Weekly routines
Weekly spellings are handed out on a Monday and then are tested on the following Monday - remember to practise your spellings each day!
Our class library day sessions are on a Friday afternoon - remember to bring your library
books back so you can have them swapped!
Our P.E lesson with Mr Sidebottom will be on a Wednesday afternoon. Remember to bring your full P.E kit.
Remember to read every day at home and bring your reading record in every day. Each day you read will reward you with
a stamp in your reading record. Prize draws are announced throughout the year to encourage children to reach certain
destinations by a set date.
Keep rocking on times table rockstars to be the ultimate Rock star legend. Times table rockstars can be accessed through
the times table rockstars app on your iphone or tablet.
Autumn one
Our history driving Topic this term is Ancient Greece. Having had a summer full of Olympic games, we will be travelling back in time to look at where it
all began. We will be developing key historical enquiry skills and using evidence from different sources to learn about the way of life of
the ancient Greeks and their impact on the world in which we live today.
This term in Science we will be exploring 'Sound'. This term we will explore the science behind how sound is able to travel from
a source to our ears. We will also explore the relationship between the pitch of sound and the number of vibrations created; as
well as linking this to Music, where our theme is 'Can you beat it?'.
In PSHE, we are focusing on families and friendships -where we will learn about showing good manners, respect, trust and about bullying.
In computing this term we will be learning about how to use search engines efficiently and how to check if a webpage is trustworthy and
ensuring our children are acutely aware of keeping safe whilst online.
In art, we will be developing drawing and painting techniques, looking at how artists have represented movement and how we can to use
different media to srepresent moving figures.
In PE, the children will be developing tennis and hockey skills.
Literacy
In literacy, all lessons are book-based. We follow the Literacy Tree scheme at Joseph Locke. The children are going to love the fantastic stories that we have chosen this year. They will be given the opportunity to write for a wide range of audiences and purposes throughout the school year.
Numeracy
In Maths, the children will be learning about place value of 4-digit numbers.
Within this topic, children will learn how to partition 4-digit numbers when looking at the value of each digit within a 4-digit number.
How to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
How to compare and order 4-digit numbers up to 10,000,
Making number patterns and securing counting in 6's, 7's and 9's.
Homework
Spellings: Spellings will be given on a Monday which will be tested on the following Monday.
Reading: We ask that children spend 5 minutes a day reading a text that they have a great interest in. This reading will count towards their reading miles in their reading records.
Children are also asked to spend time practising their times tables using the online app Times table Rockstars (TTRS)
You will be given a topic homework grid based on whatever the current class topic is to choose a different homework from each week.