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 Wednesday.
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 poetry and instructional writing over the next half term. We will be using ‘The Color Collector’ by Nicholas Solis (American spelling) and ‘Climate Action’ by Georgina Stevens. The children will continue to learn about the features of poetry including stanzas and verses, as well as looking at the features of writing instructions. 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 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 multiplication and division, fractions, mass and capacity. The children will begin to embed their learning of multiplication and division and how those skills are used in measurement and fraction calculations and workings. 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
In science, we are going to be continuing to learn about light before starting the 'States of Matter' unit. We will be learning about how particles move as liquids, solids and gases, reversable and irreversible changes of state and the conditions that different materials need to change states of matter. We will reflect on how these properties make some materials unsuitable for different purposes e.g. why is chocolate not a good material for a teapot?
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.
Art
In Art we will be focusing on our topic ‘Telling Stories Through Drawing and Making. We will be basing our work on the book ‘The Secret of Black Rock’ which we studied last half term. We will draw and create the characters of the book and in groups create one of the scenes from the book, using mod roc.
PSHE
Following on from our DT project last term we will be focusing on ‘Why we should eat well and look after our teeth?’ this will not only allow the children and insight into the importance of both it will bring together their learning from Science in the Autumn term (Teeth) and from DT (Healthy and Seasonal Foods) from last term embedding their learning and deepening their understanding.
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 shapes. This will provide us with the ability to create more detailed animations.
PE
Tennis and Cricket. The children will learn the rules and tactics of tennis and cricket, how to pass the ball forwards and use spacing and team skills to gain the advantage or defend their position using catching and hitting skills, as well as the use of a bat/racket.
Music
KS2 will embark on a term of 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 what the ‘Kingdom of God’ means to Christians. We will investigate and look at the impact of Pentecost? We will share thoughts and opinions and discuss the impact that it would have on today’s communities and societies.
French
We will continue to revise all the elements learnt to date, including colours, numbers, food and clothing . We will move our learning on to the topics of holidays and celebrations. 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.