Term 1
English
Writing to Inform
In connection with our first History topic, this term in English we are going to be reading Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon story about a hero called Beowulf who helps defeat Heorot from a horrifying creature called Grendel.
Maths
Place Value
During the next few weeks, Year Fours are going to be looking at place value, building onto their knowledge that they learnt in Year 3, and moving their learning on to using nu,bees into the thousands.
Week 1
This week, we began looking at place value by recapping our learning from Year 3 when we looked at numbers up to 1000.
Using images of One’s, Tens and Hundreds dienes, we created a picture then wrote the value. We then looked at how we can represent numbers up to 1000 by using different mathematical manipulatives, which the children really enjoyed completing.
Reading
Bertie and the Alien Chicken
This term in Reading we are going to be reading the hilarious story, Bertie and the Alien Chicken.
Art
Drawing - How is movement portrayed in drawings?
This term in art we are going to be looking at the artist Rembrandt and his techniques used to create drawings in his own sketchbooks. The children we get to use a variety of different mediums to draw with including; graded pencils, drawing pens, felt tips, charcoal and ink.
In our first lesson, we learnt about Rembrandt and how he was a famous Dutch artist who painted lots of portraits, but who also enjoyed completing sketches in his own sketchbooks. Using a double page spread, we began to look at some of his sketches, detailing what we liked about them and then had a go at drawing them ourselves.
Physical Education
Fitness