This half term, we are learning all about the Blue Abyss that is our world’s oceans!
We will be using atlases and globes to identify the world’s five oceans and locate them using geographical terms such as hemisphere. We will be exploring the depths of each of these oceans and the bordering continents. This will also include discovering where the Arctic and Antarctic Circles are!
Our ocean exploration will also take us to the Great Barrier Reef where we will learn about the diverse life that lives there.
Then, we will explore the depths of our oceans, looking at the different layers and the mysterious creatures that live deep below.
In art, we will be using clay to make sculptures of sea creatures.
We will also be taking a look at the history of ocean travel, looking in particular detail at Jacques Cousteau, the invention of the submarine and also exploring HMS Challenger.
This will then be rounded off by designing and making our very own submarine with a working light!
In Science, we will be learning all about Sound and in PSHE, our focus will be on citizenship, looking at how people work well together.
In Literacy, we will be writing a biography about Jacques Cousteau, a setting description about the ocean and a letter pleading with world leaders to try and help keep our oceans clean.
The Shadow Cage is our class novel that we are reading for pleasure.
Manfish and Flotsam are wonderful books that will be driving our literacy learning.
Here are some useful resources to help with your child’s learning.
There are posters which show the formal written methods we use when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing as well as a useful resource showing the end of Year 4 expectations in spelling, puncuation and grammar.
Here is a link to some excellent vocabulary games with the Vocabulary Ninja…haaaaiii-yah!
