Nightingales (Mr Broadbridge), Skylarks (Mr Iles) and Chaffinches (Miss Ballard)

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Harrison, Mrs Mobley and Mrs Mayse

Learning Support: Mrs Hart, Mrs Hadi and Mrs Bevan

For the Autumn 1 half term we will be learning about:

Maths -  Place value, Addition and Subraction.

English - Setting description, Character Description, Diary Writing and a Non-Fiction Report.

Science - Sound

Foundation Subjects -  Autumn 1 Half Term overview.

Geography -  Europe

History - Explorers and Settles

DT - Elictrical Systems and Structures (Skyscrapers)

Computing - Online Safety and Microsoft skills.

MFL - Je Me Presente and La Familie

PSD - Being Me in My World

Music -  Music in the classroom

PE -  Swimming and Water Safety + Personal Best

All children should have a pair of trainers in school every day kept in a named carrier bag. 

English:

Zoo - Encyclopaedic entry

BBC Teach - What are zoos for?

Arguments for and against zoos

Twycross Zoo

Reading

Please listen to your child read their reading book aloud to you for as much as you can over the course of the week. 

Ideally, this should be 20 minutes per day as outlined in the homework policy. 

Reading logs should be signed at least 3 times per week in preparation for your child's teacher to review and sign them each Friday.

How to support your child with learning their Times Tables. 

In June of the year that your child is in Year 4, they will sit the government test know as the 'Multiplication Times Table Test.'

Most weeks, the maths homework set will have a times tables focus.  We have collected some ideas here that you may wish to use when supporting your child learn their times tables at home.  We hope you enjoy!

Top Tips for being Terrific at Times Tables!

• Complete a times tables grid and put it up somewhere in your house so that you can look at it regularly.
• Repetition! Repeat times tables over and over again in lots of different fun ways.  Here are some ideas:

        - chant them!

        - sing them!

        - rap them!

       - race to say them out loud!

• Listen to some times table songs!  Follow these links to dance and sing your way to be terrific at your times tables!

       (Parents, please be aware - these songs are from external sites. We have watched them, but they do have adverts which may be subject to change). 

       - 2 Times Table - Can't Stop the Feeling                              - 8 Times Table Song

       - 3 Times Tables - UpTown Funk                                         - 9 Times Table Song

       - 4 Times Tables - I'm Still Standing                                    - 10 Times Table Song

       - 5 Times Tables Song                                                         - 11 Times Table Song

       - 6 Times Table - Shake it Off                                              - 12 Times Table Song

       - 7 Times Table Song

• Answer the interactive questions and play the games on  www.timestables.co.uk