Welcome to Erewash Class!

Our Geography unit this half term is...

Making and Using Maps of the UK

We will be developing our knowledge and understanding about the United Kingdom and using and creating maps.

What is the United Kingdom and where is it located?

                                                                    How do maps help us find and understand places?                                                                                

How do grid references and compass directions help us navigate?

What are the major cities of the United Kingdom and how are they connected?

How are cities across the UK similar and different?

How can we create and use our own maps?

 

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading we will be focussing on the text, “Amari and the Night Brothers” by B.B Alston. The story follows Amari as she embarks on an exciting adventure filled with friendship, mystery and magical surprises while searching for clues about her missing brother. The book is full of imagination, humour and memorable characters and I am sure the children will love following Amari's journey throughout the story.

 

English

In English, we will be getting creative and writing a twisted fairy tale. We will be looking at a twisted tale of the Three Little Pigs and using the techniques we identify in this text to create our own fairy tale with a twist about Little Red Riding Hood. I am sure the children are going to love this unit!

We will then be using our formal voices to write persuasive letters about the living animals in our world and the potential issues they may be facing with changes to the environments and their habitats.

 

Maths

In Maths, we will be deepening our knowledge of  place value. We will then be working on our skills in multiplication and division. 

 

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!

   

 

Homework

 

Reminders!

Don't forget to ask an adult to sign your

organiser and hear you read out loud at least five times a week at home!