Welcome to Erewash Class!

Our History unit this half term is...

The Space Race!

We will be developing our knowledge and understanding about the 'Space Race' and space exploration.

This half term, we are designers!

We will be developing our design snd technology skills...

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading we will be focussing on the text, 'Dr Maggie's grand tour of the splar system' by Dr Maggie Alderin-Pocock. Here is a brief synopsis- Dr. Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System" invites readers on a journey through our solar system, led by Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a space scientist and science communicator. The book takes readers on a virtual trip, visiting planets, moons, asteroids, and satellites, including places never visited by humans. Along the way, the book explores topics like living on Mars, the search for a super-Earth, and even having a snowball fight on Mercury. It aims to be an engaging and informative guide to the solar system, answering questions and exploring the wonders of space. 

English

In English, we will also be linking in with our History unit. We will be exploring Kenning's poetry to create our own riddle poems about a perskn, object or item associated with space or space exploration. We will then become reporters and write a newspaper article about the moon landing! This is always a fantastic English unit and I can’t wait to read the children’s incredible knowledge and writing!

Maths

In Maths, we will be deepening our knowledge of fractions linking to decimals. We will then be exploring shapes, statistics and coordinates.

Recommended Reads

Times Tables 

Please remember also to practise your times tables- We aim to have GOLD in all times tables by the end of Year 4 in Erewash Class.

Remember:- 

Bronze means you can say the whole table in order- eg "one times two is two, two times two is four....." fluently.

Silver means you can say the answer to any sum from the times table eg "what's 4 x 5?   What's 8 X 5 ?

Gold means you can say the reverse division fact- eg in five times table, what's 20 divided by 5? how many fives in 15?

Things to remember!

Reminders!

Don't forget to ask an adult to sign your organiser and hear you read out loud at least four times a week at home!