Welcome to 4L!

In 4L we work hard, help each other and have lots of fun together!

Our teacher is Mrs Lymath and our learning support assistant is Mrs Riding

Spellings to learn will be given out on Monday to learn for a spelling test on a Friday so please get practising!  

Please bring reading books in every week! Reading with an adult at home and discussing books really helps to develop comprehension skills and is a lovely way to encourage reading for pleasure!

Finally, please bring a water bottle into school each day as it can get quite warm in school, and drinking water will really help you concentrate!

P.E

Our P.E day is on a Tuesday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their school P.E kit on this day.

The School P.E kit is available from Lazer School Wear, St Mary's Road in Garston. This is a red t-shirt with the school badge and school blue shorts. However, your child can also wear a plain red t-shirt and dark blue shorts that are available from most supermarkets. The children can wear any training shoes for P.E.

This is part of our school uniform and must be worn for P.E lessons.

Football kits and other sportswear will not be allowed.

This term, we will be doing hockey, practising skills such as dribbling, passing, stopping the ball and shooting!

Spring 1 

In maths, we will :

• recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
• use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together 3 numbers
• recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations
• multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout
• solve problems involving multiplying and adding.

Length and Perimeter

• convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute]
• measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres

We will also work hard to learn our times tables using such tools as https://ttrockstars.com/ 

This term, in our English lessons we are learning how to writing a myth narrative, based on thebook Arthur and the Golden Rope. The grammatical devices we will use to help us include:

• fronted adverbials
• expanded noun phrases
• pronouns
• possessive apostrophes
• conjunctions

We will also expand our vocabulary and learn how to create a sense of tension, using a variety of different sentence structures.

Steps to Read

In our reading lessons, we will be looking at texts exploring the Vikings and practising how to use the text to help us find an answer. We will also be working on our inference skills, as well as different strategies to find the meaning of unknown words.

In History, we will be continuing to learn all about the Romans! We will learn about the invasion of Britannia, as well as Boudicca. We will also be studying the layout of a Roman town, exploring the importance of significant buildings such as the Roman baths.

Coastal Processes and Landforms

This term, we will be learning all about the coastline of Britain. We will be learning about how it is shaped and is constantly changing, and the processes such as erosion and deposition that cause this. We will be studying coastal habitats for different animals, and learning and using technical geographical terminology such as transportation and weathering.

Science

This term, in science we will :

• compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases
• observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)
• identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature

In PSHE , we will be looking at Human Rights and focusing on rights for children in particular.

Our R.E topic is giving and receiving, as well as exploring different communities and how we can all live like Jesus to help build a strong foundation together.