ST THOMAS
CE (VC) PRIMARY SCHOOL
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YEAr FOUR
Our Topic this half term is:
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TOPIC
This topic explores the history of World War II. Children will learn about the countries involved in the Second World War and the impact on its people.
Never Forget.
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Research WW2 propaganda posters. Then have a go at creating your own.
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Do any of your friends or family remember the war? What were their experiences of it?
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Map an evacuee’s journey from London to the countryside.
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Compare and contrast an evacuee’s life in London and the countryside.
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Research the artist Albert Richards.
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Find some WW2 recipes and have a go at making them.
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Make a PowerPoint about the WW2 Blitz.
Make a WW2 ration book.
Upload your work and share it on SEESAW.
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Maths
This half term we will be continuing to learn decimals before moving on to money and time. Please continue the good work with multiplication, which is especially important as we get very close to the national times tables tests in June. It is of particular importance for children to practise TTRockstars regularly, especially the soundchecks which reflect the tests
The overviews and lessons follow the White Rose Maths plans closely.
The link to their site with home learning on can be found here:
https://whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Year-4-Lesson-by-Lesson-Overview.pdf
Scroll down to the Summer set of lessons.
Reading & Writing
This half term in English we will be reading ‘Rose Blanche’ by Robert
Innocenti and Ian McEwan. We will be writing letters and also creating
our own narrative based on the book.
Geography
In Geography we will be looking at the locations of the countries involved in WWII.
History
We will be looking at the impact of the war on people’s lives.
Science
In science, Year 4 will be learning about living things and their habitats, discovering how to group and classify different species in the local and wider environment.
Homework will be weekly, set on a Friday and completed on https://www.mymaths.co.uk/. Spellings will be on seesaw. Home readers should be returned on a Thursday so that new books can be handed out on a Friday.
On a Friday afternoon, in class, we will be doing a Kahoot quiz based on the previous week's learning. The quiz will then be placed on seesaw for the children to attempt at home.
