Hello,

Welcome back to a brand new year! We hope that everyone is settling well into the routine of being back at school. We have hit the ground running and already have been working hard on our new topic…

THE MAGIC KINGDOM!

Our new topic is a Geography focused topic looking at the state of Florida as well as things to do with the Magic Kindom itself. We will also be comparing North America to England. As with each new topic your child is going to be given a new home learning pyramid; on this pyramid there will be ideas of the kinds of things that your child can explore as part of their home learning each week. This pyramid is not designed to be a tick list of things that have to be done but rather a source of ideas and inspiration that the children can take where they like. You’ll see these pyramids in your child’s home learning book today!

As ever MyMaths and Abacus have been updated, we know how much you enjoy these so please don’t forget to go on the websites!

In English a the moment we are exploring fantasy stories so if you can get down to your local library to find some fantasy books or introduce them to some of your favourite fantasy stories, this will help to support their understanding of the genre.

In maths at the moment we are emphasisng the importance of place value and how it can support the speed of mental addition and subtaction.

In RE we are about to look at our unit Revelation. In your child’s home learning diary there will be some informatonn of things that you can do at home to support their understanding of this area.

Thank you,

Year 4 Team