Fantastic 4
Term 2 Week 2
Year 4 Newsletter
Welcome to Week 2 of Term 2!
Literacy:
This term students have been developing their skills in writing information reports. An information report is a type of non-fiction writing that presents facts about a particular topic. It could be about animals, places, people, or objects, and the aim is to inform the reader clearly and accurately.
As part of this learning, students are exploring the key features that make an effective information report. These include:
- A clear title that tells the reader what the report is about
- An introduction that gives a general overview of the topic
- Organised paragraphs that group similar information together
- Subheadings to help structure ideas and guide the reader
- Factual information presented in the present tense
- Technical vocabulary related to the topic
- Images, diagrams, or labelled illustrations to support understanding.
Science:
This term in Science, students will be learning about living, non-living and once-living things. They will explore the features of living things, such as the need for food, water and air, and how to group and classify different things in the world around them.
Students will also investigate life cycles of plants and animals, learning how living things grow and change over time. They will compare different life cycles (such as insects, mammals and plants) and begin to understand that some living things go through significant changes, while others develop more gradually.
A key focus of this unit will be understanding that offspring are similar to their parents, but not identical, helping students recognise patterns in how living things grow and reproduce.
Phonics focus for the term:
Week | Phonics Focus | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Homophones | rain,reign |
| Week 2 | y>i when adding suffix rule | cubbies, notifies |
| Week 3 | y>i when adding suffix rule | deformities |
| Week 4 | The history of English language & Port | Transport, import |
| Week 5 | PORT & BIO | Support, biology |
| Week 6 | BIO & RUPT | Biography, erupt |
| Week 7 | RUPT | Corrupt, abrupt |
| Week 7 | RUPT | Interrupt, bankrupt |
| Week 8 | ZOO & Homophones | There, their |
| Week 9 | Homophones | Practise, practice |
| Week 10 | Tract | Tractor, extract |
Maths focus for the term:
| Week 1 | Decimals |
| Week 2 | Decimals |
| Week 3 | Length and Area |
| Week 4 | Length and Area |
| Week 5 | Shape |
| Week 6 | Shape |
| Week 7 | Data Representation |
| Week 8 | Addition and Subtraction |
| Week 9 | Addition and Subtraction |
| Week 10 | Consolidation |
Extra Announcements:
- Please send any photos from home to your child's classroom teacher
- Zoo excursion Tuesday week 5
- School photos Monday week 7
- Swimming Monday- Thursday week 9 & 10
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