KEY FOCUS: LITERACY
KEY FOCUS: SCIENCE
In science this term we are learning all
about Habitats. We will closely focus on
the desert but will look at other habitats
too. We will also be looking at
adaptation and food chains.
Our focus this term will be based on Non- fiction writing.
USEFUL WEBSITES:
Maple Year 3 and 4. Term 5
Try these useful websites for your homework
project:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/habitats
.html (This is a good one with games on it)
http://resourceske.woodlands-junior.
nt.sch.uk/revision/science/living/habitats.ht
ml
We will study how write a fantastic report, linking it to our topic
HOMEOWORK PROJECT DETAILS:
THIS TERM OUR TOPIC IS:
DESOLATE DESERTS
(HABITATS, FOOD CHAINS AND
ADAPTATION)
DUE DATE: 20TH MAY 2015
MONDAY 23RD MARCH
CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS:
ICT: This term we will look at creating flow charts/Branching databases using
PowerPoint and Hyperlinking- using Top Trump Cards.
PE: This term we will be focussing on Athletics and the sports day and Athletics
Tournaments will take place during Terms 5 and 6
Science: We will be looking at Habitats linking to the Desert but touching on
other Habitats. We will also look at adaptation, food chains and language such
as prey, predator.
Music- We will be looking at moods and movies- which is a scheme that takes a
movie and gets the children to explore the moods it creates at different points.
Art- we are going to look at Andy Warhol- pop art and Portraits.
You are on an expedition in the Sahara desert.
You have just come across a new creature.
Your project homework is to design the creature
and write
Write about it, e.g. Where did you find it, what
does it look like, What does it smell like? How
will it survive the Sahara Desert? How will it
adapt to the environment? Think about food
chains, predators and prey. Design a food chain
to go with your project.
This project is open to your imagination.
I would like to see some writing. But I am happy
if you would like to use the computer for part of
this project. Due 20th May 2015
MATHS
In Maths this term we will start with converting measures, angles, line
lengths and symmetry. We will work on decimals and their relationship
with fractions. This time of year will be optional SATS again where the
children will undergo Literacy, Reading and Writing SATS.
The final week of Maths will finish on decimal numbers. Reading, Dividing
and Multiplying decimals.