Autumn Term
Amazing Aztecs
This half term we will be exploring Aztec culture. We will be learning about the beginnings of the Aztec Empire at Lake Texcoco, up to the end of empire with the Spanish invasion. We will be finding out about Aztec daily life, their beliefs and religion, and their impact on the modern world. Mrs Allen is particularly looking forward to learning about the importance of chocolate in Aztec culture!
English
Linking with our theme, this half terms focus books will be 'You Wouldn't Want To Be An Aztec Sacrifice!' Over the half term, we will be writing poetry linked to our topic and our science themes. During grammar lessons we will be focussing on fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases, subordinate clauses, co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions and punctuation. In addition to this, we will have daily handwriting and spelling lessons where we aim to develop children’s understanding and add to their prior knowledge.
Mathematics
Year 4will begin the year focussing on place value; exploring roman numerals, partitioning, more and less and negative numbers. We will then learn about addition and subtraction; focussing on estimation, exchanges and different strategies. It is vital that all children are secure in their knowledge of these number facts. We therefore strongly encourage children to continue to practise their times tables at home, this can be done using their Timestable Rockstars login.