Venus Class LKS2
Welcome to Venus Class
On this page you can find out more about what your child is learning this half term at school.
PE will continue to be on a Monday and Friday.
Homework
The expectation is that you will read at home at least 3 times a week for 15 min (Yr3) and 20 min (Yr4). The children will complete TT Rock Stars at least 3 times a week for 5 min each time in Year 3 and Follow the MTC TTRS timetable provided for Year 4.
There will be a spelling, punctuation and grammar worksheet to consolidate and embed the learning at school alongside practising the 5 given spellings at least 3 times on separate occasions.
English
In English, we will be focusing on narrative and poetry writing over the next half term. We will be using ‘The Lost Thing ’ by Shaun Tan and ‘The River’ by Valerie Bloom. The children will continue to learn about the features of a narrative combined with instruction writing. The children will continue to learn and use the Year 3 and 4 common exception words and SPAG within their writing.
Guided Reading
We are using the Comprehension Ninja and Vipers programme which has been designed to be an essential resource for teaching reading comprehension skills and building pupil confidence. The scheme focuses on information retrieval, using core comprehension skills that underpin the reading domains set out by the National Curriculum. We will focus on using a question to create an explanatory answer.
Maths
Our key focus for this term will be time, decimals, money, shape, position and direction and final statistics. The children will begin to embed their learning of the four operations through formal methods of calculation. The children will continue to focus on their times tables, especially year 4, in preparation for their times tables assessment. It is impeccable that we spend an adequate amount of time practising and embedded the children’s multiplication recall and understanding as times tables are a fundamental aspect of mathematics.
Science
We will continue investigating ‘States of Matter’ . We will continue to carry out experiments to determine the states, solid, liquid and gas. The children will investigate whether a change is reversible or irreversible. We will look beyond the classroom and see how states of matter are part of our everyday lives.
Geography
We will look and build biomes. Focus on the features and characteristics, and the classification and the impact of biomes. We will look at the position of the biomes and whether their position is dependent on the equator or the poles. We will then classify the climate in which we live in in Britain, England and Europe.
DT
In Design Technology we will be focusing on Textiles and creating 2D and 3D shapes. using material to create an object that has width, depth and height. We will investigate products and then design and make a prototype.
PSHE
Following on from why we should look after our teeth, we will continue to learn how to keep our bodies healthy, clean and as well as the importance of sleep. We will look at how our bodies begin to change and what changes to expect.
Computing
E-safety - we will revisit and update our knowledge of staying safe online and how to communicate correctly. Our programming skills will continue to develop and we will learn to create repetition in games. This will provide us with the ability to create more detailed games and animations.
PE
Athletics and OAA. The children will learn how to use their bodies efficiently and how to create acceleration as well as pass the baton for a relay. The children will also focus on throwing overarm and underarm and catching a ball, as well as aiming at a target. they will then learn how to create and follow a map using a key.
Music
KS2 will continue their recorder lessons. They will be taught by Inspiring Music for the next 12 weeks. They will learn to play, create and experiment with the instruments tone, volume and pitch. They will look at notation in many forms and learn to play the recording as an individual and an ensemble.
RE
In RE, we will be focusing on the impact of faith. How and why do people try to make the world a better place? We will discuss and share our opinions of how people try to make the world a better place through faith and non-faith beliefs. We will look at similarities and differences within the research carried out. .
French
We will continue to revise all the elements learnt to date, including colours, numbers, food and clothing, festivals . We will move our learning on to the topics of weather and school instructions. The children will learn through songs, stories, poems, games and movement. We will then begin to recognise and decode simple words and phrases.
Ways you can help at home
Please can you encourage your children to complete their homework, especially TTRS this term. The Year 4 children have worked so hard on their times table recall, however, without practise it is a case of ‘use it or lose it’ as we have discussed in the classroom.
Please read as much as possible with your children, allow them to read for pleasure and encourage them to use subtitles when using the screen. There have been many studies compiled that identify the benefits of subtitles supporting reading, spelling and punctuation use.
Please ask your child about their day and what they have learnt, those conversations are fundamental in embedding their learning at home. I will continue to support these conversations with class Dojo points.