Topic – Construction
For our topic we are looking at houses through the ages. This next two weeks we are looking at life in the Stone Age and house styles from that time.
At home, you could look up information on the internet. If you have time, an excellent place to visit would be The Chiltern Open Air Museum. Look on the internet for details or feel free to ask.
Mathematics: What we are learning
For the next two weeks we will be recapping place value and looking at addition and subtraction skills.
Key Learning Objectives:
- To understand the value of each number.
- To use partitioning to help divide numbers to 1000.
- To use the column method for addition.
Things to work on at home:
- Times tables 2, 5 and 10 for Year 3 and 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 for Year 4
- Number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 (e.g. 1 + 9, 1 + 19, 10 + 90)
English: What we are learning
For the next two weeks we will be concentrating on capital letters, full stops and adding interest to writing by adding adjectives.
Key Learning Objectives:
- To understand what a sentence actually is.
- To know what an adjective is and how to use them.
- To practice spelling key words – such as the hundred common words.
Things to work on at home:
- Encourage use of quality descriptive words in discussions.
- If writing is happening, check spelling and that the punctuation is correct.
Other information:
Spelling: Please take a look at the spelling patterns that will be given on a Monday and handed in on a Friday. There will be a short piece of work that you need to do to help the learning of the pattern.
Homework: Don’t forget that homework for Maths and English comes home each Wednesday (due in by the following Tuesday ).
Reading: Please make sure that reading happens every day. I will collect the reading records in every Friday and award house points for those children who have read. There will be extra house points awarded for parents who have signed the homework diary!
In Science we will be exploring forces. Please help your child by discussing/researching any information you can.
PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, please remember to have PE kits in school.