Spring 2024
Welcome to St. Michael's class page!
A warm welcome to our class page where you will be able to find out what we will be learning each term, pictures of what we have been doing and key information we would like to share.
Class Teacher
Miss van Hasselt
Teaching Assistant- Miss Timms and Mrs Cooper
Homework
Homework is now handed in on Mondays, and given out on Wednesdays.
Our Class Saint
Our class is named after St. Michael the Archangel and warrior saint. St.Michael helps us to make the right choices. He helps us when we have to make a hard decision or when we are tempted to do wrong. St. Michael is a protector and defender of the Church. He is there to protect us- physically, emotionally, or spiritually - he is at our side.
What we will be learning this term
Religious Education
This term we are looking at the Season of Lent. We will be learning and understanding that the Season of Lent is a time when Christians try and change to be more like Christ. We will be looking at stories about Christ bringing change to the lives of people who were sick and in need, such as The Widow of Nain and the Paralysed Man. We'll explore the meaning associated with receiving the ashes on Ash Wednesday and explore some of the traditional customs and practices during the Season of Lent.
Towards the end of the term we'll look at Holy Week, learning that Holy Week celebrates the last week of the life of Jesus here on earth. We'll be exploring the events of Palm Sunday and the Last Supper and how they tell us about who Jesus is. We'll explore links between the Passover, the Last Supper and the celebration of Mass.
English
This term we will be exploring the theme of overcoming adversity, through the book Small in the City by Sydney Smith.
Children will debate which is better for cats to live in, the countryside or the city. They will go on to develop their descriptive writing, using the gorgeous urban illustrations by Sydney Smith which will culminate in them writing and performing a poem. Children will continue to make inferences and predictions about the story, writing a letter of advice to the main character and a diary entry in role before discussing the final twist in the story. Children will finish by retelling the events in the narrative but from an alternative point of view. This will be their extended outcome which they will edit and publish.
We will also be looking at the The Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley Hughes.
Children will explore the text in its historical context and discuss the themes and imagery within. They will explore a range of grammatical concepts including dialogue to create inference about a character, a variety of noun phrases to create description, character comparisons using conjunctions, personification and prepositions to describe a setting. Children will write a range of diary entries, letters, character comparisons, setting descriptions and finish by writing their own evacuation narrative.
Maths
On Mondays, we'll be doing arithmetic, exploring different informal and formal methods to solve the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
For the rest of the week, we'll be looking at our topic of measurement. We will be learning about equivalent lengths in mm, cm, m and km, learning how to calculate perimeter, and how to find the missing lengths of rectilinear shapes.
Later in the term we'll be moving on to explore fractions. We'll learn about the unit and non-unit fractions, how to partition a mixed number, how to compare and order non-unit fractions, how to put fractions on a number line, understanding improper fractions, and converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa.
Science
Sound
This half term we will be looking at sound!
We will identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating; recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear; find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it; find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it; and finally, recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.
Topic
Our topic question this half term is why did the Romans settle in Britain?
During our topic we'll be exploring the meaning of empire and invasion. We'll use timelines to map the chronology of the Roman invasion of Britain. We'll identify the consequences of the Roman invasion and look at the Roman army, being able to identify a soldier's equipment and will be able to explain how the Roman army was organised. We'll have our own go at performing manoeuvres and drills! We'll look at the story of Boudicca, and create an interpretation of Boudicca using sources. We'll explore the Roman legacy, identifying how the Romans changed Britain and ordering legacies by their significance.
PE and Spring Term Our PE days will be Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please come into school in your School PE Kit and make sure you have your full school uniform PE Kit.
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Useful Documents for Year 3 and 4
Useful websites – Year 3 and 4
English
ICT Games website - English games http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
Oxford Owl - Reading and Maths http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
BBC Bitesize KS2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
CrickWeb - English games http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Topmarks website - English games http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/punctuation
Everyschool website - all areas of English http://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-writing.html
Books online http://freekidsbooks.org/
English 4 Kids - printable worksheets http://www.english-4kids.com/worksheet.html
Fun English Games Website - games and printables http://www.funenglishgames.com/worksheets.html
The School Run website - information and printables about KS2 English
http://www.theschoolrun.com/ks2/key-stage-2-english
Spelling Shed https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login
Rising Stars https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Maths
Timestables - www.timestables.co.uk
BBC Bitesize KS2 Maths http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/
Family Learning website - place value http://www.familylearning.org.uk/place_value_games.html
Crickweb website - maths games http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
Primary Games website – Maths http://www.primarygames.com/math.php
Cool Maths website - games and printables http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Mad4Maths - tips on how maths is taught http://www.mad4maths.com/parents/
Mathszone - actvities and games http://mathszone.co.uk/
Maths playground - games and activities http://www.mathplayground.com/
Maths Champs - online games http://www.mathschamps.co.uk/#home
DLTK Maths - printable activities http://www.kidzone.ws/math/
Topmarks Maths Games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16
Maths is fun - printable worksheets http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/
White Rose Maths- Workbooks- https://whiterosemaths.com/parent-resources
White Rose Maths Videos – How to- https://whiterosemaths.com/maths-with-michael
Other Subjects
Family Learning website - internet safety http://www.familylearning.org.uk/internet_safety.html
Think U Know website - esafety ages 8-10 http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
BBC Skillswise - English and Maths for adults http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
BBC Schools website - links to all subjects http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/25119208
Education Quizzes - all subjects http://www.educationquizzes.com/
Woodlands Junior School - information and links for all subjects http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
Funology website - games, crafts, cooking http://www.funology.com/
How Stuff Works Website - information about science, technology and history http://www.howstuffworks.com/
BBC Primary French http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/
BBC Newsround - current events for children http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
Childline - Bullying pages http://www.childline.org.uk/Explore/Bullying/Pages/Bullying.aspx