with Mr Lawrence on Monday.

Our spelling words this week all have the suffix ‘sion’.  Our handwriting session will focus on correctly forming the letter y.

In English, we are continuing our work based around Roman gods and goddesses.  We will be continuing to write a letter from the point of view of Philemon and Baucis to re-tell the story of the Oak and Linden Tree.  We will then work with editing partners to improve our writing and make corrections.

In Maths, we will be continuing our unit on addition and subtraction.  We will be subtracting 4-digit numbers with no exchange, one exchange and more than one exchange. We will also be practising times tables.  Our target in Year 4 is to be secure in all times tables up to 12s, and we take the Multiplication Table Check in the summer term.

In RE, we will be beginning a new unit on Incarnation.  We will be addressing the big question:  What is the Trinity?

In History, we will be learning about leisure activities in Roman Britain.

In Science, we are going to be completing our unit on states of matter by learning about the water cycle.

PE will take place on Monday and Wednesday afternoons with Mr Goodyer.  Please ensure that your child has a named PE kit in school all week.

Reading records will be coming home this week.  We would like pupils to bring them in on Tuesday and Friday each week.  If your child is reading books from the reading scheme, these will be changed for them.  If your child is a free-reader, they will be responsible for changing their book.

If you need to contact the class team about non-urgent matters, please use the following email address:

chestnut@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Have a great week.

Best wishes,

Mrs Barter and the Chestnut Team