Cranborne Primary School

Music

This half term, we will be connecting notes
and feelings. We also be discussing the question - How does music shape our way of life?

DT

This term we will be designing and making torches, which will link to our Science topic of  Electricity. We will be:  

PE

This half term, our outdoor PE session will be on Tuesday mornings. Please ensure your children come to school in their PE kits. 

The children will continue to swim every Friday morning. Please ensure your child comes to school 'swim ready', with their swim wear worn underneath their PE kits and their changing bags ready. Thank you.

Useful Websites

Mathletics

https://login.mathletics.com/ 

Purple Mash

https://www.purplemash.com/cranborneen6 can 

 Please find your child's log in details in their reading record

Ancient Egyptian Day

In the Autumn term, we studied Ancient Egyptians. Take a look at our Ancient Egyptian Day with History Off The Page.

Maths

This half term we will be learning about the following: 

• time
• statistics 
• Roman numerals
• negative numbers 
• geometry  

Each morning, your child will continue to complete their 'Early Morning Work' to consolidate their skills and build mental fluency.

How can I help my child?

Ask your child to explain to you what they have done during the school day.  Ask your children to pretend to be the teacher and explain the methods that they have learnt in class.  Please look on Purple Mash and Mathletics for tasks that will support your child's learning.  

Mental fluency 

Helping your child with their mental fluency is the most effective way to improve your children's skills. 

Please ensure you are helping your child by asking them questions on the following topics:

• Times tables (up to 12 x 12)
• Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
• Halving numbers - even tricky ones such as 72 
• Doubling numbers 
• Adding 
• Subtracting
• Telling the time

 Times tables

Each week, we will be testing children on their table knowledge using Purple Mash.  Children will be tested weekly using Ipads. There will be 6 seconds in between each question.  Each week we will record a score out of 25.  

In June 2023, all children in the UK will be sitting a government timetable test. They will be expected the know all their multiplication facts ( times tables) up to 12 x 12 and recall these at speed. The test will be on the iPads and they will have 5 seconds to answer the questions.

Please continue to support your child by practicing regularly home. Each week we will be revisiting a different multiplication table and every Friday the children will be doing a test based on their tables they have learnt so far.   

TIMESTABLES ROCKSTARS: This is a brilliant resource to use to assist children with their times table knowledge. 

Every child has their log in details in their reading record. 

Science

This half term, our topic is 'Animals including humans.' We will study the digestive system, identifying different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions. We will then study Electricity.  

HOMEWORK

 Each week, homework will be given to the children on Thursday, to be completed and return by the following Tuesday.

The homework includes:

• Comprehension - texts to develop their fluency and comprehension skills such as retrieving, inferring and summarising 
• Mathletics - 3 Mathletics challenges will be assigned each week for the children to complete online. Their logins are in their reading records.

Optional additional maths homework:

If you feel your child can do some extra maths homework at home, please download the work that will be uploaded here...

Extension

Working from home

If your child is isolating at home, but well enough to complete work, please see below for their work to complete at home.

We suggest that each day your child should complete the following:

Maths (White Rose), English (Oak academy or Bitesize), Independent reading and a Science task..

Maths

Choose one of the following

Click on the link for lessons

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-1/

Use the BBC link to pick your lesson from the day. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfch7yc

You may like to explore these lessons from Oak Academy.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/place-value-00b7

English

Click on the link to a sequence based on the book 'Hansel and Gretel', by Anthony Brown.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/hansel-and-gretel-by-anthony-browne-e2f3

English

This half term we will be studying 'Beowulf' and  'The Tin Forest' and will be writing a narrative piece. Our grammar focus will be:

• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Synonyms 
• Effective word choice.
• Punctuating speech 

Throughout Year 4, the children will be working towards achieving their pen licences.  We will continuously work on their handwriting ensuring it is joined up and neat. 

Each week, we will continue to teach reading comprehension skills through a scheme called 'Cracking Comprehension'.  

Oxford owl:

For extra spelling resources and ebooks please follow this link:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ 

Username: cranborne

Password: school 1 

Reading

Helping children to develop a love of reading is our passion at Cranborne. In order to develop their fluency and comprehension skills, pupils are expected to read everyday for at least 10 minutes (from a variety of texts) and have their reading record signed. These will be checked regularly. 

We will continue to use the Accelerate Reader programme and quizzes in school.  Please do speak to your class teacher if you have any questions.

Reminders

Homework

Home work will be sent home on Thursday, to be returned on the following Tuesday.  Your child will be complete:

• Reading comprehension
• Grammar skills activity
• Maths skills activity
• Times table practise

Please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher if you have any further questions.

School closure

In the event of school closure, all work will be set via the school webpage.

If your child is required to self isolate, please inform your child's class teacher and we will provide work for them to complete. 

Curriculum Overview

 See below for an overview of the curriculum subjects we will be teaching this year.