Kingsland C.E.

Primary School Spring Term 2014 Information for Parents: What My Child is Learning in Class 4
For further information please contact Mr Debenham
DATES Monday 6th Jan Mon 17th Feb Fri 21st Feb Fri 11th April Meetings for Parents:26th and 27th February Whole School EventsApril 11th Term starts Half term Term ends Parents !enin" aster #er!i$e %in"sland &hur$h

Educational Visits and Visitors'( Musi$ $omposition based on )ainforests *ith musi$ian +ym ,elthy Jan 6th- 1.th- 2/th and 27th Special Events:February 12th Mar$h 17th Mar$h 21st Worship:Mar$h 0th ,inter Musi$ &on$ert 6pm Herefordshire Festi!al of Performin" Arts Ash ,ednesday ,orship

English Writing Genres ,e *ill be loo1in" at Abori"inal &reation #tories- lin1ed *ith our topi$ of Australia'
Ho* the $ro$odile "ot its s$ales The rainbo* serpent Ho* the 1an"aroo "ot her pou$h

Australia Topic Spelling

8et #pellin"9 :part of the ne* )ead ,rite 7n$5 s$heme;

Guided #eading
3ur "uided readin" *ill ta1e us on a 6ourney throu"h se!en different assessment fo$i' AF1 ( <se a ran"e of strate"ies in$ludin" a$$urate de$odin" of te4t to read for meanin"5 AF2 ( <nderstand- des$ribe- sele$t or retrie!e information- e!ents or ideas and use =uotation and referen$e from te4t5 AF. ( 2edu$e- infer or interpret information- e!ents or ideas from te4t5 AF> ( 7dentify and $omment on the stru$ture and or"anisation of te4ts- in$ludin" "rammati$al and presentational features5 AF0 ( 4plain and $omment on *riters use of lan"ua"e in$5 "rammati$al and literary features at *ord and senten$e le!el5 AF6 ( 7dentify and $omment on *riters purposes and !ie*points and the o!erall effe$t of the te4t on the reader5 AF7 ( )elate te4ts to their so$ial- $ultural and histori$al traditions5

,e *ill be *ritin" our o*n $reation story- as *ell as loo1in" at des$ripti!e *ritin" and story $onstru$tion throu"h the follo*in" Australian story boo1s'
,indo* ,here the forest meets the sea 2iary of a *ombat ,ombat "oes *al1about Tiddali1 the fro"

3ur non(fi$tion *ritin" *ill lead us to in!esti"atin" information te4ts about Australian animals and their habitats5 Sentence onstruction! Gra""ar and Punctuation
Ad6e$ti!es- ad!erbs- !erbs- nouns 7n!esti"atin" the pun$tuation features of story *ritin" and information te4ts- su$h as e4$lamation mar1s- semi$olons- bra$1ets and bullet points

Maths $u"%er:
Pla$e !alue- orderin"- roundin"

Shape! Space and Measures

2ra* re$tan"les and measure and $al$ulate their perimeters? find the area of re$tilinear

Kingsland C.E. Primary School Spring Term 2014 Information for Parents: What My Child is Learning in Class 4
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Mental $al$ulation strate"ies :4 ; Pen$il and paper pro$edures :4 ; Mental $al$ulation strate"ies :@ ; Pen$il and paper pro$edures :@ ; #ol!e one(step and t*o(step problems in!ol!in" numbers- money or measures- in$ludin" time? $hoose and $arry out appropriate $al$ulationsusin" $al$ulator methods *here appropriate Find fra$tions usin" di!ision :e5"5 11// of 0 1";and per$enta"es of numbers and =uantities :e5"5 1/A- 0A and 10A of BC/; <se a $al$ulator to sol!e problems- in$ludin" those in!ol!in" de$imals or fra$tions :e5"5 find .> of 10/ ";? interpret the display $orre$tly in the $onte4t of measurement &onstru$t fre=uen$y tables- pi$to"rams and bar and line "raphs to represent the fre=uen$ies of e!ents and $han"es o!er time Find and interpret the mode of a set of data 2es$ribe the o$$urren$e of familiar e!ents usin" the lan"ua"e of $han$e or li1elihood shapes dra*n on a s=uare "rid by $ountin" s=uares )ead and plot $oordinates in the first =uadrant? re$o"nise parallel and perpendi$ular lines in "rids and shapes #ho* that an"les are measured in de"rees and that one *hole turn is .6/D? $ompare and order an"les less than 1C/D 2es$ribe and !isualise .(2 and 2(2 shapes )e$o"nise horiEontal and !erti$al lines? use the ei"ht $ompass points to des$ribe dire$tion? des$ribe and identify the position of a s=uare on a "rid of s=uares

Data &andling

Science:
Fin1ed to our Australia topi$' Habitats Food $hains #ortin" 1eys Plant and animal adaptations Predators- prey and food sour$es

Teeth and Eating:

1no*led"e of ho* animals in$ludin" humans feed and adapt to their habitat healthy diets diets from around the *orld adaptation

Moving and Gro'ing:

human and animal s1eletons :in$ludin" e4os1eletons; bones- mus$les and 6oints buildin" stren"th( impa$t of e4er$ise understandin" ho* humans "ro*

S(ills:
obtainin" e!iden$e from a ran"e of sour$es in$ludin" boo1s and ele$troni$ te4ts summarisin" e!iden$e from more than one sour$e $omparin" in!esti"ati!e e!iden$e *ith other sour$es e!aluatin" o*n data presentin" e!iden$e in bar $harts and line "raphs *here appropriate Prepare information for de!elopment usin" 7&T- in$ludin" sele$tin" suitable sour$es- findin" information- $lassifyin" and $he$1in"5 Tal1 about *hat information they need and ho* they $an find and use it

)nfor"ation and o""unication Technolog* +), ,T,Fin1ed to our Australia topi$ use 7&T to resear$h and present information about Australian animals and their habitats

Kingsland C.E. Primary School Spring Term 2014 Information for Parents: What My Child is Learning in Class 4
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.rench

re!ise members of the family re!ise days of the *ee1- months of the year and numbers up to ./ re$o"nise and say different a$ti!ities in Fren$h read Fren$h te4ts and use the information to ans*er =uestions in n"lish #in" *ith $lear di$tion- pit$h- phrase and musi$al e4pression5 7mpro!ise- de!elopin" rhythmi$ and melodi$ material *hen performin"5 Tal1 about ideas and feelin"s in relation to musi$ usin" musi$al !o$abulary5 %no* ho* the $ombined elements of pit$h- duration- tempo- timbre- te4ture and silen$e $an be or"aniEed to $ommuni$ate different moods and effe$ts5 as1 "eo"raphi$al =uestions identify and e4plain different !ie*s that people- in$ludin" themsel!es- hold about topi$al "eo"raphi$al issues use appropriate "eo"raphi$al !o$abulary use atlases and "lobes- and maps and plans at a ran"e of s$ales use se$ondary sour$es of information- in$ludin" aerial photo"raphs dra* plans and maps at a ran"e of s$ales identify and des$ribe *hat pla$es are li1e des$ribe the lo$ation of pla$es and en!ironments they study and other si"nifi$ant pla$es and en!ironments e4plain *hy pla$es are li1e they are identify ho* and *hy pla$es $han"e re$o"nise ho* pla$es fit *ithin a *ider "eo"raphi$al $onte4t and are interdependent =uestion and ma1e thou"htful obser!ations about startin" points and sele$t ideas to use in their *or1 use a !ariety of methods and approa$hes to $ommuni$ate obser!ationsideas and feelin"s- and to desi"n and ma1e ima"es and artefa$ts5 adapt their *or1 a$$ordin" to their !ie*s and des$ribe ho* they mi"ht de!elop it further5 <se !isual and ta$tile elements- in$ludin" $olour- pattern and te4ture- line and tone- shape- form and spa$e- and ho* these elements $an be $ombined and or"anised for different purposes Pla$e e!ents- people and $han"es into $orre$t periods of time5 &hara$teristi$ features of the periods and so$ieties studied- in$ludin" ideasbeliefs- attitudes and e4perien$es of men- *omen and $hildren5 <se a !ariety of sour$es to find out about e!ents- people and $han"es5

Music
Fin1ed to our Australia topi$ Australian son"sand $omposition based on a 6ourney throu"h the 6un"le *ith Mo*"li

Geograph*
Fin1ed to our Australia topi$ dis$o!er about the lands$ape and habitats in Australia

Art
Fin1ed to our Australia topi$ Abori"inal paintin"s of animals usin" dotted patterns

&istor*
Fin1ed to our Australia topi$' Abori"ines &aptain &oo1 and +otany +ay

Ph*sical Education +P,E, 8ymnasti$s Football Getball Ho$1ey

G*"nastics 7mpro!e balan$e 7mpro!e stren"th and suppleness by pra$ti$in" stret$hes and shapes Perform and repeat se=uen$es that in$lude $han"es in speed and le!el Perform $ontrolled shapes and balan$es .oot%all / &oc(e* 2ribble- pass and stri1e a ball *ith $ontrol and a$$ura$y %eep possession of a ball Follo* rules in a "ame &hoose the appropriate ta$ti$s to $ause a problem for the opposition $et%all Thro* and $at$h a ball *ith $ontrol and a$$ura$y

Kingsland C.E. Primary School Spring Term 2014 Information for Parents: What My Child is Learning in Class 4
For further information please contact Mr Debenham
2e!elop ta$ti$s for playin" a "ame 2e!elop an understandin" of simple rules and *hy they are needed

#eligious Education +#,E,,e *ill be studyin" &hristianity in its !arious forms'( An"li$an- )oman &atholi$- Hua1er- +aptists- Methodist et$5 Fent and aster' ,hat this spe$ial Festi!al means for &hristians5

,e *ill learn about'

ho* reli"ion is pra$tised ima"ery and i$ons main beliefs by !isitin" these $hur$hes in Hereford- *e *ill learn from these different forms and e4perien$e their spiritual and spe$ial pla$es5

Teacher Assess"ent The table belo* summarises the attainment le!els and *hat is e4pe$ted for $hildren nationally at the E$D of the a$ademi$ year5

Fo*

+et*een Fo* I 8ood 1&L1+ 2& 2+ .& .+ >&

8ood 1A 2+ 2A or .& .+ .A or >& >+

+et*een 8ood I Jery 8ood

Jery 8ood 2+ . .A >&L>+ >A 0

4$eptional 2A .@ >&@ >A@ 0 6

Kear 1 Kear 2 Kear . Kear > Kear 0 Kear 6

2& 2A .+ .A >+ >A

1 2& 2A .& .A