Welcome to Erewash Class!

Our History unit this half term is...

Titanic!

We will be developing our knowledge and understanding about the Titanic and the events leading up to the sinking of the Titanic.

This half term, we are creating art!

We will be developing our still life drawing skills. We will be discovering an artist who was a passenger on the Titanic! We are going to develop our shading skills to create our own masterpieces with inspiration from our artist.

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading we will be focussing on the text, 'Survivor: Titanic' by Stephen Davies. Here is a brief synopsis-What was it like to be on the Titanic on its fateful journey? Titanic tells the story of a young boy aboard the 'unsinkable' Titanic. This gripping first-hand account is perfect for children studying the Titanic at school with an engaging and direct narrative voice, making history accessible for everyone.

English

In English this half term, we will be exploring poetry! We will be choosing an artefact found from the Titanic and creating a riddle for others to guess what the chosen item was. This is a fantastic unit of work and it really gets children thinking of ways to describe an object in creative and though-provoking ways. Our second unit of work for this half term is to create an account in the view of a surviving passenger of the Titanic. The children will be using models of accounts to support them in creating a realistic account and will have the opportunity to share these with the class. 

Maths

In Maths, we will be continuing to deepen our knowledge of multiplication and division by recalling our timestables and multiplying and dividing numbers up to 3 digits. Further into the half term, we will be exploring length and perimeter and we will start to develop our knowledge and understanding about fractions.

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!