Summer Term Plan for parents

Outline of some areas of topic work to be covered:
Our topic work this term will be Our World. Some of the literacy activities will develop different styles of writing. Creative skills may be on making a block print, toy/doll out of recycled materials. Our topics for Science are skeletons and habitats.

Information and artefacts, which would be useful:
We would be grateful if you have any interesting artefacts, photographs or books related to any of the above that we might borrow, or if you have any personal experiences or expertise in these areas, you might like to share with the class. Any internet research will be more meaningful to your child if it is restricted to pictures or materials specifically prepared for children.

Suggested ways in which you can support Literacy and Numeracy:
Please continue to practise mental addition/subtraction, 2,3,4,5 times tables for Year 3 and for Year 4 in addition the 6,7,8,9 tables. They need to be asked in a mixed order such as 3x4 and then 7x4 giving the answer, the quicker the better!

For Year 3 children we will be focusing on addition/subtraction, ordering, recognising multiples of different numbers, multiplication and division (grouping), word problems involving money, time, capacity, and number. We will look at simple fractions (quarters) lines of symmetry and right angles.

For Year 4 we will be focusing on reading and writing numbers up to 10 000 in figures and words, develop written methods for addition/subtraction, read scales accurately, word problems involving capacity and time, reflective symmetry, reading angles and turns, recognise and extend numbers sequences, solve mathematical problems, find remainders after division, rounding numbers up/down, multiply/divide different numbers, and begin to recognise the equivalence between decimals and fractions.

I would like to see the class acting out a script from Horrid Henry as they seem excited about the prospect! Each child should bring their reading book every day to read during registration. Your child might like to make a simple comment, relating to likes/dislikes in their reading record. Asking questions such as “why did he do that?” or “what do you think happens next?” would help children in understanding text and aid comprehension work.

Other information:
P.E. is on a Thursday – all children need to bring their P.E. kit to change into for every lesson. Homework will cover activities from Literacy and Numeracy lessons, however there may be pieces of homework relating to topic work.