Autumn 2
Religious Education (R.E.)
Branch 2 – Prophecy and Promise
We will learn about the Feast of Christ the King as the beginning of the Church’s year. Through an exploration of the Jesse Tree, we will learn about Jesus’ ancestors and as we approach Advent we will learn all about the messages of Elijah and John the Baptist and explore how the gospels of Matthew and Mark portray John the Baptist.
Maths
Perimeter We will learn all about perimeter being the distance around 2-d shapes and learn to find the perimeter of a variety of polygons.
3,6 and 9 times tables We will practise and explore the number relationships of the 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
KIRFS: I know the 6 & 9 times tables (x and ÷)
Reading Into Writing
This half term our shared class reading will continue to be from the book ‘Who Let the Gods Out’ by Maz Evans.
In our Writing we will be exploring narrative writing by retelling part of the story focussing on alliteration, relative clauses, speech and the use of paragraphs. We will also focus on persuasive letter writing using our best persuasive techniques to put forward our opinions and to change someone’s mind. We will also focus on emotive language, the structures of formal letters and the use of rhetorical questions.
Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
In spellings we will be learning and practising a variety of letter combinations:
Week 1: myth, pyramid, gym, mystery, Egypt, bicycle, rhyme, type, style, python
Week 2: measure, furniture, treasure, picture, pleasure, adventure, capture, creature, fracture, future
Week 3: television, decision, division, invasion, confusion, version, diversion, excursion, pension, tension
Week 4: poisonous, tremendous, dangerous, jealous, outrageous, adventurous, enormous, famous, generous, nervous
Week 5: disappoint, misbehave, disagree, mislead, disobey, misspell, dislike, misplace, disappear, misunderstand
Week 6: immature, refresh, impossible, return, impatient, reappear, immobile, repeat, improbable, review
Geography – Why is the Lake District a national park?
In this unit, we will be learning to:
- locate and label our National Parks on a map and explain what a National Park is.
- locate the Lake District and identify its key human and physical features using geographical language and maps
- identify some of the processes that have caused this landscape of mountains and lakes.
- research and explain some of the impacts of weather and climate on the Lake District.
- describe the Lake District and how the landscape is used by people who work and visit there.
Science – Changing State (Chemistry)
This unit builds on pupils' prior learning about everyday materials, where they explored the properties of common materials. Pupils will learn about solids, liquids, and gases, and how materials change state when heated or cooled.
Physical Education (P.E.)
The children will also be learning to play dodge ball and will need their PE kit in school on Mondays: 
red round-necked PE top, navy shorts, plain black pumps.
On Tuesdays, Year 4 will be swimming. Please ensure your child has the correct swimming kit including hats and towels!
Computing – Creating media - Audio production
Learners will identify the input device (microphone) and output devices (speaker or headphones) required to work with sound digitally. Learners will discuss the ownership of digital audio and the copyright implications of duplicating the work of others. In order to record audio themselves, learners will use Audacity to produce a podcast, which will include editing their work, adding multiple tracks, and opening and saving the audio files. Finally, learners will evaluate their work and give feedback to their peers.
Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE) –
We will be using out TenTen Resources to learn about the topic - LTTF: Get up!
Our Catholic Social Teaching focus will be: Dignity of the Human Person
We will participate in Anti-Bullying Week and also learn about Migrants & Refugees
Our British Values focus will be Tolerance and we will think about Christmas around the World
We will also learn about finances and Money through the Money Matters Course for LKS2 Lessons 4-6
Art/DT – In Art we will be visiting St Thomas More to explore using clay to create tiles based on Cezanne
artwork and in D&T we will be practising our sewing and making skills to create fabric wallets in time for Christmas.
Music – We are working at developing our confidence with playing solo sections from pieces of music. We will also be practising our singing ready to perform in a Christmas Concert with other schools.
Diary Dates
Mondays – Times tables Club every Monday after school until 4:15pm
Tuesdays – SWIMMING
Wednesday 11th November – Learn With Me Maths 9:00am
Wednesday 11th November – Remembrance Day
Thursday 12th November – Individual/Sibling Photographs
Monday 16th November – ODD SOCK DAY
Monday 16th November – Music Practice for Christmas Concert
Tuesday 17th November – STM Art morning
Thursday 19th November – SPARKS Workshop with WMFS
Tuesday 24th November – Mass in Church 10:00am
Wednesday 25th November – Year 4 Christmas Concert at Walsall Arena
Saturday 28th November – STM Christmas Fair
Sunday 29th November – Sacramental Commitment Mass at SJW at 11.30am
Monday 30th November - St Andrew’s House Assembly
Tuesday 1st December – Advent Stay & Pray -9.10am Y3 & 4
Wednesday 2nd December – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton –Treasure Island (late return)
Wednesday 9th December – Whole school Advent Mass at 2.15pm
Saturday 12th December – 4pm at St Joseph’s Darlaston – Bambinelli Sunday Mass
Tuesday 15th December – KS2 Carol service in Church at 2pm
Wednesday 16th December – Christmas Dinner Day and Christmas Jumper day
Thursday 17th December – Christmas craft morning. Christmas party afternoon.
Friday 18th December – Christmas Culture Day and End of term